Adoption UK
Adoption UK

Charity registered in Scotland SC037892

Adoption UK is the leading charity providing support, community and advocacy for all those parenting or supporting children who cannot live with their birth parents. We connect adoptive families, provide information and signposting on a range of adoption-related issues and campaign for improvements to adoption policy and legislation at the highest levels. With over 8,000 members, we provide a strong, supportive community and are the largest voice of adopters in the UK.

Current vacancies

Service Delivery Administrator

  • Part time
  • £24,479 pro-rata
  • Remote: Home based
  • Closing 6th April 2026

Join us as Service Delivery Administrator!

We’re expanding our training offer across AUK and we’re looking for an organised, people-focused Administrator to keep everything running smoothly. If you love making complex logistics feel effortless, this is your role.

We’re looking for someone who can quickly and confidently get to grips with new tools and software—whether that’s Eventbrite, Canva or any other platform that supports our work.

What you’ll bring

  • Strong administration skills with excellent attention to detail and follow-through.
  • Confidence using systems and Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Teams, Excel); comfortable learning new systems quickly.
  • Great communication skills—clear, friendly and professional in writing and conversation.
  • Ability to juggle multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
  • A service mindset: proactive, solutions-focused and calm under pressure.

As all our roles are online and homebased, we’re looking for someone who is confident working virtually, highly organised, digitally fluent and experienced in managing communication, collaboration and workload effectively in a remote environment.

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Clinical Psychologist – AUK PATH (Psychology and Therapy Hub)

  • Full time or Part time
  • £43,471 – £59,389
  • Remote: Home based
  • Closing 17th April 2026

Ready for a role where your psychology can genuinely shape a developing service? PATH is growing, and we’re looking for a Clinical Psychologist who is energised by complexity, values-led practice, and the chance to build something alongside a passionate team. This is an exciting moment to join us—bringing your ideas, your therapeutic skill, and your professional leadership to a service that is ambitious about outcomes and relentless about care and compassion.

We’re proud to be part of an Ofsted rated Outstanding provision, and we’re investing in psychological thinking as a central part of how we work. If you’re looking for a post with space for creativity, strong multi-disciplinary relationships, and real opportunity to develop specialist expertise, PATH could be the right next step.

We warmly welcome applicants with strong knowledge of neurodiversity, early trauma and the experiences of adopted and care-experienced people, including those with lived or professional expertise.

A values-based team you’ll want to be part of

You’ll be joining a warm, supportive and highly committed group of professionals who care deeply about the people we serve and the quality of our practice. We work collaboratively—sharing thinking, holding risk together, and making space for reflection even when we’re working at pace. Psychological safety matters here: you’ll have access to supervision, peer support and opportunities for CPD.

What you’ll bring

  • Professional expertise in psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and consultation, grounded in ethical and evidence-based practice.
  • Confidence with complexity—able to hold risk, uncertainty and co-occurring needs, while staying compassionate and person-centred.
  • At least two therapeutic modalities relevant to this sector (e.g., CBT, ACT, CFT, DBT-informed approaches, systemic/family therapy, EMDR, or other trauma-focused therapies), and the ability to integrate approaches thoughtfully.
  • Collaborative team working—you enjoy working across disciplines and with partner agencies, contributing to shared plans and shared outcomes.
  • Agility and pace—able to prioritise, adapt and respond to changing needs while maintaining high clinical standards and clear documentation.
  • A development mindset—motivation to contribute to a growing hub, improve pathways, and evaluate impact using outcomes and feedback.

We’re also happy to discuss the opportunity with clinical / counselling psychologists who may be earlier in their career. If you can demonstrate a strong commitment to this sector—through relevant placements, roles, voluntary work, research, reflective learning, or lived experience that informs your practice—we would welcome a conversation. We’re interested in potential as well as experience: your values, your curiosity, and the way you work with people and systems matter to us.

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Occupational Therapist

  • Full time or Part time
  • £43,471
  • Remote: Home based
  • Closing 17th April 2026

Join our Psychology and Therapy Hub (PATH) and make a meaningful difference in everyday life for adoptive, kinship and care-experienced families. We’re recruiting an Occupational Therapist with specialist expertise in sensory processing/sensory integration and attachment-informed practice to deliver practical, trauma-informed assessment and intervention that strengthens regulation, participation and connection.

  • Make a difference that families feel every day: co-produce practical strategies that support calmer routines, better sleep, smoother transitions and greater participation at home, school and in the community.
  • Bring specialist sensory expertise: assess sensory processing and regulation needs and translate findings into clear, realistic plans for parents/carers and partner professionals.
  • Work at the sensory–attachment interface: use a trauma- and attachment-informed lens to understand behaviour and build felt safety and co-regulation alongside sensory strategies.
  • Thrive in an MDT: contribute an OT perspective to formulation-led work within PATH, collaborating with psychology and therapy colleagues to create joined-up support.
  • Flexible, UK-wide reach: deliver support primarily online with occasional travel for team days, training or commissioned work (as required and agreed).

You’ll need:

  • HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist.
  • Strong experience supporting children/young people and their parents/carers (including complex presentations).
  • Proven skills in sensory processing assessment and intervention, including regulation strategies, activity adaptation and environmental modification.
  • Confidence working in an attachment- and trauma-informed way with adoptive/kinship/care-experienced families (or closely related work).
  • Excellent communication and report-writing skills, able to translate specialist thinking into practical, non-judgemental guidance that families can use.
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