Practice in an Outstanding Children’s Service and with Adopt South (RAA) to work closely with birth families, children and prospective adopters

As a Children’s Adoption Social Worker within Hampshire County Council, you will be practicing in one of just a few local authorities in the country rated Outstanding by Ofsted. You will also have the added benefits of being under the management umbrella of Adopt South and as such you will working in close collaboration with the Regional Adoption Agency to find permanency for children within adoption. You will be working closely with all the children and families teams across Hampshire County Council for Parallel Planning prior to Placement Orders being granted. You will have flexibility to work across a large county and although the main office base is in Swanwick, you will have access to all HCC buildings for increased flexibility. Our Social Workers are an asset to us, and we encourage our workforce to be creative and autonomous, while enabling them to work flexibly. We are committed to providing regular, reflective and effective supervision to support you, while ensuring you also have the working conditions you need for good practice to flourish. When service demands are high, the postholder may be required to undertake assessments in other areas of the service to support operational needs. To support colleagues and ensure continuity of service during...