Supervising Social Worker - Fostering

Liquid Personnel

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Wolverhampton Until 8/22/2026 First posted August 2, 2025 Last posted August 2, 2025
Job description

Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting a Supervising Social Worker on behalf of its client’s Fostering Team, based in Wolverhampton. As a Supervising Social Worker, you’ll play a key role in delivering a high-quality fostering service that promotes the best outcomes for children. You’ll support foster carers, manage your own caseload, and ensure the highest standards of care and safeguarding.

What will your responsibilities be?

  • Support & Supervision: Recruit, assess, and supervise foster carers, providing regular guidance, training, and development support.
  • Child-Centred Practice: Attend placement planning meetings, contribute to care plans, and ensure children’s voices are heard.
  • Quality & Compliance: Complete assessments, reviews, and statutory checks, and present reports to the Fostering Panel.
  • Multi-Agency Collaboration: Work closely with local authorities, schools, and health professionals to ensure joined-up support.

Qualifications & Experience:

  • Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
  • Experience in fostering or children’s services.
  • Strong assessment, communication, and relationship-building skills.
  • A commitment to safeguarding and continuous professional development.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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About this role

Summary

Support foster carers, manage caseloads, ensure high standards of care and safeguarding.

Job title

Supervising Social Worker - Fostering

Experience level

qualified social worker

Industry

social services

Location requirements

based in Wolverhampton, no remote work allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

Yes

Skills & keywords

Required skills

social work registrationfostering or children’s services experience

Preferred skills

assessmentcommunicationrelationship-buildingsafeguardingprofessional development

Specializations

fosteringchild welfare
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Wolverhampton, UK

On-site City