Adoption Permanency Planning Lead (Senior Practitioner)

Role Responsibility

Adoption Partnership South East have an is exciting opportunity for an experienced Social Worker to join the dynamic Early Permanence team within our regional adoption agency. This is a Senior Practitioner role in  as permanency planning lead for children across Bexley, Kent and Medway. The role will also involve completing Together or Apart (sibling assessments). If you are child centred, passionate about early permanency placements and looking for a development opportunity this post is right for you. 

The Permanency Planning Lead is a key role within the Adoption Partnership South East. As a Permanency Planning lead you will be based within the Early Permanence Team and be responsible for tracking children and supporting early permanence work within the children’s social work teams across Bexley, Kent and Medway.  You will receive excellent support from your line manager and colleagues.

The role is full-time, but we would consider part-time for the right candidate. 

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service and registration as a qualified Social Worker with Social Work England.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Contact Details

Please contact Amy Coombs (Service Manager) via Amy.Coombs@Kent.gov.uk or 03000 420508 with any queries. 

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.