Job summary
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This is not a Wiltshire Council vacancy therefore please contact Adoption West for further information.
Salary:£15,659 £16,409 per annum
Hours:15 hours a week
Contract:Permanent
Closing date:Thursday 22 May 2025
Interview date:Wednesday 28 May 2025
Location:Flexible, you will be based in one of the offices within the Adoption West region (Bristol, Gloucester or Trowbridge) and working from home.
Adoption West is a Regional Adoption Agency and registered Voluntary Adoption Agency commissioned by Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Councils.
Adoption West provides a range of adoption services including:
- The recruitment and assessment of prospective adopters
- Family finding services for children requiring permanency via adoption
- Post adoption support services
- Services to birth family and adopted adults
This is an exciting time to join Adoption West as we build on the solid foundations already in place and our Good rating from Ofsted.
Main duties of the job
Birth Links is the team within Adoption West, which provides support to Birth Parents and Adopted Adults. The service covers the whole of the Adoption West region.
We are looking to recruit a part-time, two days per week, Birth Links Social Worker.
Main Duties:
- Provide access to adoption records and Sch2 counselling services to adopted adults across the Adoption West region
- Be responsible for liaising with Local Authorities, Voluntary Agencies, Courts and the General Registry Office in order to locate and gather adoption records
- Support the process of summarising these records and facilitate records being shared sensitively with adopted adults.
- Provide intermediary advice and signposting services to adopted adults
- Provide emotional support in the form of short-term sessions with adopted adults.
You will need:
- A Social Work Qualification (degree or equivalent) and current registration with Social Work England
- You will need to be able to travel around the whole region and so must be able to drive and have access to your own vehicle
- Ability to communicate effectively with empathy, understanding and some knowledge about adoption and the lifelong impact on families.
- The ability to use your own initiative and work independently
- Experience of managing your own caseload and working to deadlines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- The ability to work as part of a team, sharing knowledge and managing cases
About us
Adoption West:
- is an organisation with a wealth of experience and has a learning culture committed to enabling the post holder to grow and develop in their role.
- provides support through supervision and training.
- offers flexible working arrangements, including job shares
- provides a Local Government Pension Scheme and access to the Child Care vouchers scheme.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Specific duties and responsibilities include:
The assessment of adopters and the matching and placements of children for
adoption:
Undertaking assessments of prospective adopters and presenting assessments to
the Adoption Panel
Provide support to prospective adopters during and after approval, including through
the LAC reviewing process.
Contributing to the development and training of adopters.
Assessment of adoption support needs giving due consideration to the wishes
and opinions of the child and the adoptive family, the nature of the problem that
has called for adoption support:
To draw up support plan and implement, with the child and adoptive family, an
appropriate action plan to come to terms with or ameliorate the identified problems.
To convene and chair case specific and other liaison/multiagency meetings as
appropriate.
All children in need procedures are completed in a timely manner.
Applications sourced and made to the Adoption Support Fund
For further details please refer to the role description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Specific duties and responsibilities include:
The assessment of adopters and the matching and placements of children for
adoption:
Undertaking assessments of prospective adopters and presenting assessments to
the Adoption Panel
Provide support to prospective adopters during and after approval, including through
the LAC reviewing process.
Contributing to the development and training of adopters.
Assessment of adoption support needs giving due consideration to the wishes
and opinions of the child and the adoptive family, the nature of the problem that
has called for adoption support:
To draw up support plan and implement, with the child and adoptive family, an
appropriate action plan to come to terms with or ameliorate the identified problems.
To convene and chair case specific and other liaison/multiagency meetings as
appropriate.
All children in need procedures are completed in a timely manner.
Applications sourced and made to the Adoption Support Fund
For further details please refer to the role description.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Professional Social Work qualification.
- Social Work England registered
- Have up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance in relation to working with,
- and the protection of, children and young people
- For further information please refer to the job description
Desirable
- A post qualifying award in Social Work.
- A Practice Teachers Award
- Training qualification
- Experience of delivering training.
- Experience of assessment of Adopters or providing adoption support services.
- Experience of supervision.
- Experience of staff/students supervision or consultation.
- Supervision skills.
- Experience of delivering training.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Professional Social Work qualification.
- Social Work England registered
- Have up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance in relation to working with,
- and the protection of, children and young people
- For further information please refer to the job description
Desirable
- A post qualifying award in Social Work.
- A Practice Teachers Award
- Training qualification
- Experience of delivering training.
- Experience of assessment of Adopters or providing adoption support services.
- Experience of supervision.
- Experience of staff/students supervision or consultation.
- Supervision skills.
- Experience of delivering training.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
