We welcome applicants from all walks of life. Whether you’ve worked in care for years or are just beginning to explore fostering or social care work, we’d love to hear from you. If you have compassion, commitment, and a desire to make a difference - you could be exactly who we need.
Foster Carer
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 - Kent
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
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