Hope Fostering Services
Supervising Social Worker 0.6 FTE
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Supervising Social Worker – Part-Time (3 Days/Week)
Based in Nottingham, Hope Fostering Services seeks an outstanding Supervising Social Worker (SSW) to join our small yet dedicated Independent Fostering Agency.
We take deep pride in enhancing the lives of young people, and this role sits at the heart of our mission, with responsibilities that span supporting, supervising, recruiting, and retaining foster parents.
Responsibilities
The Supervising Social Worker will:
- Supervise and manage foster carers, ensuring high-quality care
- Support and develop foster parents to optimise outcomes for enfants look after
- Recruit and retain dedicated foster carers, securing a skilled network
- Provide specialist guidance to foster families to navigate placements effectively
- Collaborate with colleagues across agencies and services while maintaining strict professional boundaries
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To excel in this role, the successful candidate must possess:
Essential Experience & Skills
- Three years post-qualification working in childcare, foster care, or adoption—including roles in:
- Family Support
- Child Protection Services
- Looked-After Children (LAC)
- Knowledge of:
- Relevant legislation and regulations in UK child welfare
- Social work methodologies, including assessment frameworks (e.g., Common Assessment Framework, safeguarding protocols)
- Communication: Skilled in oral presentation and report writing with persuasive and professional clarity—tailoring messages for foster carers, team colleagues, and external professionals
- Critical thinking: Ability to evaluate practice, including:
- Maintaining reflective records
- Reviewing case progress via integrated technology systems
- Relationship management:
- Internal: Foster relationships with agency, government, and partner organisations
- External: Build trust and rapport with foster carers and their families from diverse backgrounds
- Organisational proficiency:
- Prioritising workloads to meet deadlines
- Setting clear, measurable objectives in foster care planning
- Full driving licence (essential for field visits)
- Team contribution: Actively share knowledge and contribute to the agency’s collective capabilities
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Additional Requirements
- Evidence of ongoing post-qualified training in child welfare (e.g., safeguarding, fostering regulations, LAC teams*)
- Experience engaging with a diverse service user group, including minority and culturally specific communities
- IT literacy in systems for:
- Electronic records management
- Fostering agencies databases
- Safeguarding documentation
Join Hope Fostering Services to make a tangible, life-changing impact. Apply today.
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