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Adoption Social Worker (23190)

Barnardos
📍 Ilford, England, United Kingdom 💼 Permanent 🕒 Posted June 18, 2026
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Job Description

Barnardo's Adoption Midlands and South West has an exciting vacancy for a Social Worker to join its Service covering work predominantly in the Midlands, East & West. You will be joining an experienced and stable staff group who embrace working in a creative, open and transparent manner with adopters, to provide children with permanence in a family who understand the lifelong nature of adoption and the impact of issues such as developmental trauma, attachment and neuroscience.


As a Social Worker you have the chance to make a real difference in the lives of Children, Young People and Families by:

  • Recruiting, assessing and approving a diverse range of adoptive families to meet the needs of waiting children

  • Matching the needs of children nationwide with the skills of appropriate adopters

  • Ensuring all adopters have access to excellent training, guidance and support when they require it, including managing ongoing contact with birth family

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    Job Details

    • Location Ilford, England
    • Job Type Permanent
    • Category Counselors, Social Workers, and Other Community and Social Service Specialists
    • Posted Date June 18, 2026
    • Application Deadline July 28, 2026