Job Description

Senior Social Worker – Fostering Recruitment | 10744 | Permanent Contract | 37 hours per week | £43,822 to £48,227 per annum | Grade K | Countywide

We are looking for a full-time, Senior Social Worker to join our very supportive Fostering Recruitment Team. Our aim is to continue to successfully increase the number of approved foster carers for Norfolk Fostering Service. We require a minimum of 2 years post qualifying experience.

We are based at County Hall, and we are a County resource, covering Norfolk.

Are you passionate about placing our In Care Children in safe, secure, caring and stimulating fostering homes. Are you passionate about permanence and have energy, enthusiasm, and experience of in care children and fostering?

Our aim is to recruit and assess new applicants and agency foster carers who are wishing to transfer to Norfolk Fostering Service. We need a Senior social worker who will be advocates and able to promote Norfolk Fostering Service within our community.

There is an opportunity to be versatile, as we require a person who can actively get involved in recruitment, assessing new applicants, going to Panel and sometimes delivering preparation training. You will need to have good written and analytical assessment skills, must have experience of safeguarding and working with children in care and some understanding of their issues. You will need to have good written, assessment and analytical skills and be able to work efficiently and to a high standard to produce and present coramBAAF, Form F, Fostering Assessments to our Norfolk Fostering panel.

Occasional evenings and weekends will be required. Hybrid working is a key feature of this role, mainly working from home and occasional office visits. We ask that candidates have in place good, Broadband connectivity.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

For further information, please contact Team Managers Wendy Jones – 01603 306676 (Monday – Wednesday) and Clea Newman 07860 352623 ( Wednesday – Friday), during working hours.

We can offer part time on the basis that there are at least two appointable workers who can fill the full-time post.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependant on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
  • ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.

  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes

  • Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)

  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.

Redeployment closing date: 21 July 2026 at 23:55

All other applicants closing date: 29 July 2026 at 23:55

We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage. Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food. We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk. Our county a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.