Job Title: Social Worker – Fostering

Location: Selby area. Flexible work bases and hybrid working

Salary:Up to £38,296 per annum pro rata + relocation support

Grade: J-K
Hours: Full and part time hours available. Flexible working can be discussed

Contract: Permanent

North Yorkshire County Council have a national reputation for excellence and we are looking for Social Workers across our Fostering Team.  We also welcome those who are looking to relocate.

Come and join a strong performing fostering service, who are proud that they are able to support local vulnerable children to live with local foster carers. In North Yorkshire we strive to see children remaining close to their families in their community and school.

Following the recent internal promotion of team members, we are now looking to recruit. We have dedicated teams providing the supervision and support to all approved foster carers across the county, with local teams in Scarborough, Selby, Knaresborough and Northallerton. 

This role will predominantly focus on the supervision and support of approved foster carers ranging from newly approved foster carers to those who care for the most complex children and young people. You will need to be a confident practitioner and able to develop our foster carers in meeting children’s needs.

Fostering North Yorkshire is a county service committed to developing excellent practice that is comprised of two large teams across North Yorkshire. These teams provide the supervision and support to our approved foster carers, along with peers who focus on the recruitment and assessment of North Yorkshire foster carers. You will be joining a highly motivated team seeking to deliver high quality foster care in line with the National Fostering Regulations and National Minimum Standards for both family and friend foster carers and unrelated foster carers.

We are looking for Social Workers with a ‘can do’ attitude who are child focussed, like to think outside of the box and are creative in their planning with children.  It does not matter whether you are starting out in your social work career, returning to practice or an experienced worker looking for a new challenge in either a different field or new authority. North Yorkshire County Council offers excellent CPD and career progression. We are part of the Department of Education sector lead improvement programme and a member of The Yorkshire Urban and Rural Teaching Partnership.

The team consists of a Team Manager and Practice Supervisors to support all our Social Workers in the team. The team have dedicated business support to enable Social Workers to spend more time with Children, Young People and their families. We have a well-defined supervision policy which includes regular group supervisions, individual supervisions and opportunities to participate in County Wide practice model sessions, and engage in appreciative enquiry and conversation café’s about practice with our Principal Social Worker.

North Yorkshire County Council covers a wide area with teams in all districts, shortly to become North Yorkshire Council in April 2023.

Selby is a small market town right in the heart of Yorkshire, meaning its really well connected with easy links to Leeds, York, Hull, Northallerton with the Coast and National Parks in easy reach. The Selby district is a great place because there is a fantastic mix of market towns and picturesque villages.

The house prices are lower than neighbouring urban areas, which means people get more for their money. This means we usually attract families, which helps to grow the local workforce and the overall population to support local retailers, services and industries.

Selby is home to one of the country’s leading further education colleges, the primary schools consistently perform well and have a great quality independent school sector.

We welcome individuals looking to relocate, for further information please see our Relocation Policy.

For more information about working in Children & Families Service in North Yorkshire County Council, please see our dedicated campaign page

For an informal conversation, we would welcome you to contact Dawn Atkin (Team Manager) by emailing Dawn.Atkin@northyorks.gov.uk

If you are interested in a career in Social Work and would like more information about this, please contact Samantha Clayton (Head of Effective Practice & QA) on Samantha.Clayton@northyorks.gov.uk We have many opportunities to support people wanting to become Qualified Social Workers.

Key dates
Closing date: 26th March 2023
Interview date: TBC

We look forward to exploring your interest and receiving your application.

Key documents

Job Description

The pay advertised is applicable from 1st April 2023, should you start prior to this date pay rates for 2022/2023 will be paid and differ to those advertised and will be notified during the offer process.

Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.

NYCC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.