Fostering Social Worker

Main Responsibilities

• Undertake regular supervision, support, and unannounced visits to a variety of approved foster carers, including general carers and kinship foster carers.
• Conduct fostering assessments related to changes of approval, Special Guardianship Orders, long‑term fostering assessments, approved support carer assessments and foster carer annual reviews.
• Maintain excellent working relationships with children’s teams and other professionals to ensure good outcomes for children and young people in care.

Ideal Candidate

• Qualified social worker with a minimum of two years post‑qualification experience and an understanding of fostering.
• Registered with Social Work England.
• Hold a current UK driving licence and vehicle.
• Understand key legislation related to children’s welfare and safeguarding.
• Capable of providing high‑quality, timely assessment, planning, monitoring and review of individual cases.

Above all, you will bring a desire to work with children and families to give them the right support at the right time with the aim of keeping families together where it’s safe to do so.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal‑opportunity organisation and a Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities.

This position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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