Children’s Social Worker, Adoption Team, Blackburn

Children’s Social Worker, Adoption Team, Blackburn 
Pay rate £35 per hour 
Contract role, Adoption Team 
 
We are recruiting for experienced Children’s Social Worker in the Blackburn area. 
This to work in a Adoption Team 

• This post is based in our Blackburn with Darwen, Life Long Families Team and includes statutory case responsibility for children on Placement Orders with a care plan of adoption. You will be responsible for working closely with the RAA Adoption Lancashire Blackpool to track children who are on PLO or in the court arena and attend care planning meetings.  From the point of Placement Order you will gain statutory responsibility for the child, completing all LAC functions including visits, PEPs, reviews, etc whilst also working with the RAA to family find and progress with a match to adoption panel.  You will ensure that the child’s voice is central and that all documents including the CPR, panel paperwork and other life story documents are written in a way that will help the child to understand when they are older their identity, journey and the decisions made on their behalf. 

• The role includes direct work with the child to help prepare them for adoption and deepen their understanding of why they are unable to live with their birth family or foster carers.  Finally, you will support the child in moving to their adoptive family, support the child and family until an adoption order is made and present the evidence to court which robustly analyses the ongoing need for adoption for that child with that family. 

• The role also allows opportunities to develop professional skills by taking on team and service wide roles such as delivering regular training, developing the information given to children, birth families and adopters and being involved in the quality control of elements such as early permanence. 

 
Please get in touch for more information. 
 
This is an agency post and we can offer you:- 

• A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to 

• An easy registration process (all done online) 

• Referral schemes and incentives  

• Ongoing compliance managed for you 

• Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more. 

Please contact Graham Leatham on 07484 513909 or email graham.leatham@vitalissocialcare.co.uk for more information.  
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager