Hybrid Adoption Practice Lead: Team Leadership & Innovation

Lincolnshire County Council; Wollaton; Ibrido; GBP 60.000 - 75.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Contributory pension

Comprehensive benefits package with 할인

Flexible working policies

Career progression opportunities

Generous annual leave with the option

Training and development opportunities

Descrizione del lavoro

Lincolnshire County Council in the adoption team is seeking a senior manager to lead a small group of social workers, family help workers and child and family officers. The role focuses on supporting adoptive families, special guardianship and child arrangement orders, and overseeing a therapeutic support fund.

You will develop regional innovations, build the voice of lived experience, and lead national development work through Adoption England, while ensuring access to adoption records and

Competenze

• Registration with Social Work England is required.
• Criminal record check required.

Mansioni

• Lead a small team of social workers, family help workers and child and family officers.
• Oversee the Adoption and Special Guardianship support fund for tailored therapeutic support.
• Develop and review local, regional and pan-regional innovations, including peer support.
• Build the voice and influence of people with lived experience of adoption and kinship care.
• Lead national development work through links to Adoption England.
• Oversee support for adults seeking access to adoption records.
• Oversee support for birth families who have lost a child to adoption.
• Support staying in touch arrangements for children and families across the county.
• Use the Signs of Safety methodology to help staff work with families and find their own solutions.
• Work with the wider adoption service team to develop the service and meet the needs of adoptive families, children and birth relatives.

Conoscenze

Communication skills

Descrizione del lavoro

Lincolnshire County Council in the adoption team is seeking a senior manager to lead a small group of social workers, family help workers and child and family officers. The role focuses on supporting adoptive families, special guardianship and child arrangement orders, and overseeing a therapeutic support fund.

You will develop regional innovations, build the voice of lived experience, and lead national development work through Adoption England, while ensuring access to adoption records and