advanced fostering social worker

Reference

HUL/25/0671

Full Time Equivalent Salary (based on a 37 hour working week)

£ £48226

Occupational group

Care/Social Work - Children's

Job term

Full Time

Appointment type

Permanent

Hours

37

Division

Children and Family Services - Directorate

Closing Date

11 December 2025

Proposed Shortlisting Date

12 December 2025

Proposed Interview Date

22 December 2025

Place of work

Kenworthy House, Hull HU1 3DT

For an informal discussion please contact

Vikki Smith

Contact telephone

We are looking for an Advanced Fostering Social Worker to join our fostering service as we continue our improvement journey to provide outstanding services and outcomes for all of our children. We are very proud of our foster carers in Hull, and we are proud of our creative and committed team of fostering social workers. We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Advanced Fostering Social worker who can continue to contribute to the development of our foster community.

You will be based within our kinship fostering assessment team and will be responsible for undertaking connected persons assessments and overseeing a team of social workers carrying out viability and full connected assessments. You will also have responsibility for undertaking supervision with some non-social work qualified staff.

We are seeking an enthusiastic person who has excellent inter-personal and communication skills to inspire and support staff, foster carers and supported lodgings providers, to help us to achieve excellent care placements and good outcomes for children.

We are looking for someone who has a good level of experience of working with children who are looked after and with foster carers. You should have an excellent knowledge base in particular about kinship care and the kinship strategy as well as fostering regulations and standards, child development, trauma, attachment and loss. You should have excellent assessment skills, organisational skills, good recording ability and be able to work within tight timescales.

Our ASW's have a developmental role, supporting and mentoring colleagues to enhance quality of practice, co working with colleagues to unpick complex family dynamics and working with families to be able to best meet their needs

We would love to hear from passionate and motivated qualified Social Workers interested in joining us. All Advanced Social Workers benefit from excellent learning, development, and progression opportunities.

At Hull City Council we are committed to our children and young people and we are passionate about how we deliver services to them. That's why we are developing and nurturing a culture that puts our children and young people at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our workforce to work together to find solutions, to be open, honest and respectful, to take responsibility and listen and learn from others.

If you value these behaviours too, we'd love to hear from you. Hull is a changing local authority and it's a fantastic time to join us and be a key player in supporting our journey.

Why it's great to work for Hull City Council:

• A competitive salary of up to £48226
• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Up to 31 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off, one in May/August and one during the Christmas/New year period
• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods
• A generous relocation package available
• Supportive and forward thinking culture
• Great career development opportunities
• Flexible working hours

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Vikki Smith, Team Manager on

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Please ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight on the closing date.

We are committed to increasing the diversity, equity, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

We adopt a 'name blind' approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required.

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

Any offer of employment to the above post will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory Enhanced & Childrens Barring List Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service.

Hull City Council embraces the principles of WorkSmart and this post has been identified as a suitable role. WorkSmart principles create opportunities facilitating a combination of working in the office, ad hoc homeworking, or working from various locations, therefore being flexible about where/ how you carry out your role, the specific opportunities available will be discussed at interview.