Supervising Social Worker – Fostering
November 4, 2024
Children’s Services
As a top social work recruitment agency in the UK, we provide an extensive selection of contract and permanent positions. We recruit across all levels of social services, guaranteeing you’ll find the perfect role with us.
Specialists in Children’s Service recruitment
We offer an array of opportunities within children’s services teams. Our roles for children’s social workers include frontline positions such as child protection, referral and assessment, adoption, fostering, and leaving care. Additionally, we recruit for independent reviewing officers and specialist assessment roles.
As a children’s social worker, you will play a vital role in helping children, young people, and their families navigate challenging times. Working closely with parents, carers, and other organisations, you’ll help establish stability and ensure the safety of children requiring external support.
Hundreds of vacancies
We provide numerous social work opportunities within children’s services teams, covering areas such as child protection, referral and assessment, children in need, and fostering.
Tailor-made job searches
Our consultants take the time to understand your needs and conduct personalised, thorough job searches. We strive to match you with the perfect children’s social worker positions, offering you a selection of employers and roles tailored to your skills and specific requirements.
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FAQs about children’s social worker jobs
Children’s social worker positions cover a variety of specialisms. These include, but are not limited to, family support social workers, fostering social workers, adoption social workers, healthcare social workers, and MASH (Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub) social workers, also referred to as children’s duty team members.
Additionally, social work roles in children’s services extend to out-of-hours and emergency teams, providing vital 24/7 support whenever urgent assistance is required.
With social workers in high demand, there are numerous career opportunities to explore.
At ViaR Recruitment, we offer a wide variety of roles across diverse settings. As the recruitment partner for over 75% of local authorities in England and Wales, we also collaborate with fostering agencies, charities, not-for-profit organisations, and more. This allows us to provide access to a broad range of social work positions.
Each year, we assist hundreds of social workers in finding their ideal roles, and we are confident we can help you secure the perfect position as a children’s social worker too.
If you're contemplating agency social work but are unsure about what going locum involves, ViaR Recruitment is here to guide you. As one of the UK’s leading providers of agency social workers, we can offer you roles before other agencies. From the moment you register with us, a dedicated consultant will support you, providing advice that continues throughout your career with us.
Agency social work offers flexibility in the roles you take, control over your work-life balance, and the chance to work across a variety of settings, environments, and teams. This is why many children’s social workers are choosing agency work as their preferred option.
As a children’s social worker, there are numerous career progression opportunities, depending on the path you wish to follow.
With experience, you might aim for a managerial role, such as a team manager or assistant team manager. Alternatively, you could specialise further by pursuing advanced practitioner positions, including roles like practice educators or independent reviewing officers (IROs).
Advancing your career can be achieved in several ways. Many social workers choose to pursue postgraduate qualifications, seek promotional opportunities, or make lateral moves into different roles to continue their professional growth.