Job reference REQ00474
Date posted 08/07/2025
Application closing date:
Location: Cardiff
Salary: Up to £40,000 dependent on experience
Package:
Contractual hours: 37.5
Basis: Full Time
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Job description
Job Title: Supervising Social Worker
Location: Office base Cardiff, post allows hybrid home/office working
Salary: Up to £40,000 dependent on experience
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Calon Cymru Fostering is seeking a passionate Supervising Social Worker to join our team covering southeast Wales. You will work alongside an established team of social workers and support workers who assess, supervise, and support foster carers. You will manage a manageable caseload, focusing on ensuring children and young people reach their full potential. In return, you will benefit from various benefits and regular supervision from an experienced manager.
As a Supervising Social Worker, you will maintain contact and undertake home visits with foster carers and children/young people, becoming a vital point of contact. You will be responsible for ensuring children’s care and developmental needs are met within placements by undertaking placement management, planning, and intervention for both emergency and planned referrals. You will ensure children and young people have a safe, stable environment where they feel loved and cared for and are nurtured to reach their full potential.
What we're looking for
To apply, you must:
* Hold a recognised Social Work qualification
* Have a current Social Care Wales registration
* Hold a full UK Driving Licence and have access to a vehicle
* Be willing to undertake an enhanced DBS check
* Have experience in children’s services and foster care delivery
* Be willing to participate in an out-of-hours telephone support system for foster carers, operated on a rota basis
* Share a commitment to Equal Opportunities and improving the lives of Looked After children
Why work for us?
* Generous annual leave: 28 days plus bank holidays
* Birthday leave: a paid day off for your birthday
* Good health days: no sickness in a 6-month period and an additional day off
* Refer a Friend scheme with a monetary incentive
* Comprehensive Employee Assistance Platform available 24/7
* Day One Auto Enrolment Pension
* Learning and development opportunities
* Optional private healthcare scheme
* Eyecare vouchers
* Cycle to Work scheme
* Optional enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental leave
*BSN is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable people. Successful applicants will undergo a DBS check.
Everyone is welcome
We value diversity and inclusion in our teams. Calon Cymru Fostering strives to create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity are valued. We aim to have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and work to ensure no applicant or employee is treated unfairly based on race, gender, age, disability, religion, or identity. We recognize and appreciate individual differences and contributions, believing that working together fosters equality for all.
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