Senior Kinship Support Worker (Kinship Zone)

Salary: £41,177 - £43,149 per annum  Hours per week: 37 hours Temporary/Fixed term: Until 31st of March 2028 Interview date: Week commencing 26th of October   Our kinship and fostering service are looking for a senior kinship support worker. The Service recruits, assesses, and supports foster carers and kinship carers, helping children live in safe, stable family-based homes and achieve positive outcomes.  The Senior Kinship Support Worker will support complex kinship families to achieve positive outcomes while providing supervision, guidance and development support to Kinship Support Workers. The role involves managing high-need cases, leading assessments and family support plans, working closely with schools and partner agencies, monitoring performance and quality, safeguarding children, and helping ensure families receive timely and effective support.  The ideal candidate will have relevant qualifications or significant experience supporting vulnerable children and families, with strong knowledge of kinship care, safeguarding and child development. They will be skilled in assessment, family support, multi-agency working and delivering positive outcomes, with excellent communication, decision-making, IT, and report-writing skills, and a commitment to inclusive practice and continuous professional development.  Why us? Wiltshire Council is a friendly, welcoming place to work, with a 'One Council' ethos. Find out more about Our Identity, staff networks, and employee benefits here [https://jobs.wiltshire.gov.uk/why-us]. Our hybrid working model means office staff are on site for at least half their hours, community-based staff carry out at least half their admin time in a workplace, and customer‑facing roles work entirely from their service location. We are committed to creating a workplace where positive relationships thrive and everyone feels engaged, supported and able to do their best. We do not tolerate discrimination, bullying or harassment. Everyone is expected to promote a culture of inclusion, dignity, trust and respect, guided by our vision and Our Identity. Contact details  Lloyd Lisa-Marie, Assistant Team Manager C&F at Lisa-marie.Lloyd@wiltshire.gov.uk [Lisa-marie.Lloyd@wiltshire.gov.uk] Please ensure to regularly check your spam or junk folder for any communication from us regarding the status of your application. Application criteria Please download and read the role description and person specification [https://jobs.wiltshire.gov.uk/media/21568/CA11-2992-Senior-Kinship-Support-Worker/pdf/CA11-2992_Senior_Kinship_Support_Worker.pdf] carefully before you apply. We understand that AI tools can support you in preparing job applications. However, we value authenticity and would encourage you to ensure your submission genuinely reflects your own experiences, skills, and motivations. While we welcome applications from job seekers who require skilled worker sponsorship, we are not able to issue a defined certificate of sponsorship due to limitations in our sponsorship capacity.  If you have applied for this role within the last six months, you do not need to reapply. Your application will remain on file and will be considered.  We are firmly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and to the principles of inclusion and diversity in both employment and the delivery of services.  Statement of commitment to equality and inclusion [https://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/equality-diversity-public-sector-duty] Disability Confident Employer [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-confident-guidance-for-levels-1-2-and-3/level-2-disability-confident-employer] Application process [https://jobs.wiltshire.gov.uk/help-and-support]   Wiltshire Council does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate details from recruitment agencies that are not appointed under a current, valid contract or approved supplier arrangement (including through our neutral vendor, Comensura). Submission of unsolicited CVs or candidate details to the Council, whether directly or to individual employees, will not be considered as an introduction and will not create any obligation on the Council to pay any fees. If a candidate whose details have been submitted speculatively is subsequently appointed through a compliant route, no agency fee will be payable in respect of the unsolicited submission. Agencies wishing to work with the Council must do so only via our approved procurement processes and neutral vendor arrangements.