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Independent Social Worker
Independent Social Worker Independent Social Workers needed to complete fostering assessments, form F, connected person's and regulation 24 assessments. Central Bedfordshire Council Full fostering assessment £2,600. SGO £2,200, reg 24 £450 to be agreed at allocation UK based Independent Assessing Social Worker - Fostering team ISW to manage own workload
Service Manager - Fostering & Adoption Services
Service Manager - Fostering & Adoption Services We are excited to invite you to join us as Service Manager for Fostering and Adoption Services in Southend on Sea City Council. Your key responsibilities as a service leader will be to lead and manage our Fostering Services, supporting our foster carers and supervising social workers in delivering high quality services and best practice to help support outcomes for our children and young people requiring care.
Southend on Sea City Council £56,810 - £63,719 plus market supplement Southend, Essex 37
Social Worker - Birth Relatives Service
Social Worker - Birth Relatives Service We are looking for a skilled and dedicated social worker eager to join our team. The postholder will have social work experience with children and families and will support birth relatives whose children have a plan for adoption or have been placed for adoption. Working closely with colleagues in Buckinghamshire Council who will refer the relatives to PACT, the postholder will provide support through individual sessions, support groups and drop-in sessions. This role will include supporting birth relatives to meet with adoptive parents and to help birth relatives understand the importance for children, to keep connected to their relatives and significant people from their past. Parents And Children Together (PACT) £31,483 - £38,479 per annum FTE (£15,741 – £19,240 pro rata per annum) Home based, covering Buckinghamshire and surrounding areas 18.5
Fostering Advisor
Fostering Advisor An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Fostering Advisor to join us on a part-time basis, 22.50 hours per week. The ideal candidate will be passionate about improving the lives of children and young people. The postholder will be an experienced social care practitioner with extensive and up to date knowledge of the fostering regulations. The postholder should be able to offer sound advice to the Fostering Panel Chair and to the Agency Decision Maker to ensure the best outcomes are achieved for children. Buckinghamshire Council £55,912 - £58,653 pro rata Aylesbury BUC11127 22.50
Family Finding Senior Practitioner - Westminster
Family Finding Senior Practitioner - Westminster We are seeking a dynamic family finding Senior Practitioner wishing to play an active role in the delivery and development of a high quality adoption service but as part of the Coram Ambitious for Adoption RAA. The post holder will be responsible for being the lead professional in family finding and assisting with providing a statutory post adoption service to local residents. This includes working collaboratively with other family finders and post adoption workers across the RAA. The post holder will have access to services within Bi-Borough to undertake this task and be part of a bigger network of support from colleagues from across the RAA. All Coram staff are actively engaged in activities with colleagues to improve the quality of services and to develop themselves as adoption practitioner. Coram Ambitious for Adoption - Regional Adoption Agency £24,600 – £26,607 per annum - pay award pending (FTE £41,000-£44,345) Westminster with flexibility for home working 21 hours per week

What is Section 28?

News and updates-6 Mar 2024 - 09:16

Section 28, part of the Local Government Act 1988 in the UK, prohibited local authorities from ‘promoting’ or endorsing homosexuality and its acceptance in schools.