Children’s Social Worker, Fostering, Advanced Practitioner, Wigan
Vitalis · Wigan, Greater Manchester
Children’s Social Worker, Fostering, Advanced Practitioner, Wigan at Vitalis, based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, paying £40.00 per hour. This is a contract role.
- Salary
- £40.00 per hour
- Location
- Wigan, Greater Manchester
- Contract
- Contract
- Posted
- 3 weeks ago
- Closes
- 11 Sep 2026
- Sector
- Care Assistant
About 150% above the going rate for care assistant
Reference GL-401
About the role
Pay rate £40 per hour
Contract role, Supervising Social Worker, Advanced Practitioner
We are recruiting for experienced Children’s Social Worker in the Wigan area.
- To guide, advise, support and supervise foster carers who are supporting complex placements
- To support the supervision of staff as per allocation of the Team Manager
- To participate in duty manager day duty rota one week at a time and cover in staff absence
- To QA annual foster carer reviews, supervisory visits and unannounced visits of staff within you supervisory group
- To support the team manager as per requests
- To ensure that the teams compliance remains of a consistently high level using the database to support this.
Please get in touch for more information.
This is an agency post and we can offer you:-
- A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to
- An easy registration process (all done online)
- Referral schemes and incentives
- Ongoing compliance managed for you
- Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more.
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager
Reference: GL-401 · Posted 3 weeks ago · Closes 11 Sep 2026 · Listed via Vitalis
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