Service: PAC-UK
Location: Hybrid working with some travel to North Yorkshire and Humber and areas of Lincolnshire
Hours: 22.2 hours per week (part-time)
Salary: £32,311 - £35,800 FTE per annum (£19,386.60 - £21,480 per annum for part-time, 22.2 hours per week)
Contract type: Permanent
PAC-UK– Make a Lasting Difference Beyond Frontline Children’s Services. Are you a passionate and dedicated social worker looking to make a meaningful impact? Tired of the challenges and burnout often associated with frontline children’s services? It’s time to take your expertise to the third sector and unlock new opportunities for growth, balance, and innovation.
Our adult adoption support service works primarily with adopted adults and birth families. Adopted adults can access their adoption records and birth families are supported at the time of losing children to adoption, helped to stay in touch through letterbox and provided with independent emotional support.
Why Join the Third Sector?
At PAC-UK we’re at the heart of positive change, offering support to Birth families and adopted adults impacted by adoption in a way that’s empowering, sustainable, and life-changing. Moving into the third sector offers you the chance to:
1. Shift from crisis management to providing holistic support that addresses the root causes of challenges faced by families.
2. Create long-term change and see the real impact of your work.
3. Enjoy manageable caseloads that allow you to spend more time supporting those who need it most.
Innovative, Person-Centered Approach: Have your voice and expertise matter in shaping how we deliver services.
Work-Life Balance & Wellbeing Support: Our organisation prioritises staff wellbeing, offering flexible working arrangements, supportive teams, supervision including clinical group supervision, and access to wellbeing programmes.
Career Growth & Development: Grow your career in a sector that values innovation and professional development. We provide training, opportunities for progression, and the chance to work on diverse projects that expand your skills and experience in an innovative and growing sector.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQIA+ candidates, and candidates with disabilities because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action.
What will we offer you?
We’ll offer you a generous pension scheme and leave entitlements, eye care vouchers, a cycle to work scheme and other great benefits. We are happy to talk flexible working. All roles in Family Action are open to a discussion about possible flexible working options, subject to business needs.
We have an excellent wellbeing offer and we will invest in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities. You’ll join an established, supportive and high-performing service and have the opportunity to thrive in an innovative organisation that values your opinion, encourages learning, and has the needs of children and families at its core.
We are forward looking, ambitious, and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people-focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect. If you share these values and behaviours and have the necessary skills then we look forward to hearing from you.
Join us in transforming lives – apply now and discover the rewarding benefits of working in the third sector.
To Apply:
· Download and submit a completed Application Form linked to the Family Action job advert
Closing Date: Monday 6th January 2025 11.59pm
For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: Emma Crowther-Duncan, North Adult Services Regional Manager emma.crowther-duncan@pac-uk.org
Appointments are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check where appropriate to the role.
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