Senior Social Worker
- Plymouth, South West, Somerset, Torbay, Devon, Cornwall
- Part Time
- £39,862 - £44,075 per annum, pro rata
This Senior Social Worker role will sit within Adopt South West's Maintaining Relationships Team - Adoption Support service.
The post holder will specialise in working with adult adoptee's to provide them with information about their adoption history. This includes reviewing adoption files, summarising and sharing information about their early life with adult adoptees ensuring that they are supported to better understand and process their early life experiences and identity as an adopted person. Aswell as and providing advice and signposting to the adult adoptee for further support. The post holder will contribute to the development of adoption support provision for adult adoptees within the service in a wider way through engaging with national development programmes alongside Adoption England and other regional adoption agencies and in providing advice, guidance and training to others within Adopt South West linked to adult adoption work.
The post holder will also support other functions within the Maintaining Relationships Team linked to the proactive planning and review of Keeping In Touch (KIT) plans. This will include providing advice, guidance and training to colleagues and external professionals, as well as conducting, and supporting others to, review plans alongside adopted young people, adoptive parents and birth relatives.
The post holder will be expected to be flexible to complete other senior social worker tasks such as assessment of prospective adopters, family finding and assessment of adoption support need on occasion, but this will not be the focus of this post.
The post holder will need to work flexibly across the Adopt South West regional adoption agency area which covers Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay local authority areas. The work base therefore can be agreed to suit the post holder within the region.
For an informal discussion please contact Hannah Clay, hannah.clay@devon.gov.uk.
How to apply
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• This role requires a DBS disclosure.
Reference: REQ09264
Job Details
- OrganisationDevon County CouncilAdopt South West
- Work LocationPlymouthSouth WestSomersetTorbayDevonCornwall
- Work Postcode
South West
- Reference
REQ009264
- Occupational GroupSocial Care & Health
- Salary Details
£39,862 - £44,075 per annum, pro rata
- Job TermPermanent
- Appointment TypePart Time
- Hours
27.75 hours per week
- Closing Date
18/03/2026
- DBS Check Required
Yes