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Supervising Social Worker - 11961

Cinderford

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
 

 

 

We are currently recruiting for an experienced and compassionate Supervising Social Worker to support foster carers in delivering the best possible outcomes for children and young people across Gloucestershire on a part time basis.

 

 

Reward and support

 

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

 

 

Right child, right support, right time, every time

 

We are working together to support families and communities to give every child the best chance of a happy and rewarding life, especially those who need more help. 

 

Gloucestershire offers a range of opportunities to develop your career, supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer, a developing systemic practice methodology, an ambitious leadership team and an award-winning workforce.

 

Gloucestershire Children’s Services are improving. Our latest Ofsted inspection (February 2022) identified that:

‘Significant progress has been made in many areas of Gloucestershire’s children’s services… significant financial investment and the backing of political leaders, has led to improved services that are now more effective in meeting the needs of children and families’.

 

We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to be part of an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC.

 

 

About us

 

Our Fostering Support Team uses high-support, high-challenge, restorative and relationship-based practice. You'll work collaboratively with foster carers and professional partners to ensure that every child’s voice is heard and their needs are met.

 

We are a hybrid team, who work closely with each other and colleagues within the other support teams and colleagues in the commissioning services to ensure best outcomes for children and their families.

 

About you

 

As a Supervising Social Worker within our Fostering Support team you will  have listening and observational skills are essential to ensure that the child’s lived experience is understood; strong communication skills are essential because our team works with several partner teams and agencies; Problem solving skills, empathy, patience and being able to prioritise work is crucial. You will also have knowledge of the Children Act (1989), Fostering Regulations (2011) and Fostering National Minimum Standards (2011) is essential.

 

As well as your experience, there are some things we require of you to be successfully appointed to this post:

 

 

How to apply

 

For an informal chat about this role, please contact Tina Allingham on Tina.Allingham@gloucestershire.gov.uk   

 

We reserve the right to close an advertisement earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a suitable number of applications.

 

If you would like to find out more about our Children's Service please take a look here: Children's Social Care Careers | Gloucestershire County Council

 

 

Under the terms of our Safer Recruitment Policy, if you are invited to interview, we will take up safeguarding references prior to your interview to understand your suitability to work with vulnerable children. These references will then be discussed in your interview. Please give details of at least two referees, one of whom must be your present and/or last employer and the other from a previous employer(s). These will need to cover the last three years of employment/education. In the case of applicants leaving full time education or not having worked since doing so, the Head of School, College or University should be one of the named referees. We do not accept references from friends or family members or workplace colleagues (who are not more senior). To ensure we process your application in a speedy and efficient way, we will contact your referees by DocuSign. Where appropriate, please inform them of your application.

 

 

Additional Information


To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Supervising Social Worker Role Profile

This position is subject to a DBS check. 


Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.


We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities.  Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.


It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.


Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.

For more information about the job, view links, download attachments and apply please click on the Apply Now button. 

Closing date for applications: 2025-07-20

Salary: £37,035- £39,513 pro rata

Hours Per Week: 18.5 hours

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