Salary
£46,142 and Excellent Benefits (Pro-rata for part time post).
Basis
Other
Region
Rotherham
Job category/type
Childrens Social Work
Date posted
19/08/2025
Job reference
REQ20963
Directorate - Children and Young People's Services
Post 1: Permanent, Part time, 18.5 hours per week
Post 2: Temporary (up to 12 months), Full time, 37 hours per week
Please state in the skills and experience section which post you are applying for, Post 1, Post 2 or both.
Now is the time to come and work for Rotherham Council Children and Young People's Service. For more information about Rotherham Social Care jobs, please visit:
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
Come and join the team here in Rotherham Why?
We have a strong, visible, accessible leadership team and a heartfelt pledge to deliver outstanding services to children and their families.
We have an established Rotherham family approach that assists us in how we work with families and also how we care and support our workforce.
We pride ourselves on our strong learning culture and use this positively to develop staff and improve practice.
We strongly believe in 'growing our own'. Your development, and career goals are important to us. We will support you to achieve your career ambitions. Whether this is supporting you to be a confident Social Worker, Advanced Practitioner, Practice Consultant or move through to management, we've got you and your career journey
You will be joining an authority rated as Good by Ofsted.
We have a generous annual leave allowance and always pay at the top band of the payscale.
We have manageable caseloads and support Hybrid working arrangements.
ABOUT YOU
You will have:
A relevant social work qualification to support registration with Social Work England.
A passion for improving outcomes for children.
A minimum of two years' experience of working within a Local Authority or private sector fostering team.
Enthusiasm and ambition to deliver high quality support and supervision to both prospective and approved foster carers.
Strong assessment and recording skills and be motivated to promoting an empathic understanding of the needs of looked after children across the service.
The necessary skills to deliver a range of tasks connected to the assessment, training, support and supervision of foster carers.
In-depth knowledge of legislation and a good understanding of the National Minimum Standards for Fostering (NMS 2011).
If you have any questions regarding this opportunity, please email:
Kelly Oxer or Debbie Willis
Shortlisting: Week Commencing 1st September 2025
Interview Date: 4th September 2025.
This post involves working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.
Until 31st March 2026 employees paid at Band D and above are subject to a temporary pay reduction of 1.15% spread out by means of a monthly deduction from each pay period over the full financial year. In recognition of implementing this temporary measure, those who experience a pay reduction will be awarded three additional days leave (pro rata for part-time).