Qualified Social Worker
| Posting date: | 18 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £38.00 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 August 2025 |
| Location: | Devon, South West England |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Total Social |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 202507185272558DMS |
Summary
Total Social are working with Devon County Council who are looking for an experienced locum Children's Social Worker for their Fostering in Totnes.
As someone who knows what good foster care looks like, you will be responsible for ensuring high quality and timely assessments to provide high quality carers for our most vulnerable children in Devon.
You will be working in a fast paced and supportive environment.
Supervising Social worker responsibilities include:
- Foster carer supervisions and ongoing support to carers.
- Completion of high-quality carer annual reviews.
- Unannounced visits to foster carers.
- Attendance at meetings as required (eg. child in care reviews, risk assessment meetings etc).
- Presenting to fostering panel as required.
- Facilitating foster carer support groups.
- Close work with childcare teams and other professionals to ensure safety and wellbeing of children
As someone who knows what good foster care looks like, you will be responsible for ensuring high quality and timely assessments to provide high quality carers for our most vulnerable children in Devon.
You will be working in a fast paced and supportive environment.
Supervising Social worker responsibilities include:
- Foster carer supervisions and ongoing support to carers.
- Completion of high-quality carer annual reviews.
- Unannounced visits to foster carers.
- Attendance at meetings as required (eg. child in care reviews, risk assessment meetings etc).
- Presenting to fostering panel as required.
- Facilitating foster carer support groups.
- Close work with childcare teams and other professionals to ensure safety and wellbeing of children