Supervising Social Worker

National Fostering Group; Swindon; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

Bonus schemes

Pension: salary sacrifice

Enhanced family leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance

Vista Flexible Benefits Platform

Job summary

National Fostering Group’s Family Placement team is hiring a Supervising Social Worker to supervise foster carers and support vulnerable children across Swindon and surrounding areas. You will visit homes, assess needs, and work closely with clinical teams to provide trauma-informed care and enable positive outcomes.

The role requires a BA or MA in social work, registration, and a full driving licence; salary £36,000–£46,000 with a £3,000 car allowance and regionally based work.

Qualifications

• BA or MA degree in social work and registration with the appropriate body.
• Full driving licence.
• Experience in social work with trauma and enhanced needs.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and advise foster carers and be a safeguarding champion.
• Visit homes and maintain contact with carers and young people to deliver the best outcomes.
• Collaborate with specialist clinical teams to identify and arrange support (e.g., trauma and attachment therapies).
• Ensure safety and high standards in the foster placements.

Skills

Driving licence

Education

BA or MA in Social Work

Job description

Please double check you have the right level of experience and qualifications by reading the full overview of this opportunity below.

Job Title: Supervising Social Worker

Location: Regionally based across Swindon and surrounding areas

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £36,000 - £46,000 dependent on experience (plus a £3,000 car allowance)

This is an amazing opportunity to join our team as a Supervising Social Worker at Family Placement. We are an independent fostering agency part of the National Fostering Group. Focusing on creating high-quality foster homes for children and young people, Family Placement empowers foster carers to meet the specific needs of those in their care.

About National Fostering Group

Its official, we have been rated as a Great Place to Work 2025!

88% of employees at National Fostering Group say it is a great place to work, compared to 54% of employees at a typical UK based company!

With over 20 years experience, National Fostering Group is the largest independent children's fostering group in the UK with a community of over 2,500 foster carers.

As a Group, we work with Local Authorities to provide the highest quality of care for children and young people. All of our fostering agencies are officially recognised by Ofsted, Welsh and Scottish regulators as either ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’ which we are extremely proud of.

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.

But What Else Is In It For You? Your Health And Wellbeing Are Important To Us, So You’ll Get An Exceptional Reward Package Including

• 27 days holiday, increasing with service up to 32 days + buy/sell scheme + bank holidays
• Bonus schemes
• Generous salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Enhanced family leave (subject to qualifying criteria)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Assurance

Benefits

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you. Just some of the things on offer:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options
• Salary sacrifice Eco Car Scheme and Cycle Scheme
• Tech benefit

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the children and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer

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