Our Leicestershire county council is looking for a Senior Social Worker to join their Post order team.

Job description

• Provide emotional and practical support to Special Guardian's and adoptive parents
• Helping families adjust to new dynamics and challenges
• Offer advice on parenting strategies, especially for children with trauma or attachment needs
• Identify and reporting to any safeguarding concerns to the safeguarding teams (where appropriate attending conference and CiN meetings).
• Supporting children and their carers/parents to manage trauma, loss, identity, and attachment issues
• Refer to or coordinate therapeutic services (e.g., counselling, CAMHS, play therapy)
• Help families understand the impact of early experiences on behaviour
• Undertaking post-order assessments (e.g., for support services or funding like ASF)
• Evaluate the ongoing needs of the child and family
• Be part of a busy duty system and taking referrals.
• Advocate for families to access services such as education, health, or specialist support
• Liaise with schools, health professionals, and other agencies
• Ensure multi-agency working to meet the child's needs
• Supporting children to understand their life history and SGO/adoption journey
• Provide or update life story materials
• Offer training, workshops, or guidance on attachment, trauma-informed care, and therapeutic parenting - lead by a therapeutic social worker within the team.
• Attend and support coffee mornings for Special Guardian's.
• Support events for both SG's and adopted families.
• Build confidence and resilience to special guardian's and adopters
• To support the birth records counsellor in accessing and redacting birth files and sharing with adult adoptees as the need arises.

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to £250* per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

*Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.