Adopt London West (Regional Adoption Agency) is a partnership service comprising the London Boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham and Hounslow and hosted by the London Borough of Ealing. Every child has the right to a safe and supportive family life. Adopt London West (ALW) aspires to promote best practice across its adoption and special guardianship support services to children and their families, birth parents and adopted adults.
The support service in ALW is passionate about providing timely and bespoke support to our growing body of adopters and special guardians. Besides carrying out support assessments of need and ensuring individual families are well supported, we also deliver Foundations for Attachment training to the families with whom we work. We offer support via our education support groups, webinars, social events and a special guardian support group which is co-facilitated by a special guardian. The role also involves working with adopted adults to support them in understanding their history.
Ealing Council is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Ealing Council follows safer recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.
The post holder will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and Ealing Council's enhanced vetting process.
This role is deemed customer facing and as such you must have a command of spoken English which is sufficient to enable you to effectively perform the role. This requirement relates to Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016.
For further information or an informal discussion please contact Alison Field on 020 8825 5338 or fielda@ealing.gov.uk
We are looking for a social worker with experience of supporting families where there are complex needs and family dynamics. You will be committed to innovative practice and assuring the best possible outcomes for children and their families.
We welcome applications from social workers or senior social workers.
You will hold a social work qualification and be Social Work England registered.
More than 360,000 people call Ealing home. Our seven towns - Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell Northolt, Perivale and Southall - are diverse, vibrant and lively communities where over 170 languages are spoken. We will enable you to do the work you care deeply about, and our aim is to deliver the infrastructure that allows that to happen.
Ealing is a great place to come and develop your career. You will be supported in this by colleagues and managers who will provide you with the opportunities to grow, gain experience, confidence and become a reflective practitioner.
Ealing is a richly diverse borough and we benefit from close ties to our communities which enriches our work and continually improves our offer. We are alive to the pressures many of our families are facing and work creatively with families and partners to bring about changes which makes the work that much more energising.
We recognise that to recruit and retain the very best social workers and social care practitioners, we need to bring together all our learning and development opportunities into one place. That’s why we have launched the Ealing Social Care Academy. The academy helps our team connect, collaborate, and engage creatively with internal and external partners and service users.
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More directly we can offer you:
Manageable caseloads
Clear career progression pathways
Opportunities to develop and experience different areas of work
Competitive remuneration packages
A hybrid approach to working that increases your work / life balance
If you want to find out about this opportunity, please contact our Recruitment lead, Caroline Horsley at: HorsleyC@ealing.gov.uk