Social Worker Fostering Career Grade) plus

Position reference:

Directorate:
Children's Services | Service:
Children in Care

Salary
: £38,510 - £50,908 (Career Grade) plus a welcome payment

Working Arrangements
: A gile Working, min 3 days in the office

This is a full-time role. We are committed to supporting work-life balance, and requests for flexible working, including job share, will be considered in line with the needs of the service. Given the requirement for continuity of support to service users, any flexible working arrangements would need to ensure consistency in case management.

Hours per week
: 37

Contract type
:
Permanent

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Closing date
:16/10/2026a t 23:59

The successful candidate will be required to speak English to an appropriate standard.

This post requires an Enhanced DBS Check

If you are currently living overseas or have lived overseas in the last five years please be aware, if you are the preferred candidate for the post, you will be required to apply for an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries you have resided in. If you experience difficulty in obtaining an overseas criminal record check please email

When applying, please ensure you are prepared to start work with all the necessary legal documents, such as a valid visa, relevant to the type of work you will be undertaking. Please be aware that our organisation does not possess a Home Office license and, as a result, is unable to provide sponsorship for anyone seeking a visa as a skilled or temporary migrant worker.

Pensions Regulations have provisions to reduce pension payments in certain circumstances of those who return to work within local government service. If you are in receipt of a pension upon commencing employment with the authority, this may affect your pension entitlements and you should therefore seek advice from the relevant Pensions Authority.

This is an exciting time to join Barnsley Children's Service as we’re a council that prioritises Children's Services, and we want every child in the borough to achieve their full potential, to be safe and happy.

Because we highly value the work of our Social Workers,we've approved significant additional investment, in our service, we are now looking to recruit a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and committed professional Social Worker to join our workforce working within Fostering.

Could that be you?

We are looking to recruit highly motivated, enthusiastic, and committed professional full time Social Worker to join our fostering supervisory social work team full time.

Our supervisory team is made up of Mainstream foster carers and we are excited to offer 4 Mockingbird constellation hubs within this. Mockingbird is a very innovative and supportive model for our foster carers which is a very positive element of our supervisory service. The role as a supervising social worker, includes supporting and supervising our foster carers, ensuring placement stability, training of foster carers, increasing their knowledge and skills, and undertaking annual reviews of foster carers and to participate in the fostering duty rota

You will need to work collaboratively with other areas of Children's Services and professionals involved in the care planning process of a child's life.

You require to have:

• A degree or diploma in Social Work and Social Work England Registration
• The ability to build relationships and work in partnership with children, young people, parents, carers, and partners.
• Curiosity in practice, and a tenacious desire to achieve the very best outcomes for children and their families.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to engage and enable children, young people, and their families.

If you would like to speak with a Team Manager about the vacancy, please…