🩺 We’re Hiring – Senior Social Worker – Post Order Team

📍 Location: Glenfield, Leicestershire (County Hall, Groby Road, LE3 8RA)
🔖 Reference – SCS2016
🕒 Job Type: Locum – Full Time (Part-Time/Job Share Considered, Hybrid Working)
💼 Start Date: ASAP
💰 Rate/Salary: £38.00 per hour (Umbrella)

About the Role:
We are currently recruiting on behalf of Leicestershire County Council for an experienced Senior Social Worker to join their Post Order Team, supporting Special Guardianship Order (SGO) and Adoption cases.

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled practitioner with strong experience in post-placement support, trauma-informed practice, and permanence work to join a well-structured and supportive team. You will play a key role in supporting Special Guardians, adoptive families, and adopted children, helping to promote stability, resilience, and positive long-term outcomes following permanency orders.

Key Responsibilities:
• Provide emotional and practical support to Special Guardians and adoptive parents
• Support families in adjusting to new placements and family dynamics
• Offer guidance on therapeutic parenting and trauma-informed care
• Identify and report safeguarding concerns, including attendance at Child Protection Conferences and Children in Need meetings
• Support children and carers with trauma, loss, attachment, and identity challenges
• Complete post-order assessments, including Adoption Support Fund (ASF) applications
• Assess and review the ongoing needs of children and families and update support plans accordingly
• Manage referrals and contribute to a busy duty system
• Coordinate and refer families to therapeutic services, including CAMHS, counselling, and play therapy
• Advocate for children and families across education, health, and specialist services
• Work collaboratively with schools, health professionals, and partner agencies to achieve positive outcomes
• Support life story work, ensuring children understand their personal journeys
• Deliver or support workshops, training sessions, and coffee mornings for Special Guardians and adopters
• Assist with events designed to support adoptive and SGO families
• Support the Birth Records Counsellor with accessing, redacting, and sharing adoption records
• Provide guidance and support to colleagues and support workers within the team
• Contribute to early intervention work for families progressing towards SGO or adoption

Requirements:
• Qualified Social Worker with current Social Work England registration
• Post-qualification experience within Children’s Services
• Experience working in safeguarding, looked After Children, permanence, adoption, SGO, or kinship care services
• Strong understanding of attachment, trauma, identity, and post-placement support needs
• Sound knowledge of SGO and Adoption legislation and statutory guidance
• Experience completing assessments, life story work, and support planning
• Knowledge of Adoption Support Fund (ASF) processes
• Experience working effectively with multi-agency partners, including CAMHS, education, and health services
• Excellent communication, assessment, report writing, and organisational skills
• Ability to manage a varied caseload independently

Desirable:
• Therapeutic or trauma-informed training and/or qualifications

Why Join Us?
• Competitive rate of £38.00 per hour (Umbrella)
• Hybrid working arrangement offering flexibility
• Join a highly experienced and supportive specialist Post Order Team
• Manage an average weighted caseload of approximately 15 cases
• Work alongside Social Workers, Support Workers, a Psychotherapist, Birth Records Counsellor, and Team Manager within a wider Permanence Service
• Opportunity to make a lasting difference to children and families following adoption and Special Guardianship Orders

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📝 Apply Now
To apply, please email the following documents to esther@supplycaresolutions.co.uk:
• Up-to-date CV
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK (Passport or Biometric Visa)
• National Insurance Number
• DBS Certificate
• Social Work England registration number

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