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SalaryJob Title: Social Worker / Senior Practitioner
Contract: Fixed Term – 18 months
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £37,000-£39,925 per annum (Social Worker), £41,000-£44,345 per annum (Senior Practitioner)
Location: Coram Campus, Bloomsbury, London (Hybrid Working)
About Coram
Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people.
We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.
Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.
About Coram Adoption
Coram Adoption, a member of the Coram Group of charities, has over 40 years’ experience in finding permanent loving families for children needing adoption. As a voluntary adoption agency, we work mostly in London and Home Counties and in partnership with ten local authorities to deliver the Coram Ambitious for Adoption regional adoption agency.
We are committed to making adoption happen for children where this is the plan and are very proud to be working with our adoptive families and our adopted young people in shaping the future of the service. We maintain the very best of local authority adoption practice and continue to be rated an outstanding Adoption Agency by Ofsted (Ofsted report Nov 21.PDF (coramadoption.org.uk) . Coram Adoption is a member of CVAA, the Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies.
At Coram Adoption, everyone is passionate about what we do because we understand that our work is life changing for the children and families we support.
This 18 month fixed term post is based in the Recruitment and Assessment Team and managed by the Early Permanence Manager. You will be joining a dynamic and progressive team where children are at the centre of everything we do. The role involves assessing applicants for their suitability as adoptive parents and Early Permanence carers and to support families through the different stages of the adoption process until an Adoption Order is granted.
To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.
Closing Date: Monday 25th March 2024 at 23:59
Interview Dates: Tuesday 2nd and Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Coram is an equal opportunities employer and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from, Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBQT+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram.
If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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