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Supervising Social Worker - Fostering Team

Full Time
16 Oct 2025
Haringey
Verified by Turrior

Content + Source + Freshness • 12 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence

80 / 100

Offer value

High value due to competitive salary and strong organizational commitment to child welfare.

  • Salary offering up to £45,628/year
  • Essential role in child care and fostering processes
  • Strong potential for growth in social work hierarchy
  • Requires deep social work knowledge and emotional engagement
Pros
  • Attractive salary up to £45,628
  • High-impact role influencing foster management and child outcomes
  • Supportive framework for professional growth
Cons
  • Requires significant experience and emotional investment
  • Expectations for compliance with regulatory standards
  • Possible on-call duties supplementing standard hours

Who it's for

Mid to Senior level • On-site with potential on-call duties

Good fit
  • Qualified social workers with a commitment to child welfare
  • Individuals aspiring to leadership in fostering
  • Professionals seeking impactful roles in social care
Not recommended for
  • New graduates without experience
  • People not prepared for emotional challenges
  • Candidates avoiding compliance-related tasks

Motivation fit

Desire to advocate for children in careInterest in developing community-based initiativesCommitment to ongoing professional development

Key skills

Robust social work qualificationsKnowledge of fostering regulations and safeguardsStrong supervision and leadership skillsAnalytical and documentation capabilities
Score: 80/100 AI verified analysis

About the job

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Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Supervising Social Worker within the Fostering Team to work full time based in Haringey.

The salary for this permanent Supervising Social Worker job is up to £45,628 per annum.

Main duties:

  • Ensuring that the service exceeds the requirements of the Fostering Services Regulations, National Minimum Standards and best practice.
  • Engage and empower all children and young people to have a more effective voice in making decisions about their own care and planning service developments.
  • Ensure that children unable to return to their birth family have agreed permanency plans with give them appropriate legal security and are progressed on a timescale that is right for the child. By developing the use of Special Guardianship and rationalising the delivery of Long Term Fostering.
  • Support IRO’s to review Care Plans at every Looked After Child Review and make certain the plan for permanence is addressed at the 2nd review with clear timescales for implementation of the permanence plan.
  • Make sure that every child and young person is provided with information about the services to be provided and the independent support systems, through the Haringey’s Children’s Guide.
  • Provide foster carers with supervision & support and learning & development opportunities which will enable them to promote positive outcomes in all areas of children and young people’s lives.
  • Employ skilled and competent social workers and ensure they make use of council policies, procedures and systems effectively and equitably to increase the efficiency of the service so improving performance against agreed outcomes for children.
  • Promote Haringey’s priorities for children and young people – as detailed in the Children and Young People’s Plan with a particular emphasis on promoting outcomes for children in care.

Requirements of this Supervising Social Worker job:

  • A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
  • Understanding of relevant legislation.
  • Continual professional development.
  • Social Work England registered.

Contact:
This Supervising Social Worker job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

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. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

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