Diverse Recruitment Group
Social Worker – Adoption
Location: Leicester
Team: Adoption
Rate: £38 Umbrella
Hours: 37 per week
Duration: 3 months minimum
Social Personnel are recruiting for a Social Worker for a Post Adoption Team in Leicester.
Duties Include:
- Provide emotional and practical support to Special Guardian’s and adoptive parents
- Helping families adjust to new dynamics and challenges
- Offer advice on parenting strategies, especially for children with trauma or attachment needs
- Identify and reporting to any safeguarding concerns to the safeguarding teams (where appropriate attending conference and CiN meetings).
- Supporting children and their carers/parents to manage trauma, loss, identity, and attachment issues
- Refer to or coordinate therapeutic services (e.g., counselling, CAMHS, play therapy)
- Help families understand the impact of early experiences on behaviour
- Undertaking post-order assessments (e.g., for support services or funding like ASF)
- Evaluate the ongoing needs of the child and family
- Be part of a busy duty system and taking referrals.
- Advocate for families to access services such as education, health, or specialist support
- Liaise with schools, health professionals, and other agencies
- Ensure multi-agency working to meet the child’s needs
- Supporting children to understand their life history and SGO/adoption journey
- Provide or update life story materials
- Offer training, workshops, or guidance on attachment, trauma-informed care, and therapeutic parenting – lead by a therapeutic social worker within the team.
- Attend and support coffee mornings for Special Guardian’s.
- Support events for both SG’s and adopted families.
- Build confidence and resilience to special guardian’s and adopters
- To support the birth records counsellor in accessing and redacting birth files and sharing with adult adoptees as the need arises.
Essential experience:
- Qualification in Social Work
- Post Adoption Experience
- Social Work England Registration
- Driving Licence and access to own vehicle
Why Social Personnel?
- Dedicated and experienced consultant
- Free DBS
- £250 Referral Bonus
- £250 Find your own job bonus
To apply for this job please visit www.reed.co.uk.
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