Qualified social worker - Fostering service

Contract type:  Permanent

Hours : 37 hours per week

Location:  Portsmouth

Salary:  Qualified social worker: Band 9, £39,151 to £42,838 per annum, pro rata. Experienced social worker: Band 10, £42,838 to £47,181 per annum, pro rata.

Application deadline: 7 December 2025

Details

This is an exciting time to join Portsmouth City Council Fostering Service as we strive to further enhance outcomes for the children we care for. As a fostering service we recognise that children need diversity of carers whilst they cannot live with their parents. We support approved foster carers, kinship carers, private foster carers and offer a range of support including formal supervision, training, mentoring, support groups, social events.

The role

Supervising social workers manage and support a caseload of foster carers to provide excellent care to ensure the best outcomes for children we care for and supporting carers to apply a trauma-informed approach in their care of children. The role of the supervising social worker is critical in supporting the carer to develop good relationships with children and their families, providing stable nurturing family homes for as long as the children need to be with them.

This is an ideal opportunity to use your knowledge and experience of working with foster carers and children we care for to supervise and enhance the development of foster carers. We want individuals to champion the very best social work practice, who are motivated, flexible, enthusiastic, passionate and with a "can do" attitude who share our passion for improving children's and young persons' lives.

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