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

Independent assessors for adoption assessments

We are looking for suitably qualified and experienced Social Work England registered Independent social workers who have at least three years post qualifying experience, to carry out the assessment and preparation of prospective adopter(s).   

Social workers will need to evidence an awareness and understanding of the lifelong nature of adoption; the skills and attributes that are required to adopt, the principles of therapeutic parenting, as well as the ongoing needs of adoptive families caring for children who have a background of developmental trauma.  

An ability to write clear, concise and analytical adoption assessments is a core skill of this position. 

If you feel you have the necessary skills, for more information and to express an interest please contact Recruitment Assessment and Placement Team Manager, Maxine Bennett at maxine.bennett@adoptioneastmidlands.nottscc.gov.uk or Lisa Drummond, Service Manager at lisa.drummond@adoptioneastmildlands.nottscc.gov.uk

Adoption panel membership

We don't have any vacancies for panel members at this time however, we are driven to increase the diversity of our panels in respect of having a better mix of panel members from various ethnic origins. We welcome expressions of interest if you feel you can add value to our panels in this respect. You must also have recent relevant adoption experience.

For more information and to express interest, please email: PanelManagers.Adoption@adoptioneastmidlands.nottscc.gov.uk