Adopter Development Officer

Adoption UK; Doncaster; Híbrido; GBP 22.000 - 27.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

Adoption UK is seeking an Adopter Development Officer for the Yorkshire and Humber region. The role is part-time (13 hours per week) with remote and hybrid working, and occasional travel.

Based in Doncaster, the position is permanent, offering a pro rata salary starting at £24,479 per year. You will gather views from adoptive families, feed into the Regional Adoption Agencies, and help influence service development.

Formación

• Personal experience of adoption as an adoptive parent (Essential)
• Project work experience or similar (Essential)
• Collating feedback and producing reports (Essential)
• Experience of supporting adoptive parents on a peer level (Desirable)
• Engaging and working in partnership with groups of adopters and professionals (Desirable)
• Sound knowledge of current adoption issues and services (Desirable)
• Ability to use Office such as Word, Excel, Microsoft (Essential)
• Ability to organise and facilitate meetings (Essential)
• Report writing skills (Essential)
• Ability to use social media or willingness to learn (Essential)
• Good communication and people skills (Essential)
• Good listening skills (Essential)
• Ability to represent adopters' views with professionalism (Essential)
• Equality, diversity and inclusion commitment (Desirable)

Responsabilidades

• Develop and implement a procedure to raise awareness and gather views from adoptive families.
• Obtain opinions using social media, feedback forms, forums and meetings.
• Represent adoptive families on Boards and Groups.
• Provide feedback to stakeholders via meetings, forums and reports.
• Support facilitation of targeted forum meetings and discussions.
• Produce reports and presentations on adoption practice in the region.
• Support the manager with projects as needed.

Conocimientos

Good communication

Good listening

Report writing

Meeting facilitation

Social media savvy

Collating feedback

Team collaboration

Herramientas

Microsoft Office

Descripción del empleo

HOURS OF WORK

13 hours per week, part time

LOCATION

Remote, Hybrid working, with travel on occasion

DURATION

Permanent

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

• AUK Yorkshire and Humber team
• Local Authorities and voluntary agencies across the region.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

To gather the views of adoptive families from within the Yorkshire and Humber region on adoption practice and feed them into the Regional Adoption Agencies in the North Yorkshire & Humber area and use these to influence the development of services within Adoption UK.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• To develop and implement a procedure which ensures all adoptive families in the region are aware of and have an opportunity to consider and express views on current and future adoption services.
• To obtain opinions, ideas and input from adoptive families using social media, feedback forms, forums, meetings as well as other mediums available.
• To represent Adoptive families on relevant Boards and Groups.
• To provide feedback to stakeholders, including Local Authorities, Voluntary Adoption Agencies and Adoptive families, by attending meetings, forums and events and producing reports.
• To support the facilitation of targeted forum meetings and discussions.
• To produce reports and presentations on adoption practice across the region.
• Support the manager with projects on occasion.

PERSON SPECIFICATION CRITERIA

• Personal experience of adoption as an adoptive parent (Essential)
• Project work experience or similar (Essential)
• Collating feedback and producing reports (Essential)
• Experience of supporting adoptive parents on a peer level i.e. support group environment or as a mentor (Desirable)
• Engaging and working in partnership with groups of adopters and professionals(Desirable)
• Sound knowledge of current adoption issues and services, or be keen to develop such a knowledge as part of personal development (Desirable)
• Ability to use Office such as word, excel, Microsoft (Essential)
• Ability to organise and facilitate meetings (Essential)
• Report writing skills (Essential)
• Ability to use social media or willingness to learn (Essential)
• Good communication and people skills (Essential)
• Good listening skills (Essential)
• Ability to represent the collective views of adopters whilst remaining objective and maintaining professionalism (Essential)
• Ability to use your own personal experience alongside the experience of others to inform partnership working (Desirable)
• To gather the views of adoptive families from within the Yorkshire and Humber region on adoption practice and feed them into the Regional Adoption Agencies to influence the development of services within Adoption UK
• Takes pride in Adoption UK and promotes its values and mission in all interactions with external stakeholders.
• Demonstrates commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of role at all times.
• Contributes to an open and honest culture.
• Encourages challenge and creativity, transparency and consistency.
• Leads by example.
• Offers outstanding service to members.
• Promotes cross functional team working, sharing skills and knowledge.
• Communicates clearly, seeking clarity when unclear and valuing the opinion of others.
• Valuing the opinion of other. Treating colleagues and other stakeholders with respect.
• Takes pride in own development, committed to achieving high standards and agreed objectives.

Adopter Development Officer

Company: Adoption UK

Salary: from £24,479 a year, pro rata

Hours: Part-time

Location: Doncaster

Working pattern: Hybrid - 4 days remote

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 4 Nov 2026

Closing date: 22 Nov 2026

Summary

JOB TITLE: Adopter Development Officer

RESPONSIBLE TO: Area Manager

HOURS OF WORK: 13 hours per week, part time

LOCATION: Remote, Hybrid working, with travel on occasion

DURATION: Permanent

SALARY/GRADE: £24,479 per annum pro rata (Grade 3)

Essential requirements

• Personal experience of adoption as an adoptive parent (Essential)
• Project work experience or similar (Essential)
• Collating feedback and producing reports (Essential)
• Experience of supporting adoptive parents on a peer level i.e. support group environment or as a mentor (Desirable)
• Engaging and working in partnership with groups of adopters and professionals(Desirable)
• Sound knowledge of current adoption issues and services, or be keen to develop such a knowledge as part of personal development (Desirable)
• Ability to use Office such as word, excel, Microsoft (Essential)
• Ability to organise and facilitate meetings (Essential)
• Report writing skills (Essential)
• Ability to use social media or willingness to learn (Essential)
• Good communication and people skills (Essential)
• Good listening skills (Essential)
• Ability to represent the collective views of adopters whilst remaining objective and maintaining professionalism (Essential)
• Ability to use your own personal experience alongside the experience of others to inform partnership working (Desirable)
• To gather the views of adoptive families from within the Yorkshire and Humber region on adoption practice and feed them into the Regional Adoption Agencies to influence the development of services within Adoption UK
• Takes pride in Adoption UK and promotes its values and mission in all interactions with external stakeholders.
• Demonstrates commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of role at all times.
• Contributes to an open and honest culture.
• Encourages challenge and creativity, transparency and consistency.
• Leads by example.
• Offers outstanding service to members.
• Promotes cross functional team working, sharing skills and knowledge.
• Communicates clearly, seeking clarity when unclear and valuing the opinion of others.
• Valuing the opinion of other. Treating colleagues and other stakeholders with respect.
• Takes pride in own development, committed to achieving high standards and agreed objectives.

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