Supervising Social Worker – Fostering

Cardiff Council | Cardiff, South Wales

£38.43 per hour Umbrella in line with ADSS pledge

Are you an experienced Social Worker looking for a rewarding opportunity within a supportive and established fostering service?

Hoop Social Work is working with Cardiff Council to recruit a Supervising Social Worker to join their Fostering Service. This is a varied and rewarding role where you’ll play a key part in recruiting, assessing, supporting and supervising foster carers, kinship foster carers and connected persons carers, helping to ensure children and young people receive safe, stable and nurturing care.

The Role

Working as part of Cardiff’s experienced Fostering Service, your responsibilities will include:

• Recruiting, assessing, supporting and supervising mainstream foster carers, kinship foster carers and connected persons carers.

• Building positive, trusting relationships with foster carers and their families.

• Completing comprehensive fostering, kinship and connected persons assessments.

• Liaising with partner agencies and professionals to inform assessments and safeguarding decisions.

• Producing high-quality reports and recommendations for fostering panels, court proceedings and other decision-making forums.

• Presenting assessments and recommendations to Fostering Panel.

• Developing tailored support plans to recognise carers’ strengths, address vulnerabilities and identify appropriate support.

• Helping carers meet the emotional, developmental and practical needs of children in their care.

• Working collaboratively with children’s social workers and professionals across education, health and other services.

• Contributing to care planning, permanence planning and safeguarding arrangements.

What We’re Looking For

We’re keen to hear from Social Workers who have:

• A recognised Social Work qualification.

• Current registration with Social Care Wales or Social Work England.

• Experience working with foster carers and/or Special Guardians.

• A sound understanding of relevant fostering legislation, regulations and statutory requirements.

• Strong assessment, report-writing and recording skills.

• The confidence to balance support and challenge while building effective relationships with carers and professionals.

• Experience presenting complex information to panels and within legal settings.

• A flexible, creative approach to problem-solving, with a commitment to achieving positive outcomes for children and young people.

Essential Requirements

To be considered for this role, you must have:

• A minimum of 6 months’ experience working as a registered Social Worker in the UK and 3 months PQ experience

• A recognised Social Work qualification.

• Current Social Care Wales or Social Work England registration.

• An Enhanced DBS registered on the Update Service, or be happy to apply for one.

• Three years of referencing.

• A full driving licence and access to a car.

Please note: We are unable to offer visa sponsorship. Applicants must meet the qualification and registration requirements outlined above.

Why Work with Hoop Social Work?

At Hoop, we understand the social work market and pride ourselves on offering a personal, supportive service. When you register with us, you’ll benefit from:

• Over 20 years of experience in the social work market.

• A specialist agency based in Cardiff, recruiting across South and West Wales and South West England.

• Access to exclusive roles and early opportunities.

• A dedicated consultant who knows you and your career goals.

• A Welsh-speaking consultant if you’d prefer to discuss opportunities in Welsh.

• A choice of PAYE or Umbrella payroll options.

• Twice-weekly payroll.

• Support with DBS applications and compliance.

• Wellbeing sessions and thoughtful extras, including birthday gifts.

• A £200 Love2Shop reward when you refer a friend or colleague who completes six weeks of work with us.

We believe candidates should be treated as people, not just a number, and we’ll support you throughout the recruitment process and beyond.

Interested?

If you’re an experienced Social Worker looking for your next opportunity within fostering, we’d love to hear from you.

Contact Sarah Leigh at Hoop Social Work on 02922 400519 for an informal, confidential chat.

Let’s have a conversation about your next move.