Social Worker

Spring by Action for Children

Fostering Social Worker providing support to fostering families in Northeast England. Focused on trauma-informed care and professional development for children and young people.

Posted 7/6/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £38,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Providing professional supervision and developmental support, including advice and guidance to fostering families and working with other professionals where appropriate.
Completing complex assessments of applicants to foster, making appropriate recommendations.
Supporting fostering families to look after children and young people who have experienced trauma.
Undertake fostering reviews, providing high quality, analytical reports and presenting to Panel where appropriate.
Ensure all regulatory body requirements are met.
Enthusiasm for learning and development.
Contributing to an out of hours foster service (this will be done on a rota basis).

Requirements

What you’ll need

A Social Work qualification.
Social Worker England Registered
The ability to prioritise and manage your work to deadlines complying with regulatory requirements.
Strong ethos of keeping the child at the centre.
Strong commitment to work within our therapeutic framework to support the needs of children.
Be able to use IT effectively including participating in virtual meetings and webinars.
Experience of working in fostering is preferable.
Access to a suitable means of transport to undertake the duties of the role, travelling across the area is essential.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Over 7 weeks inclusive paid leave and the option to buy or sell leave
Excellent training and the opportunity to undertake professional training for some roles
Flexible maternity, paternity and adoption packages
Up to 5% employer contribution and life assurance cover
Blue Light Card eligibility with discounts at 15,000 national retailers

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Soft Skills

Child-Centered ApproachCommitment to Therapeutic FrameworkTime Management