Due to career progression, we have opportunities for colleagues to join our team. As a Supervising Social Worker, you
are the key link for our foster carers with local authorities, and will ensure quality of care for children and
young people; identifying positive matches providing support, supervision and development opportunities for
foster carers as appropriate. Your role is not only working with our foster carers as you will also link in with
children and young people – checking in with them regularly to ensure their view and wishes are being heard and
they are supported to achieve positive outcomes and are happy, safe and feel loved.
As a service we continue to grow, and your role will also allow for supporting potential foster carer applicants;
building relationships with them as they progress from pre-approval training through their assessment as foster
carers.
A typical week
Our team are located across Scotland. Our full-time roles will typically support a caseload of 12 of our amazing
fostering families (reduced accordingly dependent on hours). Most of your time will be spent working remotely,
however at times there will be travel to our office base in Falkirk for team and other meetings including our
fostering panels – all with advance notice and planning. There are also opportunities to support learning,
support groups and assessments.
Our carers consistently share that they value the relationships they have with the staff team, particularly their
supervising social worker. The flexibility of working with Care Visions Fostering ensures that our team can
provide excellent support to our fostering families, while managing their own diary. Our full-time team members
generally work their hours Monday to Friday during core office hours. We hold our fostering panels on a Monday,
and part-time colleagues ensure they can support this. We provide out of hours on call telephone support (incl.
weekends) and our SSWs support this on an 8-weekly rota basis (supported by a manager) with an additional daily
payment in respect of this.
Who we are looking for
We would love to work with someone who is a proactive team player with excellent communication skills and the ability
to work flexibly, and independently. You must have a good working knowledge of child protection procedures,
legislation, and regulations in relation to looked after children and fostering. A good working knowledge and
understanding of the challenges facing children, their birth parents and foster carers is key, as well as
excellent report writing and assessment skills. Experience of assessing prospective foster carers would be
advantageous.
- Degree in Social Work or relevant qualification in the field, such as DipSW, CQSW.
(essential)
- Registered with the Social Services Council, or other British equivalent along with PVG
scheme membership, Solid experience in fieldwork, residential or in a family placement setting
- A full
driving license and use of car (travel will be required).
Our benefits include
- Protected case load of typically 12* fostering families
- 27* days annual leave plus 9 public
holidays
- Access to a range of employee benefits including:
- Health and wellbeing – health shield,
employee assistance and wellbeing portal
- Staff discount portal and Blue Light card eligibility, and
more
- Excellent opportunities for professional development and opportunity to be part of transformational
change
*Pro-rata for part-time posts
About Us
Since 2006, Care Visions Fostering has been supporting young people across Scotland to improve their daily lives,
development and opportunities after care. We work close to home, operating as a close-knit team. With
therapeutic, trauma informed approaches integral, we provide a range of therapeutic supports for all our
fostering families, along with our education support to link positively with schools and empower staff and
carers to advocate positively in respect of each child or young person.
This is an extremely rewarding role, where you could make a real and significant difference to the lives of children
and young people when they need it while working as part of an amazing and committed team of staff and
carers.
Keen to hear more?
Listen to one of our team talking about the role youtube.com/watch?v=j2dnfMe4i1U
You can also visit our website for more general information on Care Visions and our values at
carevisionsfostering.co.uk
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Sarah McEnhill, Head of Fostering, for an informal chat
about the role on 01324 464 200 or sarah.mcenhill@carevisions.co.uk