Barnardo's Adoption Midlands and South West has an exciting vacancy for a Social Worker to join its Service covering work predominantly in the Midlands, East & West. You will be joining an experienced and stable staff group who embrace working in a creative, open and transparent manner with adopters, to provide children with permanence in a family who understand the lifelong nature of adoption and the impact of issues such as developmental trauma, attachment and neuroscience.
As a Social Worker you have the chance to make a real difference in the lives of Children, Young People and Families by:
Responsibilities
- Recruiting, assessing and approving a diverse range of adoptive families to meet the needs of waiting children
- Matching the needs of children nationwide with the skills of appropriate adopters
- Ensuring all adopters have access to excellent training, guidance and support when they require it, including managing ongoing contact with birth family
- Working directly with adoptive families promoting a trauma informed approach and helping build and maintain family relationships
- Being part of Barnardo's undertaking to children, young people and adopters to continuously learn and improve
Requirements
This vacancy is for a qualified Social Worker who is registered with SW England or is able to register with SW England.
A full current driving licence that enables the applicant to drive in the UK and have use of a car and business use insurance is required, though the organization is willing to consider alternative arrangements.
The applicant will also need to be able to participate in a "Helpline" rota during out of office hours. Additional remuneration is provided for this service.
Benefits and Working Conditions
Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work life balance we therefore offer flexible working arrangements as the role involves some evening/weekend working and travel with occasional overnight stays.
