Supervising Social Worker- Fostering Team

Healthcare Management; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Level 2 Social Worker to join their fostering supervisory team. This role focuses on supporting foster carers to ensure the wellbeing of children, conducting home visits, and providing emotional support. The ideal candidate is a qualified social worker with strong analytical writing skills and an understanding of safeguarding laws. Successful candidates will enjoy opportunities for professional growth in a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Opportunity for career progression

Supportive team environment

Regular supervision meetings

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified social worker with registration.
• Understanding of fostering regulations and legislation is required.
• Strong writing and analytical skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Support approved foster carers and ensure children's well-being.
• Conduct regular home visits to foster families.
• Be a safeguarding champion and maintain high standards.

Skills

Qualified Social Worker with current Social Work England registration

Strong understanding of safeguarding and relevant legislation

Experience in completing assessments

Excellent analytical writing skills

Flexible, strengths-based approach

Job description

We are looking to recruit a Level 2 Social Worker in fostering supervisory social work team.

Our supervising social work team support our approved foster carers to provide safe, loving homes to children when they need it most. Supervising social workers will play a key role in helping vulnerable children and young people find a foster home that can transform their future. Supervising social workers complete regular home visits with the foster family and checks that children are being well cared for. They also help the foster carer with learning and development, and offer them emotional support. Supervising social workers visit homes and keep in touch with both carers and young people, becoming an essential point of contact for all – a safeguarding champion with everyone’s best interests at heart. As a key team member in Kirklees Fostering Service, you will make sure that our children and young people are safe and secure, that they are well looked after, and that our high standards are consistently maintained. Through your passion and commitment, you will inspire carers to grow in confidence and achieve their potential, with a real impact on the children they care for.

What We’re Looking For:

• Qualified Social Worker with current Social Work England registration
• Strong understanding of safeguarding, permanence planning, and relevant legislation (e.g., Children Act 1989, Fostering Regulations)
• Experience in completing assessments,
• Excellent analytical writing skills and a sensitivity to the complex dynamics of both fostering and kinship care
• A flexible, strengths-based approach that puts children and families at the centre of practice

It’s great to work in our team because:

• we all work together to assess and retain carers and achieve better outcomes for children
• there’s lots of opportunity to work together, use your own initiative and learn whilst on the job
• you'll build a positive and supportive relationship with all of your peers
• we have a great sense of team work
• we have a high retention rate of staff
• there’s a clear pathway to progress your career
• you'll have regular reflective supervision meetings
• our team members feel that their manager invests in them

The interviews are expected to take place on Friday 9th January 2026.

Zoe Princeis the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information.