Social worker - Kinship Assessment

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Please apply online via the link provided.

Please note, we do not accept CV’s (unless specified on the advert).

Please fully complete the online application form.

About the Role

This is a well-established team, which sits within the fostering service. The Service has a settled and stable management team. The work of the team was acknowledged in the Ofsted ILACS inspection in 2025 and contributed to Services for Cared For children being rated as Good.

We are recruiting social workers to work in our Kinship Assessment team. The team undertakes viability assessments of family and friends, Regulation 24 assessments to assess suitability to become a temporary foster carer for immediate and emergency placements, full Kinship assessments/SGO assessments and occasional step-parent adoption assessments.

This is a fast-paced team with many of the deadlines being Court ordered and in recognition of this, successful applicants will receive a £2000 per annum market supplement on top of their salary (subject to review).

We are seeking experienced social workers who can hit the ground running, with experience of undertaking court related work, good quality child and family assessments, working to deadlines, being open and transparent with families, able to manage their time and workloads effectively and a good team player.

Previous experience in a fostering environment is desirable but not essential as your attitude, motivation, and transferable skills is what interests us.

Please note that in order to apply for this post you must be qualified and registered as a Social Worker with SWE and have post qualifying experience in safeguarding children.

Due to the nature of the role, working arrangements are fairly flexible.

The closing date for this vacancy is Sunday 22nd November 2026 (or earlier in the event of high volume of applications being received).

Provisional interview dates are Tuesday 1st December 2026.