Current Roles

Home-based role, £415 per child per week expenses payment, plus paid respite cover Short-term, long-term and respite opportunities available.

Diagrama Fostering is urgently seeking new foster carers. There are around 70,000 children in care in the UK at the moment and we need to find new carers to help meet current demand for placements. For further information on our service and how to become a foster carer please visit our dedicated Diagrama Fostering website.

Children who need to be fostered come from a range of different backgrounds, cultures and ethnicities. Sometimes they are babies or infants, often they are older children. Some will be on their own, but others will be part of a family group. Some will have special needs or disabilities; others will have less obvious needs.

At Diagrama Fostering we support and empower people to provide homes which enable children to feel safe, secure, attached and inspired – where they’re safe and can start to enjoy life again.

Independent Social Workers – adoption assessments

(Home-Based)

Covering Kent

Are you a qualified children and families social worker with experience in adoption assessment and support? We’re looking for Independent Social Workers to assess and prepare prospective adopters in and around the Kent area. We would particularly like to hear from you if you have experience of writing robust assessment reports and have a good understanding of therapeutic parenting approaches.

If you are a highly motivated and committed Social Work England registered social worker with the passion and dedication to help us find the best adopters for children, we would love to hear from you. We are seeking applicants who are able to drive or travel around Kent and the surrounding areas.

If you have experience of completing adoption assessments, an unwavering commitment to safeguarding and always put the needs of the child first, please get in touch.

About Diagrama Adoption

Diagrama Adoption is an independent, voluntary adoption agency rated GOOD by Ofsted. Our team is dedicated to finding loving families who are able to offer a permanent home for children in need of adoption across Kent.

Our agency is small enough to offer a personalised and friendly adoption experience, while benefiting from the expertise and security that comes with being part of a larger, established charitable foundation.

We provide excellent support for adopters and children alike. We put children at the heart of everything we do and every decision we make. We support adopters of all backgrounds regardless of faith, sexuality or ethnicity and we pride ourselves on offering a tailored service.

Diagrama Adoption focuses on finding new parents for children who wait the longest to be adopted, including children who are older and who have additional needs. We also have a successful record of recruiting and supporting Early Permanency carers.

Your qualities

You will be a resilient, experienced professional with a relentless focus on high quality experiences for families enabled by solid and dedicated social work.

You will bring passion, commitment and innovation that will support our service development to outstanding status.

You will have previous experience in adoption with an excellent track record of improving the lives of children.

You will be well organised and a skilled verbal and written communicator.

Why work for Diagrama?

Diagrama is a charity which has supported vulnerable children, young people, adults and families around the world for more almost 30 years.

· Midway assessment supervisions and access to support and guidance from the adoption manager throughout the assessment

· Access to our Psychotherapist group supervision sessions which take place every 6 weeks.

· Invitations to join with the social work team for regular lunch and learn session that take place throughout the year.

· Opportunities for ISWs to be linked to each other to benefit from peer support.

How to apply

To learn more about the role please contact Lauren Ingram, Team Manager on 07872 015162 for a confidential chat.

Interested in applying? Apply with you CV and Covering letter to hr@diagrama.org.uk

Required:

Relevant SWE registration

Min. 2 years’ experience in Social Work within Adoption

Diagrama Foundation is seeking a Development Workerfor our centres offering day opportunities for people with a learning disability, physical and sensory impairment, acquired brain injury and/or autism at our sites in Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and East Grinstead. This is an exciting opportunity to support our Instructors deliver the activities, primarily outdoors on the farm, and we are seeking applications from candidates who are able to demonstrate ability to effectively delivering a first class service to our service users.

Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities

• To provide a safe and secure environment for the care and support of clients, ensuring compliance with all policies and procedures in place to meet our statutory and contractual requirements.
• Complete, maintain and supply documentation to ensure relevant information is accurately recorded- in line with company procedures, and compliance with statutory and contractual requirements.
• Communicate and act to promote teamwork and ensure high standards of service delivery in accordance with the best interests of the client.
• Ensure own and, when appropriate, other’s actions reduce risks to health and safety in compliance with statutory legislation and company policy.
• Build and create positive relationships based on mutual trust and respect with clients to ensure that they develop and grow in line with their identified needs.
• Define structures and boundaries for clients so they understand behaviour expected.
• Create and produce activities to occupy and develop clients to ensure that they gain skills and education in line with their identified needs.
• To assist in creating opportunities, within and outside the home for the clients to learn and develop from.
• Undertake any other duties as required from time to time by the Contract

Undertake any other duties as required from time to time by the Contract.

Job Type: Permanent

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Health & wellbeing programme

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: In person

Interested in applying? Apply with you CV and Covering letter to hr@diagrama.org.uk