Barnardo's Scotland Fostering North have a fantastic opportunity for a Supervising Social worker to join our busy
team on a Full Time permanent basis.
Location: The successful candidate will be home based, however travel will be required across the North East of
Scotland. Please also note that some meetings and training occur Scotland Wide. The Service has an office base
in Aberdeen and you will be required to attend some meetings from this office base. It is strongly recommended
that applicants for this post be in a commutable distance to Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.
As a Supervising Social Worker, you will work within a team of supervising social workers, children's workers,
therapists, managers, and admin staff responsible for the recruitment and support of foster carers who provide
care to looked after children and young people who are referred to the service from the Local Authority.
Some of the key responsibilities are:
-Work alongside others in providing supervision, support and advice to carers being able to demonstrate initiative
whilst also being part of a team
-Ensure that Children & Young Peoples welfare remains paramount and central in all aspects of the service.
-Ensure the voice of children/young people and carers are represented in the service through engaging in and where
appropriate lead in the delivery of participation and consultation activities.
-Deliver relevant training to Barnardo's cohort of foster carers and adopters to the relevant standards on both a
group and individual basis and provide feedback to enable training materials to be updated to remain relevant
and effective.
-Be flexible to respond to the needs of young people, carers and colleagues.
Ideal Candidate's must haves:
-Demonstrate both excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience of Fostering assessments or
similar.
-Have a good understanding of the legislation and National Standards we work within.
-Relevant Social Work Qualification such as DipSW, CSS, CQSW
-Valid Social Work Registration with SSSC.
-Demonstrable and applied knowledge of child protection procedures.
-Previous post qualifying experience in childcare setting settings and/or pre- qualifying work experience in Family
Placement
-Hold a full UK driving licence with access to their own vehicle.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed
closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment
to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for
more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and
progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our
People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their
colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both
their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the
minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues
annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on
Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
Benefits
Workplace Offer: What it means for you
The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as
we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and
empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage
those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our
Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.
- Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage
their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
- Annual Leave
entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years
Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7
years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro
rata
- The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
- A host of
family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family
additional leave options
- Service related sick pay from day 1
- Access to a Group Personal Pension
with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax
and NI savings on your own contribution
- Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff
contributing to our Group Personal Pension
- Cycle2work scheme
- Interest free season ticket
loans
- Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms,
leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
- 20% discount at Barnardo's
stores
- Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy
etc
- Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
- Access to
Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
*T&C's apply based on contract
About Barnardo's
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive
through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and
for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader,
are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place
and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We
particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are
currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout
the recruitment process.