At a Glance
- Tasks: Support foster families and provide care to children in need across Scotland.
- Company: Action for Children, a leading fostering service with a commitment to high standards.
- Benefits: Generous annual leave, professional development, and discounts at 15,000 retailers.
- Other info: Join a diverse team dedicated to nurturing and supporting vulnerable young people.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in children's lives while growing your career in social work.
- Qualifications: Social Work qualification and registration with Social Work Scotland required.
The predicted salary is between 41500 - 41500 £ per year.
Salary: £41,500 per annum
Contract/Hours: Permanent Full-Time 37 hrs per week
Location: Hybrid – Glasgow
Benefits:
- 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave
- Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
- Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
- Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
- Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts
The role and service:
Fostering Social Worker to support foster families in Scotland. You will have a small caseload and be part of a dedicated team providing regulated services and high standards of care. Action for Children foster services are rated “Good” by the Care Inspectorate.
About the service:
Action for Children’s Fostering Scotland Service is a dedicated specialist fostering provider, delivering attachment-based, therapeutic care to children and young people who cannot live safely at home. We provide nurturing environments that support emotional healing, resilience and long-term stability. We pride ourselves on maintaining high standards of care. Our foster carers receive exceptional training, ongoing supervision and comprehensive support to help them meet the complex and individual needs of each young person. This commitment is reflected in our latest fostering inspection. Listening to children and young people is central to our work. Their voices guide decision-making and shape the support we provide.
Responsibilities:
- Providing professional supervision and developmental support, including advice and guidance to fostering families and collaboration with other professionals where appropriate.
- Completing complex assessments of applicants to foster, making recommendations to achieve the best outcomes for children, young people and families.
- Supporting fostering families to care for children and young people who have experienced trauma, ensuring they have the skills to foster within a family home, undertaking fostering reviews, producing high-quality analytical reports and presenting to Panel where appropriate.
- Ensuring statutory compliance and meeting regulatory body requirements regarding registration.
- Maintaining enthusiasm for learning and self-development as a reflective practitioner and in support of carer training.
Requirements:
- A Social Work qualification is essential.
- Registration with Social Work Scotland is essential.
- A strong commitment to work within our therapeutic framework to support the needs of the young person.
- The ability to plan and prioritise.
- Proficiency with electronic records systems and IT.
- Experience of fostering is preferable.
- Driver’s licence and access to own vehicle essential to travel across Scotland.
Good to know:
Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
Diversity, equality and inclusion:
We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates to ensure equal opportunity. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.
Contact: Jessica Jarvis by email at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk, quoting reference 13394.
