Supervising Social Worker

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
 

• Job Title:                            Supervising Social Worker
• Job Location:                     Shire Hall, The Link, 2nd Floor 
• Salary:                               £37,938 - £45,718 per annum 
• Hours per Week:               37.00 
• Contract Type:                   Fixed Term 
• Duration:                            Secondment until September 2025 
• Closing Date:                     26/01/2025 
• Job Requisition Number:   9040 

This is an exciting opportunity for a Social Worker or Senior Social Worker to join the Fostering Development and Progression team from February 2025 to September 2025.

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. We are 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 the role

Mockingbird, a global award winning programme led by The Fostering Network in the UK, delivers sustainable foster care. It is an evidence-based model structured around the support and relationships an extended family provides. The model nurtures the relationships between children, young people and foster families supporting them to build a resilient and caring community. 

Key elements of Mockingbird are peer guidance and support for foster carers, children and young people have sleepovers with foster carers they know,  training and development for foster carers and regular group activities for children, young people and their carers.

Mockingbird in Gloucestershire is overseen by a Liaison Worker who is an experienced Supervising Social Worker working within the Fostering Service. You will work closely with the Fostering Service Manager and you will offer supervision and guidance to the Hub home carers within the Mockingbird programme along with support to sustain and progress each constellation.

There are currently two constellations in Gloucestershire and we will be launching two further constellations within the next few months.  You will have access to wider support and training for this role from The Fostering Network. 

You will need to have a current Social Work qualification and be registered with Social Work England.

If you are interested in finding out more about this opportunity, then please contact lisa.long@gloucestershire.gov.uk in the first instance.