Salary: up to £49,199 per annum (depending on experience)
plus £2,000 annual retention payment, a £2,000 Golden Hello and lease car
Location: Bromley Civic Centre
Team Manager Job Description & Person Specification.doc
Information for applicants COVID-19:
Bromley Council are following the most recent Government guidelines surrounding Coronavirus. During this period, we still look forward to receiving your application and if successful, we will be conducting interviews remotely via video link.
Bromley Permanency Team is committed to delivering high quality services to foster carers, connected persons and special guardians.
We are currently looking for an experienced practitioner to join our management team.
Our service has six team manager and two service manager posts. Within this role, you will work closely with these colleagues and others in the children looked after and safeguarding teams.
We are looking for candidates with experience of fostering recruitment, assessment, training and support of fostering families. You will be child-focused, have excellent communication skills and management experience.
As a Fostering Team Manager, you will be managing a team of social workers undertaking recruitment, assessment, support, supervision of foster carers to ensure safe and resilient placements for Bromley’s Children Looked After. You will work closely with managers and teams across the service, you will be crucial in improving further our ability to sustain permanent placements for children and drive permanency planning for children we care for. In addition to the management of the team you will also oversee duty fostering/ placement referrals and chairing meetings including such as placement support and stability meetings when appropriate.
For an informal discussion about this post please contact Ana Parr, Group Manager Permanency service.
Tel: 0208 313 4185 Email: ana.parr@bromley.gov.uk
Closing date: 12/04/2021 at 23:59
Interview Date: 19/04/2021
Equal Opportunities Statement
We are committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment and service delivery.
We offer a generous package including competitive pay, career average pension scheme, flexible working practices and the Bromley Employee benefits scheme; Cycle2Work and a wide range of unique discounts.