Job vacancies

Adoption East Midlands launched in 2019 as a collaborative venture between Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire councils to provide a regional adoption service. Adoption East Midlands provides all aspects of adoption recruitment, assessment, family finding, and the coordination of adoption support services. We are a successful child-focused service, making a real difference to the lives of children and adoptive families.

Current vacancies

Adoption Support Social Worker

We are looking to recruit a suitably qualified social worker with a minimum of 3 years post qualifying experience to join our team of creative and committed social workers. As a candidate, you will need to evidence an awareness and understanding of the lifelong nature of adoption, the principles of therapeutic parenting, as well as the on-going needs of adoptive families caring for children who have a background of developmental trauma.

In addition to case holding, the role will include being part of our Helpdesk team of therapeutic social workers, who are the first point of contact for all families requesting support. You will need to be highly organised, flexible, and able to build excellent interpersonal relationships with families, colleagues, and our Local Authority partners alike.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Adoption Support Team Manager Claire Elms on: (0115) 9772444 or Trescia Gallichan on: (0115) 8040181. For more information or to apply for the role please visit: Adoption Support Social Worker - Nottinghamshire County Council

Adoption panel membership

We have two exciting vacancies for independent panel members!

Panels consider whether prospective adopters are suitable to adopt and whether children should be matched with prospective adopters. We hold panels on behalf of Derby City Council, Derbyshire County Council, Nottingham City Council and Nottinghamshire County Council. Panels are held virtually using Microsoft Teams, therefore successful applicants must have appropriate IT equipment and a good internet connection.

Our adoption panels are made up of a range of people who have personal or professional experience relevant to adoption. Panels offer independent scrutiny and quality assurance to the adoption agency and our partner local authorities, with a focus on meeting the needs of children who cannot live within their birth family. We are particularly interested in strengthening the range and diversity of our panel membership and we would particularly welcome applicants from ethnic minority groups.

If you are interested in applying for one of these vacancies please complete an expression of interest form and send it to PanelManagers.Adoption@adoptioneastmidlands.nottscc.gov.uk. The closing date for expressions of interest is 12pm on Friday 7 February 2025.

Please see the documents below for further information.

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Adoption East Midlands provides the full range of adoption services across the region. If you live in or near to the East Midlands, we can help you along your journey to adopting a child.

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