Job Opportunity with Action for Children: Fostering Social Worker

Location: Remote, must be located in Northern Ireland

Salary: £39,400 Per Annum

Contract: Permanent, Full-time

​Closing Date: 26 January 2026

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At Action for Children, we focus on creating a feeling of family. Our fostering social workers are at the very heart of that. As a fostering agency with small caseloads, our fostering social workers have the capacity to provide a truly personalised level of support, guidance, and reassurance, to our fostering families. We get to know our foster carers as individuals, which allows us to offer a high standard in matching them with the right children and young people. The result is that we often see excellent outcomes achieved and a high level of stability offered to the young people in their care.

​As a fostering social worker, you will be responsible for providing vital training, conducting assessments on potential foster carers, reviews of approved foster carers, as well as being part of the on-call rota. 

You can be based from home but you must be prepared to travel across Northern Ireland to support the fostering families you care for. At Action for Children, you will be part of a team of experienced social workers, receive regular supervision, and access to further training. Apply now if you would you like to work with us and be part of our family. 

How you'll help to create brighter futures

As a Fostering Social Worker, you’ll be:

• Providing professional supervision and developmental support, including advice and guidance to fostering families and colleagues from other agencies where appropriate, including being part of an Out of Hours Service (through participation in rota) providing support 24 hrs a day, 365 days a year. 
• Completing complex assessments of foster carers, making appropriate recommendations.
• Supporting fostering families to look after children and young people who have experienced trauma and abuse.
• Accountable for ensuring statutory compliance in respect of notifications, etc and meet regulatory body requirements at all times.
• Coaching, mentoring, and teaching less experienced staff.
• Maintaining and develop effective working relationships with internal colleagues in the wider organisation and external agencies.
• Attending a range of regular meetings including, home visits for assessment and family support (including outside of office hours).
• Keeping abreast of changes in social work practice.

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