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  • Independent Social Worker – York
    Independent Social Worker – York
    12 hours ago
    Full-time
    Chester

    Independent Social Worker – Adoption Matters – York (with travel to surrounding areas) We are looking for an independent social worker who has the ability to work with children, young people, and adults, including people with disabilities, on a self-employed basis. About us Adoption Matters is a children’s charity and one of the largest voluntary adoption agencies in the UK. We recruit, train and support individuals, couples and families looking to adopt and offer ongoing support and training. We also offer a support service for adopted adults and birth families, and a specialised therapy service. In 2024, we launched our not-for-profit fostering agency, Foster Care Matters. As a non-profit provider, the service is committed to reinvesting resources to deliver high-quality support and ongoing training for foster parents. More recently in 2026, we acquired 1st Affinity Fostering Service in Wrexham, securing a not-for-profit future for the agency in Wales. The self-employed social worker will carry out work as required to enable the agency to provide a comprehensive adoption service. For more information on the management team and our board of trustees, click here. Make a difference and play a pivotal role in ensuring the charity delivers meaningful outcomes. What We’re Looking For… Experience and Qualifications • Adoption experience of children’s social care adoption work, including experience of assessing and supporting adoptive families is essential., • A minimum of three years’ adoption experience is required, including prospective Adopter Report (PAR) assessments, Adoption support work and inter-agency working is desirable., • Experience of delivering group work is desirable, such as Adopter Preparation Groups, Support Groups and Children’s Groups., • A qualified Social Worker, with a Diploma in Social Work, CQSW or an equivalent qualification, is essential. Must have eligibility to register with Social Work England, this is essential. Knowledge • Knowledge of Adoption & Children Act 2002 and Associated Guidance & Regulations., • Knowledge of child development & family functioning & dysfunctioning., • Awareness of current adoption and childcare research and experience of applying it in practice., • Knowledge of Adoption Matters or an interest in finding out about the agency and how it operates. Ability to carry out • Recruitment, preparation, and assessment of prospective families for children referred to the agency, including presentation of PARs at panel meetings., • Provide good liaison with care agencies in order to match suitable children with approved applicants and in co-operation with the placing agency to support the applicants both pre and post placement, including where necessary post adoption., • To attend planning meetings, reviews, and court, as necessary., • To offer advice and, where appropriate, counselling to birth parents and extended families, adoptive parents and extended families and adoptees., • Engage in work activities as part of a team expanding its philosophy and its commitment in the field of adoption and permanency and to share in the agency’s development plans., • To comply with the agency’s statutory obligations, including adoption and safeguarding of children., • To share the agency’s commitment to equal opportunities and diversity.

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  • General Manager
    General Manager
    3 days ago
    £48000 yearly
    Full-time
    Ellesmere Port

    We invite you to join Pho. And come be part of this stylish and lively restaurant brand. We're looking for a cool energetic General Manager to lead our team in Pho Cheshire Oaks. This is for a General Manager who knows their stuff, gives a sh**t about this crazy hospitality world, and just simply gets it! ++Salary offer of up to £48,000 includes earnings received through tronc.++ ++And on top of that, a bonus reward of up to £8,000! ++ Who's Pho? Sure, our food is pretty amazing! But we're also all about the atmosphere... We're talking funky music in the background...dimmed lights...Staff cracking jokes by the kitchen pass as they quickly step in and out.... Guests are bantering with the waiters.... You hear wine glasses clinking and most importantly, in between all that buzz, you hear the slurping of some fresh Phở. What Pho can offer you! • Free fresh meals at work, • 50% off all food and drink when dining in our restaurants, for you and up to 5 friends!, • Get paid every 2 weeks! Or..., • ... Get paid quicker with our Wagestream, • We love to work hard and play even harder at our awesome annual parties!, • Earn more money if your friends join us (£100-£1000 extra for each friend), • Confidential Employer Assistance Program, to support you with any troubles you may be facing., • Company pension, • Amazing training during your first few weeks and beyond, • A nice Bonus! Of up to £8,000 a year! What Pho is looking for: • Minimum x2 years' General Management experience. Bar or restaurant, or both!, • Big passion for food! As a General Manager in Pho, you'll learn everything about our fresh food., • Confident in delivering and understanding financial P&L reports., • Experience communicating with suppliers., • Comfortable using different systems as part of your day-to-day. Such as; Pronet for maintenance, Open Table for bookings, Zonal in our tills, Harri for recruitment, etc., • Remember, we just need a manager who GETS IT! If this is the job for you, come apply! Have a look at our instagram too and have a good stalk! #INDHGH

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