Adoption Support Worker

3 months ago


Bristol, United Kingdom South Gloucestershire Council Full time

**How you'll make a difference**:
**About the company**

Adoption West is a Regional Adoption Agency and registered Voluntary Adoption Agency commissioned by Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Councils. Adoption West provides a range of adoption services including:

- The recruitment and assessment of prospective adopters
- Family finding services for children requiring permanency via adoption
- Post adoption support services
- Services to birth family and adopted adults

This is an exciting time to join Adoption West as we build on the solid foundations already in place and our ‘Good’ rating from Ofsted. As part of an internal restructure, our functions going forward will be service led across the region, rather than office/hub based.

**What will you be doing?**

Birth Links is the team within Adoption West, which provides independent 1:1 support and group work to birth relatives and adopted adults. The tasks the Support Worker will undertake include providing emotional support to birth relatives and adopted adults, giving and clarifying information about the adoption process, supporting birth parents to write a later life letter for their child, supporting birth parents to meet with the adopters of their child, liaising with children’s social workers and with letterbox support workers regarding contact plans, running birth parent groups and signposting to a range of other services.

**What we need from you**:
**To apply, please follow this link - **Jobs at Wiltshire

Interview date will be confirmed after shortlisting.

Part time 18.5 hours

If you have the experience, skills, knowledge and enthusiasm we are seeking and are looking for a new challenge then we look forward to hearing from you.

For an informal discussion contact:
Claire Jarvis, Birth Links Deputy Team Manager mob: 07395 798096
- Additional Information_
- _This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and will require an Enhanced DBS check before appointment can be confirmed._
- _Confidentiality: Employees are expected to maintain the required level of confidentiality at all times in relation to their work._


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