Social Worker

We are looking for a highly motivated Social Worker to join our Oxford and Swindon Adoption Team. Your responsibilities will include:

• Recruitment, assessment, training andsupport of prospective adopters at all stages of the adoption process.
• Family finding and matching of children in the care of partner local authorities with prospective adopters.
The Team is very friendly andsupportive, as well as being hard-working and verycommitted to adoption work.This is an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in adoption and permanence to further their career and specialism.

We are ideally seeking a social worker with three years post qualifying experience in relevant work settings, such as within children's Services or Family Placement, and who has excellent assessment, analytical and report writing skills.The applicant will need to demonstrate that theyunderstand the permanency planning process, the needs of children who require an adoptive placement, and that they are keen to develop their knowledge and skills further. The successful applicant also needs to be computer literate., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the continued development of Adopt Thames Valley (ATV) Regional Adoption Agency.ATV launched in December 2017 and is theshared Adoption Service for Bracknell Forest, Oxfordshire, Reading Borough Council (Brighter Futures for Children), The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead (Achieving for Children), Swindon Borough Council, West Berkshire Borough Council and Wokingham Borough Council.


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