Supervising Social Worker

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
 

• Job Title:                           Supervising Social Worker
• Job Location:                     Shire Hall, Block 6 
• Salary:                              £37,938 - £45,718  pro rata 
• Hours per Week:                22.20 
• Contract Type:                   Permanent
• Closing Date:                    31/08/2025
• Job Requisition Number:    12273 
• This post is not open to job share 

We are currently recruiting for an experienced and compassionate Supervising Social Worker to support kinship 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:

• between £37,938 - £45,718 pro rata
• welcome payment of £4,000*
• retention payment of £2,000*
• flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
• option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
• supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
• an in-house Occupational Health service
• employee discount scheme
• cycle to work scheme
• links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
• career development and qualification opportunities
• access to our Social Work Academy

Right child, right support, right time, every time

In our recent inspection in June 2025, our Children’s Services have been officially judged as ‘Good’ with ‘Outstanding’ elements. Ofsted also said ‘Leaders have set out a clear vision for delivering success for children, by modelling values and creating a culture where the workforce, children and families feel valued and heard; risk is managed confidently with bottom lines clearly set out.’This marks an important step in our journey to improve outcomes for our children and young people, and we remain focused on our mission: to continue building on this success and ensure that every child and young person in our county has the opportunity to thrive. 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.

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 Kinship 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

Our Kinship 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.

How to apply

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

We reserve the right to close an advertisement earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a suitable amount 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

Additional Information

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Supervising Social Worker Role

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.