Social Worker - Fostering

Join Barnardo's North England Fostering Service as a Supervising Social Worker Barnardo's is one of the UK's leading children's charities, and our North England Fostering Service is committed to providing safe, nurturing, and supportive homes for children and young people. We are now seeking a passionate and skilled Supervising Social Worker to join our dedicated team. North England service cover Yorkshire, Humber and the North East of England.

The successful applicant must be willing to drive across this region as part of their role. About the Role As a Supervising Social Worker, you will play a vital role in supporting foster carers to provide high-quality care. You will:
Supervise, support, and develop foster carers to ensure the best outcomes for children. Undertake assessments of prospective foster carers. Contribute to the matching process and foster home stability. Work collaboratively with children, families, carers, and professionals. Maintain accurate and timely records in line with regulatory requirements. Delivering training to foster carers Following induction period, join our out of hours rota What We're Looking For We're seeking someone who is: A qualified Social Worker (DipSW, CQSW, or equivalent) registered with Social Work England.

Experienced in fostering or children's social care. Skilled in building strong, supportive relationships. Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Able to work flexibly, including evenings and weekends. Why Barnardo's? A supportive and inclusive working environment. Access to high-quality training and development. Generous annual leave and pension scheme. Opportunities to grow within a respected national charity. Supplementary Information A professional Social Work qualification and SWE registration are essential for this post as is experience in Family Placement, Child Protection or work with children looked after.

The duties of this post require the applicant to have a full current driving license that enables them to drive in the UK and have use of a car and business use insurance. This is a fixed term post for one year covering maternity leave. Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date.

We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible. Pay & Reward Framework We appreciate our colleagues' dedication and their commitment to delivering excellence in the vital work we do, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's ? values . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

We are committed to a rounded colleague experience with an approach to both pay and rewards that are fair, attractive, and progressive. This is in support of our strategic ambition to ensure Barnardo's is a place everyone can belong, grow and thrive. The salary range advertised is in line with our pay principles, for consistency and fairness while recognising the skills and experience applicants bring to the role.

Appointing salaries can be discussed further at appointment stage; we do seek to appoint within this range always exercising responsible stewardship. Benefits Workplace

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What it means for you Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these.

Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role. Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland) Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and…