Social Worker - Adoption

Location Southwark
Salary £30 - £35.01 per hour
Discipline
To act as a Social Worker in the South London Regional Adoption Agency (RAA) which combines the adoption services for the soon to be 10 South London Boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark Sutton, Wandsworth and Achieving for Children, the Voluntary Adoption Agency delivering adoption services on behalf of Richmond and Kingston and Greenwich. This will be in the South West Assessment Team, so working across, Merton, Croydon, Sutton an Wandsworth mainly.
The post holder will work within a systemic framework to provide a comprehensive and effective integrated social work service to respond to the needs of children, prospective adopters and adoptive families in a timely manner and within statutory guidelines. To work closely with the team to conduct assessments, plan and deliver focused interventions to achieve permanency for children, provide support to families and promote positive outcomes.