Job Description
Barnardo's Adoption Midlands and South West
2 Social Worker vacancies (could consider full time or part time working) to cover work across our region which includes East & West Midlands, South West and Thames Valley. Work is allocated near to workers home address where possible but willingness to travel is a key feature of this position. These will be hybrid posts and the postholders will be required to travel regularly to an office locations either in Tickenham (near Clevedon) or Halesowen.
Development of Service
This is a service that currently works in adoption and adoption support and covers the Midlands region (West and East Midlands) and the South West region (including the Thames Valley area).
Objectives of Service - Adoption
The primary aim of the Service is to provide the highest quality of adoption placement and adoption support services.
Our objectives include:-
To recruit, assess and approve a diverse range of adoptive families to meet the needs of waiting children.
To carefully match the needs of waiting children with the skills of the prospective adopters.
To ensure all Barnardo's adopters have access to training, guidance and support when they require it.
To work directly with adoptive families in need of therapeutic support and with the Services Therapeutic Team to help build and maintain family relationships.
A commitment to listen to...