Job Introduction
We're looking for an Adoption Team Manager working within Together4Children regional partnership.
This role is a hybrid role, working both remotely and from onsite locations as and when needed and to accommodate your own work life balance. The base location for this role will be either Stafford or Uttoxeter.
Together4Children is a partnership between Shropshire Council, Staffordshire County Council, Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Telford & Wrekin Council. We are the regional adoption agency for the four councils. We also provide other services and initiatives that support children’s permanency.
Our ambition is to ensure that children who come into local authority care and are not able to return to their parents, achieve permanence within loving families without unnecessary delay.
Main Responsibility
In this role you'll join our Assessment and Support Locality team, which is responsible for undertaking timely, evidence-based adoption assessments, the provision of high-quality training and support to prospective adopters, and family finding activities for prospective adopters and children.
You'll be responsible for the day-to-day supervision and support of adoption social workers and business support administrators, workload allocation, performance and auditing, the implementation of policies and procedures, and the recruitment, training and development of staff.
You would be joining an experienced staff team which values teamwork and positive communication skills. Restorative practice underpins the approach we take to ensure we can achieve best outcomes for our children and families.
The Ideal Candidate
We're looking for a confident decision maker who can provide leadership, support and professional development within the team and to colleagues throughout Children’s services
You will need to be:
- A qualified and experienced social worker
- A sound understanding of relevant legislation, regulations and policy in respect of adoption, and children’s welfare and safeguarding
- Comfortable in managing performance management data and budgets
Want more information?
For an informal conversation about this position, please email Nicola Hope, Head of Service Adoption & Kinship, Nicola.Hope@staffordshire.gov.uk
Interviews: during mid-December 2022
About Staffordshire County Council
We are no ordinary county council:
Our Values:
The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.
Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.
We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.
Our benefits:
We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to a range of benefits.
Our recruitment process:
As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Silver Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.
