Supporting the registered manager in the day to day running of Pathway Care South West. Working with foster carers, children and young people. Being part of a duty rota, day to day and out of hours. Matching children and young people referred to the agency with fostering placements. Recruitment & Assessment of potential foster carers, supporting and developing foster carers, monitoring placements, identifying and responding to foster carer practice and safeguarding issues, planning and facilitating support groups, multi-agency working in respect of children/young people.
Providing some support worker hours to work with children and families.
I have been a SSW for Pathway Care since 2008. The carers that I support are mainly caring for children but I do also have experience in Parent and child placements. I am a panel member and work on the out of hour’s rota where I sometimes get the opportunity to talk to carers from the Devon office. I am also a member of a CSE (Child Sexual Exploitation) focus group where I have heled to develop information and support for carers, SSW and children who are at risk of CSE.