Supervising Social Worker in Barry

Supervising Social Worker - Placements Team

• Location: The Vale of Glamorgan Council

• Department: Social Services - Placements Team

• Working Pattern: 37 hours per week

• Position Type: Full-Time / Permanent

The Vale of Glamorgan Council are looking for a qualified, passionate Supervising Social Worker to join their dedicated Placements Team. Supported by a committed multidisciplinary service with a proven track record, you will play a central role in assessing, supporting, and retaining the carers who provide vital stability to our children.

About the Team & Role

The Placements Team assesses and approves foster placements for Vale of Glamorgan children in partnership with their Fostering Panel. This includes a growing number of kinship carers, helping children stay rooted within their wider family networks.

Key aspects of the role include:

• Providing consistent supervision, guidance, and high-quality support to local foster and kinship carers to encourage placement stability and carer retention.

• Conducting robust assessments of prospective foster and kinship carers for presentation to the Fostering Panel.

• Sourcing, matching, and commissioning appropriate internal and independent sector placements for care-experienced children when required.

• Working alongside our in-house therapeutic service to prevent placement disruption and meet complex emotional and developmental needs.

• Participating in our dedicated, rota-based 24/7 telephone support line for foster carers (averaging one non-waking overnight per week and less than one weekend per month, supported by an additional payment allowance).

What You Will Bring

• A recognised Social Work qualification and current professional registration with Social Care Wales (or eligibility to register).

• Proven post-qualifying practice working directly with children, young people, and their families.

• Sound experience in collating detailed information, managing complex casework, and presenting high-quality written reports.

• Strong knowledge of child development, the unique needs of vulnerable children, and creative methods of direct engagement.

• A proactive team player who values open communication, respects diversity, and builds trusting relationships with carers, colleagues, and partner agencies.

What We Offer

• Competitive local authority salary scale with clear grading criteria.

• Additional standby/call-out allowance for out-of-hours telephone support.

• Flexible, agile working patterns combining office base (Docks Office) and home working.

• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and generous annual leave.

• A supportive, reflective practice environment with access to regular professional supervision and ongoing training opportunities.

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.

experience

Fostering & Adoption

skills

be able to manage challenging situations,be person centred,can work as an individual or part of a team,caring,competent at dealing with all stakeholders,critical thinking,emotional intelligence,empathy,handling medication,non-judgemental,oral communication,organisational,passionate,patience,report writing (incident logs and daily plans etc),resilient,show initiative,time management,tolerance,understanding,work well under pressure,written communication

qualifications

university

education

BA in social work