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