Kirklees Council
Adoption Support Worker - One Adoption
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One Adoption West Yorkshire
Hours
- Post 1 - part-time, 18.5 hours
- Post 2 - full-time, 37 hours
Number of Jobs
2
Location(s)
Across West Yorkshire
Position type
Permanent
Salary
SO2 £37,280 - £39,152
Advert Wording
Kirklees Council are advertising this role on behalf of One Adoption
Job title: Adoption Support Worker - Adoption SO2
Location: Kernel House, Leeds, with some opportunities for working from home
One Adoption West Yorkshire is a regional adoption agency, delivering adoption services on behalf of the five local authorities in West Yorkshire. We are currently seeking Adoption Support Workers to join our teams, based at Kernel House, Leeds.
As an Adoption Support Worker, you’ll help provide practical and meaningful support to adoptive families, birth families and people who are adopted across West Yorkshire.
This is an exciting opportunity to hold your own caseload, work alongside qualified social workers and contribute to groups and wider service development as opportunities arise.
One Adoption West Yorkshire is hosted by Leeds City Council and, as such, the successful candidates will be employed by Leeds City Council.
Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our
About You
As an Adoption Support Worker, you will bring to the role:
- Experience of effectively undertaking work with children and families
- An understanding of the impact of early life trauma and adverse childhood experiences
- The ability to engage well with children, adoptive families and birth families
- Motivation, dedication and a commitment to supporting families through adoption support services
- A willingness to contribute to team working, group facilitation and service development
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About The Role
As our next Adoption Support Worker, you’ll work alongside qualified social workers to provide support to adoptive families, birth families and people who are adopted. You will hold your own caseload and have opportunities to be involved in facilitating groups and supporting service development.
The part-time post is based in the Supporting Connections team, working with families across West Yorkshire. The full-time post is based in the Wakefield Adoption Support team, working more locally within the Wakefield and Leeds areas. Both posts are based at Kernel House, Leeds, with some working from home opportunities.
You will be joining a supportive team and wider service, with good supervision, professional development opportunities and the chance to be part of something stimulating, creative and forward-thinking.
What we offer you
We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:
- A competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
- Membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements, subject to service requirements
- A clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
- A range of
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How To Apply
Please complete the online application form via Leeds City Council's site-
If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the roles, please contact Trisha McLean, Team Manager for the Supporting Connections role, on 0113 535 0887 or 07712 216978, or Amy Wood, Team Manager for the Adoption Support team role, on 0113 535 0856 or 07712 217334.
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children’s or Adults’ barred list as applicable will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our.
We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.
This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.
If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Please ensure you are eligible before applying.
Closing date
13 August 2026, 11:55 PM
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