Job Title: Supervising Social Worker
Location: Belfast
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £37,000 per annum (plus £3,000 car allowance)
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.
Key responsibilities include:
* Help vulnerable children and young people find a foster home that can transform their future.
* Supervise and advise foster carers, ensuring both carers and children have the support they need to thrive.
* Visit homes and keep in touch with both carers and young people, becoming an essential point of contact and a safeguarding champion.
* Collaborate with specialist clinical teams to identify and make available the right kinds of support, from occupational therapy to art therapy and clinicians with trauma and attachment theory specialism.
* Ensure our high standards are consistently maintained, keeping caseloads lower to reduce risk and offer a bespoke, person‑centric focus.
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.
Key qualifications and attributes:
* BA or MA degree in social work, registered with the appropriate body, and a full driving licence.
* Previous social work experience with a record of working with young people who have a history of trauma and enhanced needs.
* Confident, imaginative, and open‑minded, with a record of taking on real responsibility.
* Energetic, generous with your own skills and experience, and willing to benefit from all the support we offer.
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.
Market‑leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enabling you to choose the right package, including:
* A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits.
* 100’s discount options valid in the UK and abroad.
* Cycle to Work Schemes.
* Electric Car Purchase Scheme.
* Critical illness cover.
Safeguarding: 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.
Equal Opportunities: We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Job ID: 292492
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