Social Worker - Adoption Family Finder
Job Summary
Contract Type:
Fixed Term
Working Pattern:
Part time
Advert Start Date:
05/10/2017
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 19/10/2017 12:00
Salary:
Grade G+ £31,601 per annum (pro rata)
Job Category:
Social Care - Children Service
Employment Location:
Seafield House, Krikleatham Street, Redcar TS10 1SP
Further Information
“This is Redcar and Cleveland. We are an ambitious council keen to build on our strong track record of innovation and partnership working, ensuring that we create a flourishing future for the borough and all of its residents. Key to this is a committed workforce who always gives their best. Offering a fast paced, progressive working environment, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council is a great career move.”
We have many reasons to be proud of our existing services for children, young people and their families in Redcar and Cleveland. We have a passionate workforce who are committed to supporting children and young people to feel safe, healthy, happy and ready to learn and achieve. We respect everyone as equally valued members of our community by listening to their views and using their opinions to help shape our services.
Are you the right person to help us to develop a brighter future for our children?
If you share the ethos of Redcar and Cleveland’s Children and Families Directorate, this could be the opportunity you are looking for. An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our established Permanency Team.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, positive person to join the looked after children unit as a Social Worker – Family Finder.
Redcar and Cleveland’s Permanency team, as part of the looked after children unit aims to provide a quality service to looked after children and to achieve the best possible outcomes for those children, their families and carers. If you have real drive and ambition and are professionally qualified with substantial post qualifying experience and feel that you have the skills then we would like to hear from you.
The Permanency Team are looking for a suitably experienced candidate to take on the role of Family Finder. The successful candidate will be working closely within a multidisciplinary framework to support children whose plan is adoption to find suitable forever families within agreed timescales either within or outside of the Borough. Your main priority will be to progress and implement the plans for adoption by searching and identifying suitable families from the approved adopters available. You will have a tenacious approach to the task being able to work closely with Adoption Agencies and other Local Authorities.
The successful candidate will be highly motivated and have high personal standards of self-discipline, be able to demonstrate a flexible and organised approach to their work and be able to communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders and professionals. They will have proven experience of successful Family Finding or Adoption work and the supporting Adoption regulations.
The authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and an enhanced disclosure & barring service check (DBS) will be sought.
The council is an accredited Investors in People employer at gold level and holds ambassador status for the North East Better Health at Work Award.
We offer very attractive terms and conditions of employment, including generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working hours, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and access to numerous other salary sacrifice schemes and staff benefits/discounts, including a lease car scheme.
Full details of the role can be found at https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk/
Please note
This job is closed for applications.