Adoption Support Senior Practitioner - London, United Kingdom - London Borough of Bexley Council

London Borough of Bexley Council

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Vacancy Description

Service Area/School:

Childrens Services (excl Schools)
Children's Social Care & Safeguarding

Title:

Adoption Support Senior Practitioner

About Us:

Bexley is an outer London Borough with the best of both worlds, located between the hustle and bustle of London and the Garden of England, Kent. Within the borough we have award winning parks, open spaces and listed heritage sites.

Adoption Partnership South East is a regional adoption agency which launched in November 2020 delivering adoption services for the London Borough of Bexley, Kent County Council, and Medway Council.

Bringing together our expertise, we are committed to achieving the best for all our children across the region

We are committed to ensuring that children are able to remain in the care of their parents and birth families wherever possible.

However, where it is not possible to achieve stability for the child within the birth family, we work to achieve alternative permanent arrangements for the child within a family setting and these include adoption.

Grade:

BEXLEYPP1

Contract Type:

Permanent

Contract Duration:

Permanent

About the Role:

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of Adoption Partnership South East regional adoption agency and help to make a positive difference for children and families across the South East.

As a senior practitioner working within the Adoption Support Team, you will be working within a multidisciplinary team to ensure that our families receive support tailored to their changing needs as the children grow and develop into adulthood.

Our social work teams assess the support needs of our adoptive families, provide supportive interventions, work alongside multi-professional networks including education, social care, health and early help teams throughout Bexley, Kent and Medway.

You will also co-facilitate therapeutic workshops and courses delivered to our parents. We are a busy service, and the role is varied to support the differing needs of our adoptive families.

Please refer to the Job Description attached for more information.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.
For this role, you will need to have excellent assessment skills, an ability to work with parents and children who may be in distress and an understanding of the complex needs of children and families throughout a child's life. It would also be an advantage if you have experience working with adopters and have an understanding of their journey through adoption.

For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached.

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment
Anticipated Interview Date: 24th August 2023, to be held in Maidstone

Please note that the system has a onehour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised and have your CV and/or Supporting statement ready to upload.

Additional Information

This role may be available as a development opportunity through secondment for the Council's existing employees. The Council's Secondment Scheme can be found here. If this option is of interest, please contact the recruiting manager.

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