Fostering Review team Senior Practitioner

Role Responsibility

Kent Fostering has a clear vision for the increased recruitment of foster carers from the local community. It is our ambition to enhance our support offer to Kent Foster Carers and improve our retention, building their skills and knowledge to safeguard our children and achieve positive outcomes and placement stability for them.

It is therefore an exciting and challenging time to be working in the field of Fostering. You will have an opportunity to be joining a team whose goals are to increase placement stability and improve practice across the fostering service. In this role you will chair Foster Carer Review meetings across the county, working closely with the fostering support teams. The role requires you to have a clear focus on foster carers development and training, recognising achievements within the review process alongside identifying areas for improvement. The role includes challenging practice to ensure compliance with the National Minimum Standards and Fostering Regulations.

As a Senior Practitioner you will work alongside the Team Manager and other colleagues in identifying, planning and delivering the core tasks of the reviewing team to a high professional standard. You will also have the ability to supervise and support student social worker’s and other social work staff as required.

Benefits and Rewards

As a member of staff you will have access to a competitive range of benefits, including:

• Performance related pay increase
• The option to enrol into the excellent Local Government Pension Scheme
• A generous holiday entitlement + bank holidays
• A range of leave options to help you manage your work / life balance
• Flexible working – work from home and office as required and we will provide you with the kit needed to work remotely.
• Sickness provision
• Ability to buy annual leave
• Training and career development opportunities
• Access to a range of local and national discounts and cashback through our Kent Rewards website.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service and to registration as a qualified Social Worker with the Social Work England.

Interview date: 9^th January 2023

Contact Details

For further information about this role, please contact:

Siobhan Treays (Fostering Review Team Manager) on 03000 423484

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.