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Adoption Support Social Worker
Adoption Support Social Worker  We are looking for someone who has at least 3 years post qualifying experience with strong knowledge of Adoption work. The post holder will work as part of a team with a plan of adoption countywide and this post principally covering the whole of Cumbria. The post holder will work closely with the Children's care planning teams and with the Adoption teams to ensure children with a plan of adoption can live in their permanent family at the earliest opportunity. Cumberland Council £38296.00 Cumbria TBC 37

Kinship Care Week 2023

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This year’s Kinship Care Week, Monday 2 – Friday 6 October 2023, will focus on raising awareness about kinship care.

Independent Social Worker - Bath
Independent Social Worker - Bath We are looking for independent assessing social workers to undertake Form F assessments. This is a hybrid working role and the post holder will assess prospective foster carers using a combination of video calling and face-to-face visits before making a recommendation of their fostering suitability. Our foster panels are usually held virtually.

Action for Children £2000 per assessment (plus expenses) Bath N/A
Social Worker or Senior Social Worker, Adoption team
Social Worker or Senior Social Worker, Adoption team Due to internal promotion within our team, we are looking for an individual with social work experience with children and families. 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 ranges from £31,483 - £38,479 per annum for Social Worker, and £36,326 to £44,399 for Senior Social Worker. A regional allowance of £3,299 per annum is also payable. Based in Vauxhall, London with hybrid flexible working arrangements Permanent Full Time Position (37 hours per week)
Independent Social Workers (ISW)
Independent Social Workers (ISW) The Adoption Support Service is an essential part of the functions of The Children’s Society central Safeguarding and Quality Practice (SQP) team. We are currently inviting expressions of interest to join our existing cohort to become part of a pool of independent Social Workers who can support the Safeguarding and Quality Practice Team in this vital work. The post holders will be a Social Work England registered Social Worker with significant post qualifying experience. Ideally the post holders will have some experience of working in adoption and post adoption support as either a practitioner or a manager. The Children's Society Expressions of interest National Independent Social Workers (ISW)

CoramBAAF Conversations

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Our podcast series is dedicated to exploring topics related to adoption, fostering and kinship care. We invite children's social care professionals and experts by experience to join us to share best practices, their experiences and knowledge.

A healthy winter ahead?

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CoramBAAF’s health consultant, Ellie Johnson, discusses how vaccines can help keep your children healthy this winter and shares useful information for parents and carers.