Job Description
We have a rare vacancy in the Adoption team and are looking for an enthusiastic, compassionate individual to join our team. It is a part time ( 18.13 hrs) permanent post.
The team currently consists of 5 Social workers (1 vacancy) 3 Part - time Family Support Workers and 1 full time social worker with a specific focus on supporting children who move to Adoption. We are a geographically dispersed team and having the capacity to work autonomously while keeping connected to your colleagues is essential.
Do you work in a trauma informed way and are you interested in securing children's future? In the Adoption team you will be able to develop your own learning around the lifelong impact of early trauma and neglect.
Our core business is around recruitment, preparation, and assessment of Prospective Adoptive families. You will be involved in finding Adoptive families for children through the linking and matching process and providing support in every aspect of this to help support the development of new attachment relationships.
You will also be involved in delivering our range of Post Adoption Services, from facilitating groups to offering 1:1 family-based support.
In the Adoption team we offer support to anyone affected by Adoption, this may be to birth parents who need support to manage any post adoption contact or an Adoptee who wishes to access their birth records and search for members of their birth family.
The role of Social Worker in the Adoption team is diverse, challenging and rewarding.
Adoption is a complex landscape to work in and we offer a supportive team culture to help support your own development and ensure you can practice with empathy and compassion to make a meaningful connection with the children and families that we support.
Informal Enquiries to: Carol Reilly Tel: 01467 536580
Requirements
This post is regulated work with Children and/or Protected Adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. A confirmed offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.
This post has a minimum requirement of two references, one of which must be your current or most recent employer.
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