Who You Are You are passionate about making a difference in children's lives and committed to placing their rights at the forefront of policies and strategies. With leadership qualities and a knack for strategic planning, you thrive in environments where you can drive practice development and quality assurance. You possess excellent supervisory skills and have experience working collaboratively with various agencies to improve services. What the Job Involves As a Principal Social Worker in the Kinship Fostering team, you'll play a pivotal role in strategic planning and development without managing a caseload. Your focus will be on quality assurance of assessments and performance improvement for the kinship service. You'll have the responsibility to develop training briefings, lead practice and performance shaping, and provide high-quality support services for kinship foster carers. You'll work alongside the Service Manager and ensure consistent approval processes with the Panel advisor, contributing to superior service delivery. Skills Quality assurance expertise Strategic planning and development Leadership and supervisory skills Collaborative skills with agencies Experience in developing training sessions Strong communication and performance management