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- Recruit, assess, and monitor the continued suitability and competence of foster carers ensuring they provide a safe, healthy, nurturing and learning environment for children/young people.
- Ensure that carers fully understand the fostering task, competencies to be achieved and the standards expected, including complaints and representation procedures as detailed in the Agency’s Fostering’s policies and procedures.
- Support Foster carers to evidence their competence against the Training Standards and complete the workbook within specified timescales, assess evidence provided and sign off each standard where sufficient evidence has been provided.
- Provide and record regular supervision to allocated foster carers in line with the agency’s operational standards and undertake such additional support visits/telephone contact with foster carers as required taking into account all family members need.
- Contribute to Foster Carer Annual Reviews, within required timescales, providing written evidence of competence. Presenting Annual Review Reports to Review Fostering Panel as required
- Social Workers should ensure that all their carers have an accurate and up to date Foster Care Agreement that meets regulatory requirements.
- Identify learning and development needs of foster carers, Record in a development plan and recommend actions required.
- Undertake initial visits and Carer assessments as part of your caseload as required by the business.
