| Salary £25,979-£29,777 Per annum | Fixed Term, Full Time, until 31/07/2026, 37 hours per week | Adoption Support Team - Lancashire | Pay Award Pending
International Sponsorship – this role is not open to international sponsorship.
We are expanding our Adoption Support Team and are recruiting two additional support workers to support our children and adoptive families.
On 01 April 2020, Blackpool Council and Lancashire County Council formed a Regional Adoption Agency (RAA): Adoption Lancashire and Blackpool. Lancashire County Council are the host authority for the RAA, which provides a comprehensive service to families across the region. The RAA delivers the following services on behalf of the partner Local Authorities: Recruitment & Assessment of adopters; Adoption Support & Family Finding.
We are excited to be expanding the support available to our adoptive children and their families having created two additional fixed term support worker positions within our Adoption Support Team. The successful applicants will be delivering life story work to children and young people who have been adopted to help them to better understand their own personal story, giving them an opportunity to explore their history and wider history of their birth family. These posts are currently for a two-year fixed term period. Relevant training to undertake this work will be provided to the successful applicants. Careers in Children's Services Lancashire is a place we’re very proud of and we’re proud of the role the county council plays in it too. As the fourth largest local authority in the country and the largest in the North, we serve 1.2 million residents and deliver a wide range of innovative, successful services that really make a difference to people's lives. The work we do can both challenging and rewarding at the same time. To provide the best service to our children and families, and for this work to be rewarding, front line practitioners need a positive culture and effective support around them. We are proud of the reflective, safe, healthy learning culture here in Lancashire, as well as the range of support for practitioners, particularly for staff starting out in their careers.- Staff have access to the latest research to help embed high quality practice.
- As a large local authority we are able to offer a wide range of excellent training and development opportunities as well as many avenues for career progression.
- All staff have the equipment they need to work flexibly at home.
- Our managers are focused on the wellbeing and positive cultures in their teams.
- There are a range of practitioner forums and initiatives to get involved in.
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If you would like to be part of a progressive and nurturing service, please apply below.
For an informal discussion, please contact Catrina Dickens, Team Manager, on catrina.dickens@adoptionlancashireblackpool.org.uk
Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.
The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Further information can be found on the 'Our Recruitment Process' tab.
In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.
We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.
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