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Social Worker - Adoption
Social Worker - Adoption At Buckinghamshire Council we have an opportunity for two high-calibre Social Workers in the Adoption Team based in Aylesbury. The post holder will be part of an enthusiastic and experienced team working closely with colleagues across children’s services and in partnership with external agencies. We work collaboratively across the team to support families, providing Family Finding, Recruitment & Assessment of adopters and Adoption support Services. Buckinghamshire Council £33,702 - £48,035 MF Aylesbury BUC09871 37

Adoption now

Bookshop product- 978 1 913384 33 3 - Roy Stewart with Alexandra Conroy Harris

This handy guide presents the law, regulations, standards and guidance relating to adoption today, covering all stages of the process and related information – in easily digested bite-sized chunks.

Communicating through play

Bookshop product- 978 1 905664 65 8 - Berni Stringer

This guide describes a wide range of play techniques that are simple to carry out, creative and can be fun. They will help children to talk about their feelings, fears and hopes. Using case examples, the guide shows how workers can become more skilled at observing and encouraging attachment behaviour, more effective in interpreting and communicating assessment findings to adoptive parents, and better able to help carers understand and use these findings in their day-to-day parenting.

Fundamentals for foster carers

Bookshop product-- Jay Vaughan, Alan Burnell, Kathryn Fenton with Ellie Johnson

For those that are interested in the next step after reading and using the resources in our starter pack for foster carers, or are looking for titles related to parenting, take a look at our bundle of fundamentals for foster carers.