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G13 £48,587 - £51,625

North Wales Adoption Service (NWAS) is seeking a Service Lead who is a highly motivated individual that is passionate about Adoption and can support the service to develop and grow. NWAS is a regional Adoption Service that covers six local authorities, Wrexham, Flintshire, Denbighshire, Conwy, Gwynedd and Ynys Mon. Wrexham is the host Authority and the successful candidate will work directly for Wrexham but will be expected to travel throughout the region to support the collaboration. The North Wales Adopting Service has had huge investment over the past few years with the development of Post Adoption Support team and life journey work. The team is responsible for:

·         Completion of Prospective Adopter Reports

·         Linking and Matching of Children with Approved adoptive parents,

·         Family finding for children referred for adoption

·         Partner of Parent adoptions.

·         Access to birth records, Birth parent counselling, Intermediary service

·         Contact Service for adopted children/birth families

·         Adoption Support Service including Life Journey work, Adoption support services advisory social worker

·         Training Department 

As the service lead you will be responsible for working in collaboration with the National Adoption Service as well as delivering on the action plan for NWAS.

Our teams at NWAS are all amazing, they inspire great ideas, drive new plans forward and help to make NWAS a fantastic place to work. We ensure that we are always recruiting, retaining and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues who are representative of the community we serve.

With the work that we have done so far and with the ambitions we have for the future, it’s a really exciting time to join us and to become part of the journey with us.

Additional benefits you will receive as a Children’s Social Worker:

·              Up to 31 days annual leave per annum

·              Access to a relocation package of up to £5,000,

·              Flexible working options and our commitment to supporting health and wellbeing

·              Detailed induction programme

·              Employee Assistance Programme 

This role supports hybrid working, a broadly even balance between working from home and working from an office base.

An Enhanced DBS check & Social Care Wales registration is required for this position. 

The Council welcomes applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, gender, disability, sexuality, religious belief or age. 

The Council is committed to developing its bilingual workforce and welcomes applications from candidates who demonstrate their capability to work in both English and Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.