Adoption Social Worker or Senior Social Worker – closing date 1 March 2022

Full time permanent position based in Reading

We have been at the forefront of adoption services for over 60 years, working with local authorities across the country. With our outstanding rating from Ofsted, we work with a high degree of flexibility and innovation and work with a range of adopters from all backgrounds.

Our adoption teams focus on adoption and recruiting adoptive parents who can consider fostering to adopt and adopting a wide range of children including those over four years old, sibling groups of two or more children, children from diverse ethnicities and children who may have physical or learning disabilities. With access to our specialist therapeutic services, we are proud to provide excellent lifetime support for our families’ adoption journeys.

With your social work experience with children and families, you will be responsible for all aspects of work with our valued applicants from the early stages of recruitment, initial interview, preparation and training, through to successful placement and post placement support up to the making of the adoption order. You will be delivering training to prospective or approved adopters on a regular basis, therefore experience or an interest in delivering training is essential.

Address Line 1
7 Southern Court
Town
Reading
Postcode
RG1 4QS
Postholder needs own transport
Yes
Contract type
Full timePermanent
Location
Central Reading
Salary
Salary is in the range £29,822 - £36,449 pa for a Social Worker and £34,410 - £42,057 pa for a Senior Social Worker
Contact
PACT HR, PACT HR Team
Main contact telephone
0118 402 1681
How to apply
Open for applications from
8 February 2022
Closing date for applications
1 March 2022
Scheduled interview date
15 March 2022