Children & Families - Senior Social Worker
| Posting date: | 04 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £31.50 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 January 2026 |
| Location: | Newport, Isle Of Wight |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Nations Recruitment |
| Job type: | Contract |
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Summary
Job Category: Social Care Qualified
Job location: County Hall, High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1UD
United Kingdom
Isle of Wight Council
Hours per week: 37
Start date: Immediate start
Salary: £31.50 per hour
We are looking for x2 social workers to join our Fostering Team.
Key Role & Responsibility of the Fostering Social Worker
Providing support and advice to foster carers – mainstream and kinship carers (hybrid case work)
They will keep in regular communication with the child’s SWs, the fostered child/ren, foster carers own children
Make regular visits to the foster carers’ homes – announced and unannounced
Support with home finding for the children needing to come into care – alongside the placement team and CSW
Assessing the services/support the foster carers will need to care for the fostered child.
Providing regular supervision – this will include identifying training needs/opportunities.
Ensuring the foster home meets all the development needs of the child/ren living with the carer
Assessing and raising concerns whether there are safeguarding and/or standards of care matters.
Write foster carers annual reviews.
Attend appropriate meetings – the fostered child’s Reviews Meetings , Support/Stability Meetings and any other as appropriate (PEPs)
Attend Foster Panel as required.
Cover day time duty rota
Ensure DBS, Health Assessments, Safer Caring Policy and other related household checks are in place is in place and the Foster Carer Agreement is updated.
Ensuring that the foster carer is working to and meeting all the National Minimum Fostering Standards (NMS) in their practice
There is a hybrid working arrangement in place where the Team have access to their office space 3 days a week with one day mandatory in the office which is currently on Wednesdays to attend team/service meetings.
Job location: County Hall, High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1UD
United Kingdom
Isle of Wight Council
Hours per week: 37
Start date: Immediate start
Salary: £31.50 per hour
We are looking for x2 social workers to join our Fostering Team.
Key Role & Responsibility of the Fostering Social Worker
Providing support and advice to foster carers – mainstream and kinship carers (hybrid case work)
They will keep in regular communication with the child’s SWs, the fostered child/ren, foster carers own children
Make regular visits to the foster carers’ homes – announced and unannounced
Support with home finding for the children needing to come into care – alongside the placement team and CSW
Assessing the services/support the foster carers will need to care for the fostered child.
Providing regular supervision – this will include identifying training needs/opportunities.
Ensuring the foster home meets all the development needs of the child/ren living with the carer
Assessing and raising concerns whether there are safeguarding and/or standards of care matters.
Write foster carers annual reviews.
Attend appropriate meetings – the fostered child’s Reviews Meetings , Support/Stability Meetings and any other as appropriate (PEPs)
Attend Foster Panel as required.
Cover day time duty rota
Ensure DBS, Health Assessments, Safer Caring Policy and other related household checks are in place is in place and the Foster Carer Agreement is updated.
Ensuring that the foster carer is working to and meeting all the National Minimum Fostering Standards (NMS) in their practice
There is a hybrid working arrangement in place where the Team have access to their office space 3 days a week with one day mandatory in the office which is currently on Wednesdays to attend team/service meetings.