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Social Worker or Senior Social Worker, Adoption team London - fixed term
Social Worker or Senior Social Worker, Adoption team London - fixed term We are looking for an individual with social work experience with children and families to join us on a fixed term basis. The post holder 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. Parents And Children Together Salary range for Social Worker: £19,145 - £23,399 pro-rata per annum (FTE £31,483 - £38,479). Senior Social Worker: £22,090 - £26,999 pro-rata per annum (FTE £36,326 - £44,399). Based in Vauxhall, London with hybrid flexible working arrangements Part time 22.5 hours per week

New report from the National Kinship Care Ambassador to inform development of kinship local offers

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Kinship Ambassador Jahnine Davis has published a comprehensive insight report today - Improving the kinship local offer and approach to kinship care . Drawing on her engagement with key stakeholders since being in post, she sets out “characteristics of promising practice and the considerations needed to design kinship support that is coherent and deliverable”.

Being a foster family: what it means and how it feels

Bookshop product- 978 1 907585 40 1 - Hedi Argent

This short, colourful booklet is part of CoramBAAF’s series of publications for children and young people, which aim to explain concepts in adoption and fostering that they may find difficult to understand.

Where are my brothers and sisters?

Bookshop product- 978 1 907585 35 7 - Hedi Argent

This short, colourful booklet is part of CoramBAAF’s series of publications for children and young people, which aim to explain concepts in adoption and fostering that they may find difficult to understand.

Recruiting and retaining foster carers

Bookshop product- 978 1 913384 38 8 - Helen Wilmot and Mandeep Sahejpal

Foster carer recruitment and retention are huge challenges that have attracted much research and reporting, without leading to widespread positive change. But some key best practice has been learned. What forms of recruitment have proved most useful, and what advertising encourages applications? How have some agencies successfully reached a range of diverse applicants? What do carers value most in a fostering service, making them more likely to stay – and what factors may push them to leave?