Supervising Social Worker

Supervising Social Worker (Connected Carers Team)
SO3 (£39,862 - £45,091)
37 Hours, Full Time
Temporary, 10 months (Maternity leave cover starting Feb 2026)
Hybrid: Stopford House and homeworking

Application Deadline: 26th February 2026 11:59pm
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 3rd March 2026
Interview Date: 11th March 2026
Interview Type: Face to Face

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Your Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team at Stockport’s Fostering Service.

You will be joining a well-established, successful service who welcome creativity and innovation. The service has within it three teams: the Connected Carers team, the Recruitment and Assessment team, and the Support and Supervision team. This vacancy is within the Connected Carers Team.

Tasks include Supporting and Supervising Kinship Foster Carers, facilitating Support Groups and assisting with Duty tasks which include undertaking Viability Assessments and Regulation 24 Assessments. Regular supervision and training and development opportunities are provided for all staff members.

About You

You will have a Social Work qualification and be registered with the Social Work England. Ideally you will be an experienced supervising social worker or have transferable skills from working closely with Kinship Foster carers and or Foster Carers. Ideally you will have experience of Kinship Care arrangements which include Special Guardianship Orders. You will need to be flexible in your approach to working hours and meeting the needs of the service.

About Us

Stockport’s Fostering Service seeks to deliver a highly professional service to both Kinship Foster Carers and Foster Carers and Stockport’s looked after children and young people.

Stockport has ambition and is rich in history and culture. It’s vibrant and well connected with unique neighbourhoods, local villages and district centres. We’re part of Greater Manchester but we’re also lucky to have Cheshire and the Peak District on our doorstep, sharing wide open countryside and farmland.

You are entitled to a variety of competitive benefits including a generous holiday entitlement and pension scheme, employee discounts, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, health and wellbeing support and more.

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Zoe Knipe @ Zoe.knipe@stockport.gov.uk or Vaunda Taylor @ Vaunda.taylor@stockport.gov.uk for in informal discussion about the role.

The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

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