Social Worker | Fostering

Community Care Live; Wales; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Leaders in Care is recruiting for a supervising social worker to join a Council in South Wales fostering service. The role is hybrid with flexible working arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance.

You will supervise and support approved foster carers, assess special guardians, and ensure support plans are in place while working with a child’s social worker to secure permanence through long-term fostering or special guardianship.

Qualifications

• Qualified Social Worker with registration to Social Work Wales.
• Experience in fostering or supervising social work preferred.
• Ability to work in partnership with foster carers and guardians.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and support approved foster carers.
• Assess special guardianship applications.
• Develop and monitor support plans.
• Collaborate with children's social workers to achieve permanence.

Skills

Social work qualification

Social Work Wales registration

Fostering experience

Job description

Are you an experienced social worker who wants to get into fostering, but opportunities are limited in your current role?

Leaders in Care are working with a Council based in South Wales who are seeking an experienced practitioner to join their established fostering service as a supervising social worker.

This role is also hybrid and offers some flexible working arrangements, to give you a great work life balance.

As a supervising social worker, you will also be responsible for supporting and managing approved foster carers, assessing special guardians and ensuring support plans are in place, also to work with a childs social worker to achieve permanence, either through long term fostering or special guardianship.

As this is a statutory role, you do require a social work qualification & registration to Social Work Wales.