Fostering Social Worker
Job Location: Gloucester
This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
Job Location: Shire Hall, The Link, 2nd Floor
Salary: GBP 39,152 : GBP 40,777 per annum
Hours per Week: 37.00
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 21/06/2026
Job Requisition Number: 14269
This post is open to job share
We are currently recruiting for a Fostering Social Worker to join our dedicated Kinship Assessment Team in Gloucester.
Reward and Support
For all your hard work, you will receive the following:
between GBP 39,152 : GBP 40,777 per annum subject to experience (pro rata for part:time staff)
GBP 4,000 welcome payment
GBP 2,000 retention payment
up to GBP 8,000 relocation package
flexible and agile working opportunities
25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service (pro rata for part:time staff)
option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part:time staff)
family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
an in:house Occupational Health service
employee discount scheme
links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
career development and qualification opportunities
access to our Social Work Academy
Cycle to Work scheme (eligibility criteria and t and cs apply)
Green Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme (eligibility criteria and t and cs apply)
Please note that all our welcome and retention payments are subject to terms and conditions as well as tax and national insurance deductions
Please note that our relocation policy is subject to terms and conditions
Right child, right support, right time, every time
In our recent inspection in June 2025, our Childrens Services have been officially judged as Good with Outstanding elements. Ofsted also said Leaders have set out a clear vision for delivering success for children, by modelling values and creating a culture where the workforce, children and families feel valued and heard; risk is managed confidently with bottom lines clearly set out.
This marks an important step in our journey to improve outcomes for our children and young people, and we remain focused on our mission: to continue building on this success and ensure that every child and young person in our county has the opportunity to thrive.
Gloucestershire offers a range of opportunities to develop your career, supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer, a developing systemic practice methodology, an ambitious leadership team and an award:winning workforce.
We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to be part of an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC.
About the team
Our Kinship Assessment Team is a dynamic, supportive and fast:paced team working country:wide. We specialise in assessing family members and connected persons who are being considered as carers for children who cannot remain with their birth parents.
As a dedicated assessment team, we complete Form K assessments for potential kinship foster carers and Special Guardianship Order (SGO) assessments, ensuring children are able to remain within their family networks wherever it is safe and appropriate.
We are a busy and high:performing team, committed to delivering high:quality, evidence and strength based assessments within statutory timescales. Team members are well:supported through regular supervision,