Job Description

Job description
We are excited to recruit and welcome a highly motivated and enthusiastic part-time Support Worker to our Adoption Recruitment and Assessment team.



You will be based in Sheffield and there is some flexibility as to how the hours are covered. However, they must be worked over a minimum of 3 days, which will include Mondays. There will be some home working, but you will be mostly office based or working with families in the community.



Sheffield adoption team is part of a wider regional adoption service called One Adoption South Yorkshire. This spans four local authorities; Doncaster, Barnsley, Sheffield and Rotherham and whilst you will be based in Sheffield, the successful candidate will work with colleagues across the service to achieve the best outcomes for prospective adoptive families and the children that they are matched with.



One of your key responsibilities will be to respond in a timely manner to adoption enquiries, welcome calls and welcome visits to help those interested in adopting.



You will provide administrative support and assistance to your childrens social work colleagues to co-ordinate and deliver training, workshops and support groups. In addition to this, you will complete referrals to other external support services such as New Family Social and Adoption UK.



As part of the culture change in adoption contact towards more open adoption, we will support you to develop your understanding for you to the support families with their keeping in touch arrangements.



You will be able to use a range of computer applications and ICT in order to maintain up to date adoption data and provide accurate data to the Team Managers.



The role requires you to be able to organise your work to help us meet practice standards and deadlines in relation to adoption recruitment. You will need excellent interpersonal, organisational and communicational skills, and the role will require you to attend meetings across the region, both virtually and in-person.



You must be eager to learn and develop your practice skills to offer high levels of support to families during their adoption journey. You will be given good quality supervision to assist you with this as well as access to relevant training to develop your skills and knowledge and to support your professional development.



You must be willing to complete an enhanced DBS. Use of a car would be desirable. Please ensure you meet the person specification on the job description.



We are committed to the equality of opportunity in the services provided to customers and all aspects of employment. We warmly welcome applications from all sectors of the community. Our recruitment policies, procedures and practices enable all applicants to be considered on merit and ability to do the job. We will make reasonable adjustments, in line with the Equality Act, for disabled applicants if these are needed.



For further discussion about this opportunity, please contact Jane Sandland@sheffield.gov.uk



We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.



It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.



Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form.



We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.



Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.



If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.



Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more here New job evaluation process to be introduced at Sheffield City Council | Sheffield City Council

Job details

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Job reference
REQ003804
Date posted
29/10/2025
Application closing date
12/11/2025
Location
Sheffield
Salary
Grade 05, 30,024 to 32,597 pro-rata
Package
Permanent Position
Contractual hours
22.2
Basis
Blank
Job category/type
Children's Social Care