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Integrated Services Programme (ISP)
Supervising Social Worker - Fostering
Base Location: Ashurst, Southampton
Salary: Up to £39,500 per annum
Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Benefits

• £3,000 Car Allowance
• 30 days' annual leave, increasing to 35 days with length of service + bank holidays
• Company Pension
• Life Assurance x2
• Employee Discount Scheme
• Medical Cash Plan

About Us

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Integrated Services Programme (ISP)
Part-Time Supervising Social Worker - Fostering
Base Location: Chesham
Covering Area: Aylesbury, Bracknell, Reading and Woking
Salary: £29,600 per annum, £37,000 FTE
Hours: 4 days per week, 28 hours

Benefits

• £3,000 car allowance
• 30 days' annual leave, increasing to 35 days with length of service
• Bank Holidays
• Company Pension
• Life Assurance x2
• Employee Discount Scheme & Medi click apply for full job details

Work for an "Outstanding" Authority: Kinship Fostering Role

Role: Supervising Social Worker - Kinship Fostering Team

Location: Manchester City Council (Mainly Office-Based)

Pay Rate: £35.00 per hour

Contract: Full-Time, Ongoing

Ofsted Rating:GRADED 'OUTSTANDING' If you are an experienced Fostering Social Worker, you know how crucial it is to work within a system that actually works. Manchester City Council's Children's Services were recently graded 'Outstanding' by Ofsted-proving that their leadership, practice standards, and team structures are among the absolute best in the country.

We are looking for a skilled, driven Supervising Social Worker to join their high-performing Kinship Fostering Team. If you want a role that sharpens your assessment skills, provides immense career credibility, and keeps you at the cutting edge of modern social work, this is your next step.

This is a specialized, high-profile position where your clinical assessments will directly influence court decisions and secure stable futures for children within their extended families:

• Court-Directed Assessments: Utilize expert assessment skills to evaluate family and friends (kinship) foster carers under intense scrutiny, producing robust, analytical reports for legal proceedings.

• Fostering Compliance: Apply a deep understanding of National Fostering Regulations and National Minimum Standards to ensure all kinship placements are safe, compliant, and supportive.

• Safeguarding Vigilance: Draw on your core child protection experience to identify potential risks, ensuring vulnerable children are robustly protected within family networks.

• Duty Rotation: Participate in the team's out-of-hours duty rota as required, providing responsive support to families when urgent matters arise outside normal office hours.

Because this is an "Outstanding" authority handling complex legal deadlines, the hiring managers are looking for an exceptional level of professional competence:

• The Blueprint: A recognized Social Work degree and active registration with Social Work England.

• Assessment Pedigree: Proven experience in formulating complex fostering or kinship assessments. Excellent time management and the ability to strictly meet tight court deadlines are non-negotiable.

• Frontline Knowledge: A strong background in statutory childcare, child protection, or fostering regulations.

• Presence: Comfort with a mainly office-based environment, allowing you to collaborate directly with a high-performing team.

• Premium Pay: A highly lucrative, stable rate of £35.00 per hour.

• The 'Outstanding' Advantage: Working within an Ofsted 'Outstanding' framework means you benefit from stellar administrative support, excellent resources, and flawless leadership.

• Career Catalyst: Having Manchester City Council's kinship team on your CV opens major doors for future leadership and consultancy roles.

Slots within Manchester's outstanding services are highly competitive and fill rapidly.

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.

• Undertake assessments of prospective foster carers, including Form F assessments.
• Provide ongoing supervision, support, and annual reviews for approved foster carers.
• Ensure foster carers are fully equipped to meet the needs of children and young people in placement.
• Work collaboratively with children's social workers, virtual schools, and partner agencies.
• Participate in fostering panel processes and contribute to decision-making.
• Support placement stability and promote positive outcomes for looked after children.
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date case records and reports in line with statutory requirements.
• Safeguard children and ensure all practice is compliant with fostering regulations and national standards.

• Qualified Social Worker with a recognised Social Work degree or equivalent qualification.
• Registered with Social Work England.
• Significant post-qualifying experience within a fostering service or children in care setting.
• Strong knowledge of fostering regulations, legislation, and safeguarding procedures.
• Experience in completing Form F assessments and supporting foster carers.
• Excellent communication, assessment, and report-writing skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage a diverse caseload effectively.

• Competitive hourly rate of 39 per hour.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Opportunity to work within a supportive and experienced team.
• Gain valuable experience within a reputable local authority.
• Dedicated consultant support throughout your placement.

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.

Eden Brown Limited is a limited company registered in England and Wales with registered number (phone number removed). Our registered address is 5th floor 4 Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AR, part of nGAGE Specialist Recruitment Limited T/A nGAGE Talent. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. This message is intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to us, and immediately and permanently delete it. Do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. We take reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email but cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage sustained as a result of computer viruses and the recipient must ensure that the email (and attachments) are virus free.

Our client Suffolk county council is looking for a Qualified social worker to join their Fostering team.

Typical responsibilities of a role at this level

Communicating and engaging with children, young people and their families, with colleagues and with communities

• Work directly with children, young people and families using the Suffolk Signs of Safety and Wellbeing framework.
• Where required by the role, to act as Lead Professional for named families, being the key contact with the family and liaising with other professionals to provide a joined-up response.

Assessment, Planning and Review

• Use Suffolk signs of safety principles, disciplines, and tools.
• Where required, to participate in CAF, multi-agency assessment, Statutory Assessment, and other relevant assessment processes.

Effective Practice

• To work alongside children, young people, parents and families where there are early signs of social, emotional, health or behavioural issues to bring about sustainable improvement.
• Where required by role, take responsibility for managing cases and holding appropriate levels of risk, overseeing the input of support workers were involved.
• Work within the service guidelines, statutory guidance, and legal frameworks.
• To respond to needs identified with the family by identifying and delivering evidence-based interventions as required.
• To work with families with complex problems where statutory intervention is required under the guidance of senior Social Worker, Lead Professional or Health Colleagues as appropriate.
• Engage in individual and group supervision with managers and practice leads.
• Where the role requires, to mentor and/or supervise junior colleagues or students and facilitate individual and group supervision with team members.

Reporting and Accurate Recording

• To maintain up to date records and data using electronic devices and systems as directed and to provide reports as required.
• To contribute to ensuring successful completion of Quality Assurance processes within team.

Information, Advice and Signposting

• To provide information and signposting for children, young people, and families to relevant universal and specialist services in the local area and beyond where appropriate.

Multi-Agency and Partnership Working

• Actively build relationships and networks with other professional groups and services in the locality.

Managing Risk and Safeguarding

• To identify risk and safeguarding concerns and escalate immediately where appropriate.
• To undertake other tasks allocated by manager or senior colleagues, in keeping with the responsibilities of the grade:

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to 250 per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.

Our client Suffolk county council is looking for a Qualified social worker to join their Fostering team.

Typical responsibilities of a role at this level

Communicating and engaging with children, young people and their families, with colleagues and with communities

• Work directly with children, young people and families using the Suffolk Signs of Safety and Wellbeing framework.
• Where required by the role, to act as Lead Professional for named families, being the key contact with the family and liaising with other professionals to provide a joined-up response.

Assessment, Planning and Review

• Use Suffolk signs of safety principles, disciplines, and tools.
• Where required, to participate in CAF, multi-agency assessment, Statutory Assessment, and other relevant assessment processes.

Effective Practice

• To work alongside children, young people, parents and families where there are early signs of social, emotional, health or behavioural issues to bring about sustainable improvement.
• Where required by role, take responsibility for managing cases and holding appropriate levels of risk, overseeing the input of support workers were involved.
• Work within the service guidelines, statutory guidance, and legal frameworks.
• To respond to needs identified with the family by identifying and delivering evidence-based interventions as required.
• To work with families with complex problems where statutory intervention is required under the guidance of senior Social Worker, Lead Professional or Health Colleagues as appropriate.
• Engage in individual and group supervision with managers and practice leads.
• Where the role requires, to mentor and/or supervise junior colleagues or students and facilitate individual and group supervision with team members.

Reporting and Accurate Recording

• To maintain up to date records and data using electronic devices and systems as directed and to provide reports as required.
• To contribute to ensuring successful completion of Quality Assurance processes within team.

Information, Advice and Signposting

• To provide information and signposting for children, young people, and families to relevant universal and specialist services in the local area and beyond where appropriate.

Multi-Agency and Partnership Working

• Actively build relationships and networks with other professional groups and services in the locality.

Managing Risk and Safeguarding

• To identify risk and safeguarding concerns and escalate immediately where appropriate.
• To undertake other tasks allocated by manager or senior colleagues, in keeping with the responsibilities of the grade:

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to £250 per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.

Our client, a Merseyside council is seeking a Children's Social Worker to join their Fostering Team.

Fantastic payrate of £40 per hour!

Are you a Children's Social Worker, passionate about making a difference in your community? Do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity!

Responsibilities of this role:

• Complete a range of fostering assessments including Connected Carer assessments (Form K), Mainstream Fostering assessments (Form F), Regulation 24 assessments, viabilities, and initial visits, ensuring all work is completed to statutory timescales.
• Carry out high-quality evidence-based assessments that analyse suitability, safeguarding considerations, support needs, and the capacity of carers to meet children's needs.
• Participate in the fostering service duty rota, responding to queries, providing advice, and supporting effective day-to-day service delivery.
• Contribute to mainstream fostering recruitment activity, including initial engagement, information-sharing, and supporting prospective carers through early stages of the process when required.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues, partner agencies, and fostering households to promote high-quality care, safeguarding practice, and positive outcomes for children.
• Maintain accurate, timely case records, reports, and assessment documents in line with statutory guidance, fostering regulations, and service procedures.
• Support the ongoing development of the fostering service by contributing to team discussions, quality assurance activity, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements of this role:

• Must be a Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England.
• Must have minimum of 3 year's experience working as a Qualified social worker

Benefits of working through Reed, include:

• Dedicated Recruitment Consultant.
• Aftercare service delivered by Candidate Care Team.
• Free CV building and Interview support.
• Free DBS checks.
• Weekly payroll.
• PAYE payroll option with additional benefits including holiday pay, healthcare, pension plus more.
• CPD contributions.
• Access to full UK jobs market with top tier status across many public and private sector clients.
• Supporting the Reed Foundation which has given £9.5m to charity since 2010.

Does this role interest you? Apply today!

• Undertake assessments of prospective foster carers, including Form F assessments.
• Provide ongoing supervision, support, and annual reviews for approved foster carers.
• Ensure foster carers are fully equipped to meet the needs of children and young people in placement.
• Work collaboratively with children's social workers, virtual schools, and partner agencies.
• Participate in fostering panel processes and contribute to decision-making.
• Support placement stability and promote positive outcomes for looked after children.
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date case records and reports in line with statutory requirements.
• Safeguard children and ensure all practice is compliant with fostering regulations and national standards.

• Qualified Social Worker with a recognised Social Work degree or equivalent qualification.
• Registered with Social Work England.
• Significant post-qualifying experience within a fostering service or children in care setting.
• Strong knowledge of fostering regulations, legislation, and safeguarding procedures.
• Experience in completing Form F assessments and supporting foster carers.
• Excellent communication, assessment, and report-writing skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage a diverse caseload effectively.

• Competitive hourly rate of £39 per hour.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Opportunity to work within a supportive and experienced team.
• Gain valuable experience within a reputable local authority.
• Dedicated consultant support throughout your placement.

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.

Eden Brown Limited is a limited company registered in England and Wales with registered number . Our registered address is 5th floor 4 Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AR, part of nGAGE Specialist Recruitment Limited T/A nGAGE Talent. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. This message is intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to us, and immediately and permanently delete it. Do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. We take reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email but cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage sustained as a result of computer viruses and the recipient must ensure that the email (and attachments) are virus free.

About the Role

Coventry City Council is seeking an experienced and dedicated Social Worker to join its Fostering Team. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a supportive and progressive service, making a meaningful difference to the lives of children, young people, and foster families. You will manage a complex caseload, undertaking assessments and interventions to support children and young people, whilst working collaboratively with families, carers, and partner agencies.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload under the guidance of a Team Manager.
• Undertake planned and intensive interventions with children, young people, parents, carers, and families.
• Work with children in need, child protection cases, and looked after children.
• Implement, monitor, and review care plans through effective multi-agency working.
• Build positive and professional relationships with children, families, carers, and significant others.
• Liaise with partner agencies and professionals to achieve the best outcomes for children and young people.
• Prepare and present reports for conferences, court proceedings, and statutory/internal panels.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date case records in accordance with local authority policies and procedures.
• Contribute to service improvement initiatives and performance management requirements.
• Maintain continuous professional development and uphold high practice standards.

Experience

• Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
• Experience working within Children's Services, ideally within a Fostering Team.
• Strong assessment, report-writing, and case management skills.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities.
• A sound understanding of relevant legislation, safeguarding practice, and statutory responsibilities.
• Ability to effectively manage a complex and demanding caseload.

Why Apply?

• Opportunity to work within an established and supportive Fostering Team.
• Flexible working arrangements available.
• A chance to make a genuine difference to children and families across Coventry.
• Ongoing professional development and support.

If you are an experienced Social Worker looking for your next contract opportunity, we'd love to hear from you.

Social Worker

Case load: approx. 14 foster carers
Current working from home policy: 3 days in office
Team name: Fostering

The Supervision and Support of Foster Carers and the safeguarding of children and young people in their care.

The Supervising Social Worker supervises foster carers in Croydon assisting with the recruiting, assessing, supervising, training, and supporting foster carers and children in their homes.

Promoting and ensuring that Croydon provides quality, professional fostering services for children and young people.

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