Team Manager Safeguarding and Care Planning Team or Referral and Assessment Team

Focusing on the child, not forgetting you

Salary: up to £54,262 per annum

In addition, you will receive £2000 annual retention payment, £2000 Golden Hello and other excellent benefits including a lease car
Location: Bromley Civic Centre/flexible working

Looking for your next exciting adventure in social work? Look no further!

Services for children and families in Bromley have made a remarkable leap forward to 'good' overall with leadership that has an 'outstanding' impact on social work practice, according to Ofsted.

Bromley are seeking highly talented and ambitious Team Managers to join us on their journey to excellence.

The Safeguarding and Care Planning Service works in partnership with other agencies such as Police, Health and Education, and aims to ensure children grow up with the best life chances and receive safe and consistent care.

The team works on the premise that children should be raised within their families wherever possible providing it is safe for them. We recognise that unfortunately some families struggle to care and/or consistently meet the needs of their children and need our support. The team works with children who are subject to Child in Need Plans and Child Protection Plans, striving to work with their family to create and promote the enabling environment where children can thrive and reach their full potential.

Bromley Safeguarding and Care Planning Service consists of 10 Safeguarding Teams; 5 in the East and 5 in the West of the borough. You will be joining an ambitious service with strong leadership and clear lines of support.

The other role is within the Referral and Assessment Service. The Referral and Assessment Teams receive all new referrals from the Bromley MASH and undertake Child and Family assessments to determine how best children's needs can be met. There are 6 teams, each consisting of a team manager and 5 social workers. The teams go onto duty for one week every 6 weeks and during their duty week, social workers will receive new allocations. Referral and Assessment Team Managers oversee/manage approximately 50 families at any given time.

Bromley has made a huge investment in terms of staffing in order to ensure that social workers have lower caseloads. Referral and Assessment Social Workers will carry an average of 8 families. Social workers in the service are positive, motivated and feel that their current caseload allows them complete good social work interventions with families.

Bromley values and behaviours have a key part to play in how staff carry out the work of the Council and how we engage and build working relationships with key partner agencies. This framework outlines the desired behaviours that align with our established values, to help create a workforce that are able to deliver services that are seen as 'excellent' in the eyes of local people.

As part of the Bromley Promise there will be a dedicated two-week induction programme upon joining us. We are confident that with your support, we will continue to provide high quality social care services to our children in Bromley as set out in our improvement and transformation plan. In return we ask that you bring your passion, dedication and skills to us.

· Manageable caseloads for every Social Worker

· Dedicated time for reflective supervision

· Generous Annual Leave Entitlement including an additional three days

· Small Cluster teams with one team manager supervising four Social Workers

· Two-week protected induction programme

· Excellent Learning and development opportunities with bespoke training for every social worker

· Social Workers and team managers have easy and regular access to the leadership team

Applicants must have completed their ASYE.

Some of the benefits working for the London Borough of Bromley:

Eligibility to join the Lease Car Scheme
Social Workers are classified as essential car users granting them access to free car parking at Bromley Civic Centre and the ability to claim more on mileage (45p per mile)
Membership of the excellent Local Government Pension Scheme
Excellent transport links
Salary Sacrifice Schemes make huge savings on - Cycle2Work bike scheme.
Employee Benefits Lifestyle Discounts -hundreds of discounts at local and national retailers, restaurants, holidays and much moreEqual Opportunities Statement

Bromley 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.

Don't forget...Eden Brown Synergy offers a £250 referral bonus for Social Workers. If this role isn't for you but you know someone suitable, ask them to get in touch. £250 could be on it's way to you! Your expert recruitment consultant is Rebecca Knight, call today on (phone number removed) or email (url removed) Eden Brown Synergy is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown Synergy is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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