Senior Social Work Practitioner- Adoption Team (Maternity Cover)
Senior Social Work Practitioner- Adoption Team (Maternity Cover)
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Job Description
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Fixed Location Worker
Salary: 42498 - 46344 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) plus market premia 2250
Working Hours:37 Hours per week
Contract Type: Fixed term / Secondment for (12 months )
Closing Date: 26th June 2025
Interview Date(s): 23rd July 2025
About the Role
Are you a passionate and experienced social worker looking to make a lasting difference in the lives of children and families Were seeking a dedicated Senior Practitioner to join our Adoption Assessment and Support Team where you will play a key role in delivering high-quality services to prospective adopters and adoptive families alongside the Team Manager.
In this pivotal role you will lead on complex Prospective Adopter Reports provide expert support and guidance to colleagues and contribute to the continuous development of adoption services. Youll bring your deep understanding of attachment trauma and permanency planning along with strong assessment and communication skills. You will oversee stage 1 assessments of prospective adopters and supervise the support workers within the team.
Join us in creating brighter futureswhere your expertise and leadership will help children thrive in stable loving homes.
An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.
For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders please see our policy statement.
About You
To apply for this post you must respond to and provide evidence of the following essential criteria within your personal statement. This should be no more than 1000 words.
To apply for this post you must:
- Have a Social Work degree or equivalent e.g. CQSW DipSW (with specialism in childrens services) and be registered with Social Work England.
- Preferably you will have a number of years of post-qualifying experience in Childcare social work including experience in adoption i.e. family finding and matching through to Adoption Orders.
- Be able to complete reports such as Prospective Adopter Reports to a high standard and work within tight deadlines where needed.
- Be able to evidence your skills and knowledge of creative innovative and relationship-based social work working in collaboration with families and professionals. Ideally you will already be confident in the application of the Signs of Safety methodology.
- Demonstrate enthusiasm and passion for practice and be committed to helping us build a real culture of reflection and learning.
- Commitment to trauma-informed practice.
- Have a full valid driving licence and access to a vehicle.
You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.
In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working
We are keen to support employees in balancing their working lives with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances while still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:
Caramjit Supra - Assessment Team Manager
Telephone:
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning0(select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
