Member News from Team Fostering: Meet one of our Supervising Social Workers

​Ruth is one of our Supervising Social Workers in the North East Region. For Social Work Week we caught up with her to hear all about her role and the relationships she has with her Foster Carers.

How did you get into social work?

I’ve been qualified as a social worker for 24 years. I always knew I wanted to do a job helping and empowering people. My first role was in a Looked After Children’s team in Lincolnshire. It was from that role at an early age that I knew my passion was fostering.

I’ve worked in a lot of different roles and I’ve been so lucky to have so many experiences. I can see things from the perspective of a child first coming into foster care to experiences children have in foster care, but also moving on from foster care. I still keep in touch with a lot of my looked after children who are now 25/26.

I’ve now been at Team Fostering for 3 years.

What do you love about your role?

Working with Foster Carers is my strength. My passion now is supporting children that are neurodiverse.  A lot of children are getting assessed for ADHD, foetal alcohol syndrome, autism and supporting Foster Carers with this is really important. The way I do it is just being there on the journey with them. Supporting them, helping them, making sure that they get the training that’s going to help them.

It’s still a job for me that I enjoy getting up in the morning and I enjoy doing. So that speaks volumes, doesn’t it?

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