Overview
Experienced Adoption Support Social worker
SO3 (£39,862 - £45,091 pro rata, actual salary £19,931 - £22,545)
18.5 hours, Part-Time
Temporary (12 months)
Hybrid: Etrop Court, Wythenshawe, Manchester and homeworking
Application Deadline: 3 February 2026, 11:59pm. Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 4 February 2026
Interview Date: 26 & 27 February
Interview Type: In person at Etrop Court
Your Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Adoption Support team who provide adoption support to families in our area. The role will include undertaking assessments of adoption support needs at different stages of the adoption journey. You will be expected to have the skills to support adopted families, and to ensure children’s views are represented and that their needs are at the centre of any assessment.
You will be required to support adopters to access additional support through in-house provision and through the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) if required.
There will also be opportunities to be involved in and deliver workshops and training events, delivering effective adoption support to children and families.
We are seeking to appoint an experienced Social Worker who has a good understanding of:
* the potential impact of early years trauma upon a child’s development, behaviours and attachments
* therapeutic parenting
* how to build positive working relationships with families and young people
About You
We are seeking to appoint an experienced social worker who has a good understanding of the issues faced by children who have suffered trauma and the qualities needed in adoptive families to meet those needs. You should be a good communicator, a team player and be passionate about achieving positive outcomes for children.
About Us
Adoption Counts is a Regional Adoption agency, delivering adoption services in Cheshire East, Manchester, Salford, Stockport and Trafford local authorities. The agency was one of 5 national demonstrator projects and was the second agency to go “live” in July 2017 and continues to play a lead role in national developments and have strong links with the DFE. Covering a large geographical area, we function in a hub and spoke model. Hub functions such as recruitment, marketing, performance management, panel management and finance are based in Wythenshawe. The area is then covered from three geographical spokes—the northern spoke in Salford, central in Wythenshawe, and south based in Wythenshawe and Middlewich.
Adoption Support social workers are based in Wythenshawe at Etrop Court. We offer a high level of management support while challenging ourselves to provide services that strive to be the very best. Stockport local authority who are the host agency will employ staff, who therefore benefit from all Stockport terms and conditions.
If you are passionate about adoption, work to the highest standards and want to join a forward thinking agency, then this is an exciting opportunity not to be missed.
At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.
If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Alice Taylor or Kristen Roberts via email alice.taylor@adoptioncounts.org.uk kristen.roberts@adoptioncounts.org.uk
The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Services check.
Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.
Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.
Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme
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