Supervising Social Worker

National Fostering Group; Remote; GBP 39,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fostering service provider is seeking a Supervising Social Worker to help vulnerable children find supportive foster homes. The ideal candidate will supervise foster carers and work closely with a supportive team, ensuring optimal outcomes for children. Qualifications include a degree in social work and prior experience with young people facing challenges. This full-time position offers a salary of £39,000 - £42,000, plus extensive benefits such as generous leave and mental health support.

Benefits

Up to 39 days annual leave

Life Assurance

Pension scheme

Health and wellbeing support

Discount options

Qualifications

• Registered with the appropriate regulatory body.
• Full driving license required.
• Experience of working with young people with trauma.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and support foster carers.
• Visit homes and maintain contact with carers and young people.
• Collaborate with clinical teams to provide necessary support.

Skills

Social work experience with young people

Ability to build nurturing relationships

Confidence and imagination

Education

BA or MA degree in social work

Job description

Supervising Social Worker

Job Title: Supervising Social Worker

Location: Regionally based across the North West

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

Salary: £39,000 - £42,000 dependent on experience (this includes a car allowance)

About Alpha Plus

Alpha Plus Fostering is a medium sized Independent Fostering Provider based in Oldham. We are well established and have consistently been ranked as a preferred independent fostering provider for local authorities across the North West.

During our 2025 Ofsted Inspection where we were judged Outstanding, inspectors noted that we provide “highly effective services that consistently exceed the standards of good. The actions of the independent fostering agency contribute to significantly improved outcomes and positive experiences for children and young people”.

We aim to meet the individual needs of each child and help them to settle and thrive in their foster home. We are proud of the stability and longevity of our foster placements with a high number of children living with their foster carers on a long‑term basis and several remaining into adulthood.

Alpha’s Healing Hearts Service provides wrap‑around support to foster carers and children & young people and includes support from designated supervising social workers trained in Therapeutic Parenting (Foundation Level), access to Psychotherapists, a Therapeutic Life Story Worker and other clinicians, and peer support from our Foster Carer Champions. We aim to empower foster carers to become trauma‑sensitive caregivers, providing safety and connectedness to help children to heal and attach.

The role

As a member of our brilliant team of social workers, you will understand the life‑changing potential of a safe and supportive home life.

You will play a key role in helping vulnerable children and young people find a foster home that can transform their future. You will also supervise and advise foster carers, and make sure that both carers and children have the support they need to thrive.

You will visit homes and keep in touch with both carers and young people, becoming an essential point of contact for all – a safeguarding champion with everyone’s best interests at heart. We keep caseloads lower to decrease risk and to offer more bespoke, person‑centric focus. This means more time to work closely with both the young people and their carers to deliver the best possible outcomes.

You will collaborate with our specialist clinical teams to identify and make available the right kinds of support, from occupational therapy to art therapy, and clinicians with specialism in trauma and attachment theory.

As a key team member in one of our local fostering agencies, you will make sure that our children and young people are safe and secure, that they are well looked after, and that our high standards are consistently maintained.

Through your passion and commitment, you will inspire carers to grow in confidence and achieve their potential, with a real impact on the children they care for.

Who we are looking for

You will be passionate about building incredible lives for children, and helping foster carers be the best they can be. You will be confident and imaginative, with either a BA or MA degree in social work and an energetic and open‑minded approach. You will also need to be registered with the appropriate body and hold a full driving licence.

Carers and children will be relying on you to create supportive, nurturing relationships, so you will need to show that you’ve had previous social work experience, with a record of working with young people who have a history of trauma and enhanced needs.

You will be excited by taking on real responsibility, and you will be ready and willing to benefit from all the support we offer to help you do your job. You will also be generous with your own skills and experience, helping our whole team to excel.

Benefits

• Up to 39 days annual leave each year (25 base entitlement + 1 One moment in time + 8 bank holidays + ability to buy up to 5 extra days)
• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first‑class mental health support services and physical health checks

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover