Fostering Senior Practitioner - West Fostering Support Team

Kent County Council; West Malling; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent County Council is seeking a Fostering Senior Practitioner based at Worrall House, West Malling. This full-time, permanent role offers a competitive salary and a retention payment.

You will join a forward-thinking team in West Kent, strengthening our foster carer community and improving outcomes for children in care, including those with disabilities. You will provide supervision, training and emotional support to foster carers and their families, mentoring colleagues and social work

Qualifications

• Qualified Social Worker with Social Work England registration.
• Enhanced DBS Disclosure required.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert supervision, training and emotional support to foster carers and families.
• Mentor and support less experienced colleagues and social work students.
• Collaborate with fostering assessment teams to recruit and retain carers.

Job description

Fostering Senior Practitioner - West Fostering Support Team

Role Responsibility

Make a difference in children's lives as a Senior Practitioner with Kent Fostering. Based at Worrall house, West Malling, this full-time, permanent role offers a competitive salary and retention payment.

You'll join a passionate, forward-thinking team in West Kent, focused on strengthening our foster carer community and improving outcomes for children in care- including those with disabilities. In this key role, you'll provide expert supervision, training, and emotional support to foster carers and their families, helping them understand and respond to the complex needs of the children they care for.

You'll also work alongside fostering assessment teams to recruit and retain carers. In addition, you will play a key role in mentoring and supporting less experienced colleagues and social work students-sharing your knowledge to help shape the next generation of practitioners.

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

This role is subject to holding a Full UK Driving Licence - The Council is committed to making reasonable adjustments so whilst this job requires the jobholder to drive your application will still be considered if you are unable to drive due to a disability.

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.

If you're ready to lead with empathy, expertise, and a commitment to making a real impact, we'd love to hear from you.

For further information on this role please contact Fiona Reynolds on 03000 415084

Closing date: 30th October 2026

Interview date: 10th November 2026 in Ashford

Contact Details

For further information on this role please contact Fiona Reynolds on 03000 415084

About the Company

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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, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.