Job description

About

Children and Famines Department

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: £31,074-£41,373 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) plus market Premium

Working Hours: 37 Hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 21st May 2025

Interview Date(s): TBC

About the Role

A dedicated and experienced Peripatetic Social Worker specializing in adoption services, offering comprehensive support throughout the adoption journey. Services include the preparation of Prospective Adopter Reports, Child Permanency Reports, and Family Finding (this includes matching, introductions and placement support) to ensure the best match for children and families. Expertise also extends to creating Sibling Assessments, Adoption Support Plans, providing thorough Annex A assessments, and supporting families through the Adoption Order process to secure lasting, stable placements. Compassionate and meticulous, committed to making every adoption process as smooth and successful as possible.

An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

• Have a Social Work degree or equivalent, e.g. CQSW, DipSW (with specialism in children’s services) and be registered with Social Work England.
• Preferably you will have proven post qualifying experience in Child Care social work including experience of adoption i.e. family finding and matching through to Adoption Order.
• Be able to complete reports such as Prospective Adopter Reports, Child Permanence Reports, Adoption Support plans, Sibling Assessments and Annex A’s to a high standard and work within tight deadlines where needed.
• Be able to evidence your skills and knowledge of creative, innovative, and relationship-based social work, working in collaboration with families and professionals. Ideally you will already be confident in the application of the Signs of Safety methodology.
• Demonstrate enthusiasm and passion for practice and be committed to helping us build a real culture of reflection and learning.
• Commitment to Trauma Informed practice.
• Have a full valid driving licence and access to a vehicle.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Caramjit Supra

Telephone: 01163055160

Email: Caramjit.Supra@leics.gov.uk

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.

By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.

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About Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.