Job Opportunity with Barnardo's - Adoption Social Worker

Location: Barnardo's Adoption West
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37
Salary: £28,631.52 - £40,072.00 per annum (Full Time Equivalent)
Closing Date: 18 May 2022
Interview Date: Friday 27 May 2022

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Location of Post:  Home based but opportunities to meet colleagues at the office base of 222, Eccles Old Road, Salford, Manchester. M6 8AL

Barnardo's Adoption West has an exciting vacancy for a Social Worker to join the Service. This post offers the opportunity to join a committed and enthusiastic team of professional social workers and to develop knowledge and skills in the specialist area of family placement, within a very supportive setting. You would be joining an experienced team who embrace working in a creative, open and transparent manner with adopters to provide children with permanent homes in which they can thrive. You will be based at home although regular opportunities to meet with colleagues is facilitated and you need to be able to travel to meet adopters and children within the North West region on a regular and frequent basis.

Objectives of Service
To recruit, train, assess and support prospective adopters in the North West region to provide safe, loving and nurturing families for children in need of permanent homes.  To work with our adopters, the placing authorities and other professionals to maintain the best quality of service, support and outcomes for children.

Initial Specific Responsibilities
Solid experience in fieldwork, residential or in a family placement setting is an essential part of the role, so if you have this then we would love to hear from you:

• Degree in Social Work or relevant qualification in the field, such as DipSW, CQSW is essential.
• Registered with Social Work England, or other equivalent.
• Proactive team player with excellent communication skills and the ability to work flexibly and independently.
• Good working knowledge of child protection procedures and legislation as applied to looked after children.
• A good working knowledge and understanding of the issues facing birth parents, adopters and adopted children.
• Good report writing and assessment skills. Experience of assessing prospective adopters and/or foster carer is preferable.

This is an extremely rewarding role, which can make a real and significant difference to the lives of children and young people.

The applicant will need to be able to participate and support the Out of Office hours helpline for adopters and carers. There is additional remuneration for providing this service.

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.

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described. 

Supplementary Information
The duties of this post require the applicant to have a full current driving license that enables them to drive in the UK and have use of a car and business use insurance.  Barnardo's is, however, willing to consider any proposals put forward by applicants that would allow them to do the job by other means.

For further information or an informal discussion contact Lisa Massey on 07712698811

Flexibility
Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.

About Barnardo's
At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.

Full details and application documents here