Social Worker Fostering

Children's Social Work Matters; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for qualified senior social workers to join their Connected Persons team in Sheffield. This role focuses on kinship care and involves assessing and supporting carers while ensuring compliance with statutory requirements. The position offers a temporary full-time contract for 12 months and a permanent option, promoting flexibility and work-life balance. Embrace the opportunity to make a significant impact in the community while working with a dedicated team committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Flexible working opportunities

Support for unpaid caring responsibilities

Qualifications

• Minimum two years post-qualification experience in statutory social work.
• Registered with Social Work England.

Responsibilities

• Assess and support kinship carers, producing quality assessments.
• Provide practical and emotional support to approved carers.

Skills

Social Work

Kinship Care

Assessment Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Social Work Qualification

Job description

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Connected persons team – Fostering services

We are looking to recruit qualified senior social workers to work in the Connected Persons team. We are seeking workers who are passionate about kinship care and all that it involves!

We have a temporary full-time position for 12 months to cover maternity leave and a permanent full time position.

The Connected Persons team undertakes a wide range of work assessing and supporting kinship carers in an area that is increasingly in demand. The role includes assessing carers for a variety of reasons including viabilities, Reg 24s, private fostering and SGO support. You will need to be able to produce quality assessments that can be presented to Court and fostering panel in a timely manner. You will need to be able to provide Reg 24 and approved carers with practical and emotional support as well as ensuring that they are meeting statutory requirements. You will be part of a duty rota answering a wide range of queries regarding kinship care from both carers and professionals. You will need to be a good team player working with colleagues to deliver training to carers and other professionals.

Connected persons team is part of the wider Fostering service which is ever evolving! You will be expected to embrace all that it involves including participating in wider recruitment activities and fostering events.

You will need to be able to work flexibly in this role as some of our carers are not available in normal office working hours. You must be willing to travel across the UK for our carers who are further afield.

Please note that you will need to have at least two years post social work qualification experience in statutory social work fieldwork and must be registered with Social Work England.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.