Part Time 18.5 hours per week/Fixed Term for one year.
Adoption West is a regional Adoption Agency and registered Voluntary providing adoption services for Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Councils. Adoption West operates out of 3 hubs across the region, with offices based in Bristol, Gloucester and Trowbridge
This is an exciting time to join Adoption West as we build on our first year of operation and progress our commitment to improve performance and develop innovative best practice. We are looking to recruit two FTE Support Workers:
Bristol Hub Office – supporting adoption support services for families in the Bristol and North Somerset areas. You will need to be able to travel around the region and so must be able to drive and have access to your own vehicle.
Main Duties
The Support Worker post provides essential support to the Adoption Service activity. The tasks that you will undertake includes letter box and direct contact between adoptive families and birth families, direct work with children and young people, and assessment information gathering. You may assist with the home finding process by completing profiles of children who enquire an adoption placement. The support given by this group of staff is essential to the Adoption Support SW task. They are often the first point of contact for calls to the teams, providing a supportive responsive to adoptive families on a range of issues, they take referral details, enter onto appropriate IT systems and pass to the Adoption Team Manager /Deputy Team Manager
You will need:
Adoption West:
If you have the experience, skills, knowledge and enthusiasm we are seeking and are looking for a new challenge then we look forward to hearing from you.
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