Senior Supervising Social Worker - Short Break Care

Applications are invited from experienced Supervising Social Workers to join the Short Break Care team, within Children & Family Community Services on the beautiful Island of Guernsey, in the Channel Islands.

Reporting to the Senior Social Worker, Family Placement Service you will:

• Operate as a Supervising Social Worker in the provision of an effective Family Placement Service
• Undertake recruitment, assessment, review, training, and ongoing supervision and support to foster carers, short break carers for children with disabilities, kinship carers, and prospective adopters
• Lead responsibility for the ongoing development and delivery of the Short Break Care Service for children with disabilities and support a range of short break carers

The island of Guernsey is in the Channel Islands and has a population of 65,000. It has some of Britain's finest and best-kept beaches, an especially mild and sunny climate, and an offbeat, historic harbour town in St.Peter's Port, the island's capital.

The States of Guernsey delivers a diverse range of healthcare; their Social Work service provides an excellent Children and Families Service, supported by Social Workers recruited to a very high standard. This includes undertaking work with children subject to care requirements in accordance with the Children (Guernsey and Alderney) Law 2008. The Law has introduced fundamental and significant changes to how concerns relating to children and young people are dealt with and is based broadly on the Children’s Hearing System in Scotland.

• Qualified Social Worker with current full UK statutory registration
• Current or recent Children & Families Social Work experience
• Knowledge and understanding of the role of foster carers, short break carers for children with disabilities and adoptive parents and experience in the specialism of Family Placement work
• Be in possession of a clean and current car driving licence; own vehicle required, (mileage expensed at full rate)

• A higher-than-UK salary.
• A flat rate 20% income tax.
• No Council tax or VAT.
• A relocation payment of £5,000*.
• Temporary initial staff accommodation then a generous allowance for private rental accommodation*.
• A continental lifestyle, where the people are friendly, and crime is very low.