Social Worker Connected Carers Team

inploi; Stockport; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in Stockport is looking for a dedicated Social Worker to join their Connected Carers Team. The role involves supervising kinship foster carers, conducting various assessments, and providing training and support. You should hold a Social Work qualification and have experience in related areas. This permanent position offers both full-time and part-time opportunities, with a salary range of £39,862 - £45,091 plus allowances. Hybrid working and professional development opportunities are provided.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Training and professional development

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Registered with Social Work England.
• Experience in fostering, kinship, and SGO roles.
• Subject to Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision to kinship foster carers.
• Conduct Viability and Regulation 24 Assessments.
• Deliver kinship carer training and facilitate support groups.
• Participate in duty rostering and assessments.

Skills

Social work experience

Experience in fostering

Experience with Special Guardianship Orders (SGOs)

Ability to conduct assessments

Supervision skills

Education

Social Work qualification

Job description

Social Worker Connected Carers Team

SO3 (£39,862 - £45,091) This role is eligible for an Essential Car User allowance of up to £963 per annum.

37 hours, Full-Time and 18.5 hours, Part-Time

Permanent

Hybrid: Stopford House and homeworking

Application Deadline: 29th December 2025 11:59pm

Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Shortlisting Date: W/C 29th December 2025

Interview Date: 21st January 2026

Interview Type: Face to Face

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Your Role

Stockport’s Fostering Service seeks to deliver a highly professional service to both carers and Stockport’s cared for children and young people.

The Connected Carers Team provides support and supervision to both Kinship foster carers and other kinship carers including Special Guardians. The team also undertakes assessments which includes Viability Assessments, Regulation 24 Assessments and Form K Assessments (kinship assessments) which includes court directed Kinship Assessments and SGO Assessments.

We are recruiting one full time and one part time permanent Social Worker to join the team. This post will the upon completing assessments.

Other tasks include: post order SGO support, the delivery of kinship carer training and facilitating support groups. All of the social workers within the service undertake the task of duty, which is on a rota basis. This will include regulation 24 assessments and viability assessments. There are opportunities to become involved in a range of other service developments. You will work closely with kinship foster carers, other kinship carers, social work and legal colleagues and professionals from other agencies.

• Provide support and supervision to kinship foster carers and other kinship carers including Special Guardians
• Conduct assessments including Viability Assessments, Regulation 24 Assessments and Form K Assessments (kinship assessments)
• Post order SGO support, delivery of kinship carer training and facilitation of support groups
• Duty rostering, including regulation 24 and viability assessments

About You

You will have a Social Work qualification and be registered with Social Work England.

You will have social work experience and some experience of fostering, kinship and SGO experience.

The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory clearance by the Disclosure and Barring Service.

About Us

You will receive regular supervision and training and development opportunities are provided for all staff.

The team is an establish team supportive team.

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Zoe Knipe on 07971064188 email [e-mail] for an informal discussion about the role

Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

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