Adoption Support Team Manager

£45,718 - £50,788 per annum
Permanent
Full Time
37
Trent Bridge House, West Bridgford, NG2 6BJ
Hybrid
Competency Framework
1
19th August 2025
Closing Date
22 July 2025 23:55
The Children and Families Department takes a strengths-based approach to working with each other, children, young people and families, and our partner agencies. We call this 'Our Nottinghamshire Approach'.  Watch the two minute animation to learn more.

Adoption East Midlands (AEM) are seeking to recruit an innovative, dynamic and forward-thinking Team Manager to join our established leadership team. AEM is the Regional Adoption Agency, established in 2019 to deliver all adoption services on behalf of our 4 partner Local Authorities across Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire. This is a real opportunity for a successful candidate to join our team to lead and further develop our successful child-focused service, making a real difference to the lives of children and adoptive families across the Region.

We are seeking a full time (37 hours per week) Team Manager to co-lead our Adoption Support Team working with families across the region. We have been successful in securing funding from the Department of Education to help us establish our successful multidisciplinary team which includes therapeutic social workers, advanced practitioners, education support workers, youth workers, colleagues from Health (Clinical Psychology, Specialist Occupational Therapy and Speech & Language) and Experts by Experience, and which gives us a unique opportunity to provide needs led, relevant and timely support to families from the point of match through to adoption order and beyond. We are an ambitious and creative team who understand the importance and value of service development and delivery which is achieved in co-production with experts by experience and are therefore proud that we place emphasis on the continued development of our regional Peer Network.

Working with an established and experienced team, this is an exciting opportunity for a creative and pro-active individual who has a sound knowledge of the lifelong impact of Adoption on children and families to contribute and shape the service at an exciting time of further development and change.

We welcome applications from staff of all ethnic backgrounds. AEM has an active Global Majority Staff Support Group and staff are also supported to engage with the Black Workers Network within Nottinghamshire County Council.

For an informal conversation please contact Jane Bolan (Service Manager) before the 11th July: 07584 593752 / 0115 8041499 or email jane.bolan@adoptioneastmidlands.nottscc.gov.uk

Disabled applicants who meet the essential shortlisting requirements will be guaranteed an interview. A job share scheme is available for all full-time posts: both permanent and temporary, unless otherwise stated. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks.

Nottinghamshire County Council strives to ensure that it goes beyond the requirements of the Equalities Act and prides itself on being accredited as a Disability Confident Leader Organisation.

Therefore, the County Council encourages applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, religion, belief, pregnancy and maternity status, age or sexual orientation.

This vacancy is closed to applications.