Fostering Marketing & Permanancy Team Manager - Permanent
JOB_52196384552820Job type
PermanentLocation
SouthendWorking Pattern
Full-timeSpecialism
Social Care And Social Work ManagementIndustry
Government & Public ServicesPay
£50,512-£55,737Closing date
10 May 2024
Fostering Team Manager, Permanent, Southend
Your new role
Southend City Council are looking to appoint a full-time, permanent fostering experienced Team Manger.
This post will be based within the Marketing and Permanency Team.
As the new Team Manager, you will be taking the lead on recruiting and/or applications for prospective foster carers and managing the pipeline at stage 1 and 2.
Working with the communication team, you will ensure the council provides a first-class professional service by being responsible for the efficient and cost-effective provision of needs-led services to children, young people and their families.
You will be managing a team of 4, managing performance, providing formal professional supervision to staff and ensuring that appraisals are undertaken, identifying skills gaps or training needs are addressed.
This is a hybrid post, but you are required to be on-site a minimum of 3 days a week and must attend the monthly onsite meetings.
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this position you must be able to work in the UK, have a recognised Social Work qualification and be registered with the Social Work England and have completed your ASYE.
You must have +4 years experience in working with children and families, fostering and adoption experience is also essential.
You must have extensive knowledge of methods of social work intervention, child protection and looked after children services, along with relevant legislation and regulations.
What you'll get in return
Pension:
Southend-on-Sea City Council provide membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for employees aged under 75. The LGPS is a generous scheme and provides you with a future income, independent of share prices and stock market fluctuations.
Southend-on-Sea City Council provide membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for employees aged under 75. The LGPS is a generous scheme and provides you with a future income, independent of share prices and stock market fluctuations.
Leave Entitlements:
We offer our employees a generous leave entitlement from 25 days up to 32 days based on length of service (Continuous service). Southend-on-Sea City Council also offer a range of flexible working and family-friendly leave.
*We also offer paid time off to allow employees to undertake volunteering activities*
Here at Southend-on-Sea City Council we also offer our employees free access to a benefit portal that provides access to wellbeing support and a range of salary sacrifice schemes to help spread the cost of items, including:
- Bicycles, cars, electronics and gym membership.
- The portal also provides access to a range of discounts on products and services including retail, food shopping, travel, dining out and leisure activities.
Nowhere else will you gain as much experience on the job, making us a sought-after place to work. If you are passionate, dedicated to making a change and ready for a challenge – you could be the candidate we are looking for.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
Fostering Marketing & Permanancy Team Manager - PermanentJOB_521963845528202024-04-262024-05-10
Talk to Natalie Storozynski, the specialist consultant managing this position
Located in Southend-on-Sea, 1st Floor, 19 Clifftown Road, Telephone 01702 352452Click here to access our Privacy Policy, which provides detailed information on how we use and protect your personal information, and your rights in relation to this.
JOB_52196384552820