ACE is seeking to appoint a dedicated Team Manager for the Family Connexion Service

Set up almost 4 years ago ACE is the regional adoption agency for Coventry, Solihull, Herefordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. ACE provides the full range of adoption services including assessment of adoptive parents, support to adoptive families including therapeutic interventions, independent support to birth families, services to adoptive adults including access to adoption records and step parent adoption work. Based on a Hub and Spoke model. Warwickshire County Council is the host agency for the regional adoption agency.

Family Connexions is the part of the regional adoption agency that delivers independent adoption support services for birth family members. Implicit in this, is the requirement for the successful applicant to have a keen interest in the area of contact and maintaining relationships for all parties affected by adoption.

Managing a small team of social workers and family support workers (letterbox coordinators) the Team Manager will need to ensure effective allocation and monitoring of workloads, be interested in delivering a creative range of services to suit the needs of birth family members and ensure that an equitable service is delivered across the region covering 5 local authority areas.

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Additional Information

This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you would like to discuss the role informally, please contact Melissa Rose, Operations Manager – melissarose@aceadoption.com

Closing date: 2^nd November 2021

Interview date: 11th November 2021

Our method of application is online, please note, CV’s should not be submitted unless asked to do so.

 
If you are unable to apply using the 'Apply' button please contact the Recruitment Centre on hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk including your contact details and any relevant screenshots.
 
You will be notified of our shortlisting decision via email, so please check your email on a regular basis after submitting your application.

As part of being a Disability Confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required for each competence, as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification. 

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk  and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements. 

Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce, this is because we really understand the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds within our workforce. Therefore, we particularly encourage applications from global ethnic majorities (GEM), individuals with disabilities and men, who are currently under-represented within WCC within this service area. WCC has a number of staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for employees who hold these and other identities. See more.