Social Worker - Adoption And Kinship Support

Social Worker - Adoption and Kinship Support 

Job Description

Permanent contract | part-time 18.5 hours per week | £18,668 to £19,593 per annum (Grade J) | Norwich 

We are pleased to be able to offer an exciting opportunity for a part time Social Worker within the Adoption and Kinship Support Team at County Hall.  

In this role, you will have the benefit of working within a large, multi-disciplinary team who are committed to improving outcomes for adopted and Kinship children and their families. 

You will have the unique responsibility of working across all three Adoption and Kinship Support sub-teams, these include the Contact Team, the Children and Family Team and the Adopted Adult Team/ Birth Relative Intermediary Service. 

Your responsibilities will include: 

• To assess the needs of Adopted Children and Children who are subject to a Special Guardianship Orders.  

• To develop and review support plans, working with the children and young people and their parents/carers to inform these.  

• To liaise with the professional network involved in implementing the support plan.  

• To identify, commission and review therapy by external providers.  

• To work with and provide a service to birth relatives and adopted adults, providing access to adoption records for adopted adults who live in Norfolk and an intermediary Services for birth relatives who have a relative who was adopted. 

• To support with contact arrangements between birth families and adopters including monitoring and processing letterbox exchanges, reviewing of contact arrangements and working towards direct contact when it is agreed and felt to be in the child’s best interests. 

• To offer mediation for contact between special guardians and the wider family of the children they are caring for.  

• Supporting with the delivery of groups to adoptive parents, special guardians, birth relatives and supporting the running of groups with children and young people.  

• Working with previously looked after children who are now subject to Child Arrangement Orders, Residency Order or Special Guardianship Orders.  

• Offering advice, support, or signposting.  

• Reviewing Special Guardianship Support Plans and making decisions, with oversight of the Team Manager, around Special Guardianship Allowance.  

If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Becky Howard, Team Manager, on 01603 638351 or Laura Dyson, Assistant Team Manager on 01603 360652. 

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specificationto help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.  

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council: 

• Competitive salary 
• Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave 
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service 
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.   
• Financial benefits such as: 

• ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discount programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out. 
• A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers 
• Relocation expenses (where applicable) 
• An advance of your expenses if you travel for work 
• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions. 
• A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job.  
• Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes and electric cars. 

You can find information on our Terms and Conditions here. 

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? please apply using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email. 

Closing date for redeployees to receive priority consideration: 05 March 2024

Closing date:  12 March 2024

 Successful candidates will be invited to an interview during the week commencing 01 April 2024 at County Hall in Norwich. 

About Us

We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage.  Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food.  We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk.  Our county a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.

We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county.
We provide a high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation.
We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.