Social Worker or Senior Social Worker, Adoption team London - fixed term

Fixed term appointment to end of November 2024


At Parents And Children Together (PACT) we are genuinely passionate about what we do. We strengthen families through the quality services we provide and through our energy and professionalism, we deliver excellence.

We have been at the forefront of adoption services for over 60 years, working with local authorities across the country. With our outstanding rating with Ofsted, we work with a high degree of flexibility and innovation and work with a range of adopters from all backgrounds. With access to our specialist therapeutic services, we are proud to provide excellent lifetime support for our families’ adoption journeys.

Our adoption teams focus on assessing prospective adopters who can consider fostering to adopt and/or 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.

We are looking for an individual with social work experience with children and families to join us on a fixed term basis. You will manage all aspects of work with our valued applicants from the early stages of recruitment, Information Sharing Meetings, assessment, preparation and training, through to successful placement and post placement support up to the making of the adoption order.

Ideally, you will have previous experience of completing Prospective Adopter’s Reports, or similar reports such as Form F’s, and / or experience in family finding activity for children requiring permanence.

If you want to make a real difference and join our inspirational team, please visit http://www.pactcharity.org/careers for more information, how to apply and the full job description.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Louise Hartley, Team Manager by email to arrange louise.hartley@pactcharity.org

We look forward to hearing from you.