Senior Supervising Social Worker

Polaris; Tees Valley; Remote; GBP 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A supportive fostering agency is seeking a Senior Supervising Social Worker for a home-based position covering the North East and Teesside. The role involves the recruitment, training, and supervision of foster carers to ensure high-quality placements for children. The ideal candidate will hold a Social Work qualification, have HCPC registration, and possess strong assessment and communication skills. The position offers a competitive salary up to £41,052 and a range of excellent benefits including generous holiday and pension schemes.

Benefits

Car Allowance or company car

30 to 35 days' Annual Leave

Company Pension

Life Assurance

Employee Discount Scheme

Medical Cash Plan

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic, committed self-starter with independence and teamwork skills.
• Experience in fostering and child services is desirable.
• Good knowledge of legislation and policies related to fostering.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for recruitment, training, and support of foster carers.
• Ensure high-quality placements for looked after children.
• Produce high-quality reports.

Skills

Assessment skills

Strong communication

IT skills

Report writing

Education

Qualified Social Worker with HCPC registration

Job description

Senior Supervising Social Worker

Salary: £28,951 - £41,948 per annum dependent upon experience

Benefits: £1,000 Car Allowance or company car, 30 days' Annual Leave (rising to 35 days' with length of service) + Bank Holidays, Company Pension, Life Assurance x2, Employee Discount Scheme & Medical Cash Plan

Office Location: Homebased supporting Foster Parents across the North East and Teesside

About Us

Fostering People are an innovative developing provider with an outstanding inspection rating. We have a reputation for providing exceptional support to our children, foster parents and to our dedicated and passionate staff team.

Established in 2000, our reputation and positive approach has enabled us to achieve growth in the fostering sector. Today we're present in even more communities: Scotland, the North East, North West, West Midlands, East of England and Yorkshire. In these places, the excellence of our work means we are the preferred choice of partner for many local authorities, who trust us to provide a high quality and caring local service. Just as importantly, so do foster parents in these communities.

We have received 4 consecutive Outstanding inspections from Ofsted, the most recent in 2024.

What we are looking for and what to expect from us

Due to the growth of the region, we are currently looking to recruit a Senior Supervising Social Worker for our friendly and dynamic team to work with foster carers in the North East region, primarily covering the Teesside area.

• You will be responsible for the recruitment, training, assessment, support and supervision of a range of foster carers ensuring high quality placements for looked after children.
• One of our long-serving now retired Supervising Social Worker said this about her experiences of working for Fostering People:
• Fostering People are a fantastic company to work for where you really feel as though you can make a difference to children's lives. You will feel well supported by your line manager and also by senior management - it's a very open and inclusive environment where you feel able to share your ideas and have them listened to. Working at Fostering People gives you the opportunity to enhance your skills and knowledge and to develop your specific areas of interest.

About You

• An enthusiastic and committed self-starter with the ability to work independently but also skilled in keeping in touch with team members and carers, the successful candidate will have excellent assessment skills and will be a strong communicator, both written and verbal with good IT skills and be able to produce a high standard of report writing.
• You will need to be a qualified Social Worker and hold a current HCPC registration, recent experience in fostering and services for children is desirable although less experienced candidates will be considered. You will possess a good working knowledge of relevant legislation, policies and procedures in relation to fostering and safeguarding.
• As an innovative agency we are seeking applicants that possess a real drive and share our creative vision, whether you're new to fostering or an experienced supervising social worker.
• This is a full time and permanent post which is home based and comes with a highly attractive starting salary of up to £41,052 per annum dependent on experience plus car allowance or company car & excellent benefits. We also offer a generous holiday allowance starting at 30 days rising to 35 in line with service plus bank holidays, bike to work and contributory pension schemes.

If you have any queries regarding this vacancy please contact Mark Briggs, Team Manager on 07967 381 004.

To be considered please submit an application and we will be in touch to discuss.

No agencies please.

Fostering People is an equal opportunities employer and has been awarded the disability confident employer by the jobcentre plus. The successful applicant will be subject to a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position.