Senior/Supervising Social Worker – Fostering
Position: Senior/Supervising Social Worker – Fostering (Full or Part Time)
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum, dependent upon experience.
Benefits: Company Car or £2,000 Car Allowance, 30 days annual leave (rising to 35 days with length of service), bank holidays, life assurance, employee discount scheme, medical cash plan.
Location: Office based in Oldbury (West Midlands) with flexibility to work from home and occasional visits to foster parents.
We are a high‑quality fostering organisation, recognised as ‘Outstanding’ by OFSTED, and one of the UK’s only independent fostering agencies specialising in cultural and faith‑based fostering placements. Our mission is to assist children and young people with specific religious or cultural needs to find foster parents who share their values and identity, providing a safe and loving home. In our most recent inspection (2024), OFSTED rated us ‘Outstanding’ in every area of our work.
Duties Will Include
* Support and supervise foster parents and their families to achieve outstanding outcomes for all children and young people in foster care.
* Support and monitor the continued suitability and competence of foster parents, ensuring they provide a safe, healthy, nurturing and learning environment.
* Work with foster parents to ensure they fully understand the fostering task, competencies to be achieved, and the standards expected, including complaints and representation procedures as detailed in the ACS policies.
* Provide and record regular supervision to foster parents in line with ACS’s Operational Standards.
* Collaborate with local authorities and other professionals to support children, young people and foster parents and contribute to all relevant meetings and tasks.
* Ensure each child and foster parent are fully compliant with all key documentation.
* Promote participation of children/young people in the development of the agency and in accessing resources and opportunities in their local community.
* Participate in an out‑of‑hours support service on a rota basis.
* Participate in a day duty system on a rota basis supporting the referrals team.
You Must Have
* A Social Work qualification.
* Professional registration with Social Work England or equivalent.
* Ability to communicate clearly and sensitively with young people and adults.
* Proven ability to produce high‑standard report writing.
* A comprehensive working knowledge of relevant legislation and child safeguarding procedures.
* Ability to work in partnership with placing authorities.
* Confidence with transporting children and young people in sometimes stressful/difficult situations.
* The willingness and ability to travel extensively (including occasional nights away).
* Full driving licence.
For more information about this post please contact Kulvinder Kaur Sahota at 07970 081 374 or Andrew Nugent, Fostering Service Manager, at 07967 381045. No agencies please.
Active Care Solutions is an equal opportunities employer and has been awarded the Disability Confident Employer by the Jobcentre Plus. The successful applicant will be subject to a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position.
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