Adoption Central England (ACE) is the regional adoption agency for Coventry, Solihull, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.

The Role

There is currently a Social Worker vacancy in the ACE East Spoke (Warwick) you would be responsible for working closely with Children's Social Work Teams and providing support services to adoptive families. You will primarily be supporting families in the Warwickshire area. 

Key Requirements

All applicants need to have knowledge of chidren's social work and adoption practice and as strong commitment to ensuring permanency, healthy and developmentally enhanced experiences for children in care. You must be prepared to work in a dynamic and new environment as our aim is to ensure that adopters are prepared and supported to parent in a emotionally connected way, taking account of the therapeutic, developmental and behavioural needs of their children.

You must be able to work in a multi-agency environment to ensure all the needs of adopted children are met. 
You must be willing to embrace the principles of Dyadic Developmental Practice (DDP) and will be supported to develop these skills and to bring the attitude of PACE into your relationships with adopters, colleagues and stakeholders. Our aim to support social workers capacity for connection, regulation and reflection. You must be committed to supporting adopters help children recover from trauma and loss and to feel secure in their new family, ensuring long-term placement stability and resilience.

This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

For further information please see the attached Job Description & Person Specification.

Additional Information & How to Apply

For further information about the role please contact the hiring manager: Louise Hathaway - 0300 369 0556

Closing Date: 22nd February

Interview Date: 11th March 

To apply for this vacancy please click on the ‘Apply’ button.

Our method of application is online, you will also be required to upload a supporting statement of how you meet the essential criteria.

Please note, CV’s should not been submitted unless asked to do so.

If you are unable to apply using the 'Apply' button please contact the Recruitment Centre on recruitment@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 and WMJobs account on a regular basis after submitting your application.

Rewards & Benefits of working for Warwickshire

It really is true that every single job role here at Warwickshire County Council contributes to bettering the lives of the people in our County; we want to do this for our employees, too. We are proud of our strong flexible working culture, including the opportunity for flexibility on working hours, technology to support remote working (such as light laptops and phones where the role allows).

Time to recharge is so important; we provide a generous holiday allowance which rises as you remain in employment with us. You get all Bank and public holidays off, plus all staff are given an extra day of holiday over Christmas.

As if that wasn’t enough, you’ll also have access to membership of the Local Government contributory pension scheme, childcare vouchers, a host of enhanced family friendly policies and some of the very best Learning and Development training courses to support your ongoing development.

We welcome applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.