Team Manager ( (Safeguarding and Care Planning Team)

Posted 10th Oct, 2024
Location
Bromley
Salary/rate
£47,745 – £55,890
Hours
Full-time
Working arrangements
Blended
Contract type
Permanent
Closing date
31st Dec, 2024
About the role
Team Manager - Safeguarding and Care Planning Team

Salary: up to £55,890.00 per annum

In addition, you will receive up to £2000 annual retention payment, £2000 Golden Hello

and other excellent benefits including a lease car
Hours: Full Time

Contract: Permanent

Location: Bromley Civic Centre/hybrid working

 

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

 

Bromley is committed to making children and young people in the Borough its top priority and are seeking highly talented and ambitious registered Team Managers to join us on our journey to excellence.

 

Bromley Children’s Social Care has recently been awarded an Ofsted rating of “outstanding”. You can view the latest report here.

 

Applicants must have Degree or equivalent qualification in Social Care,  enhanced Disclosure Barring Service check, and be registered with Social Work England (or able to obtain registration prior to commencement of employment)

 

Benefits working for the London Borough of Bromley: 

  • Golden Hello & Annual Retention Allowance 
  • Merited pay scheme
  • 30 days Annual Leave
  • The opportunity to participate in the Local Government Pension Scheme
  • Excellent training and career development pathway
  • Free Car Parking at Bromley Civic Centre 
  • The ability to claim mileage for business trips in line with HMRC guidance
  • Relocation Allowance (up to £8,000) for successful candidates relocating from overseas or the outer southeast area 
  • A range of salary sacrifice schemes, including for lease cars, technology equipment and for gym. 
  • Benefit scheme also includes a range of discounts at local retailers

We are forces family friendly and are part of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme (Bronze Award). We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.   We are committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and as a disability confident committed employer we encourage applications from people with disabilities.  As part of this commitment, we will consider reasonable adjustment to support disability employment.  We offer a generous package including competitive pay, career average pension scheme, flexible working practices and the Bromley employee benefits scheme; Cycle2Work, Salary Sacrifice Lease Car, Technology Scheme, GymFlex and a wide range of local and national discounts

  

Closing Date: Ongoing

Interviews: Ongoing

 
About you

To view the full JD and Person Specification please click here

About Bromley

In Bromley we are consistently going above and beyond, enabling our children, young people, and their families to grow and flourish, being aspirational and building resilience for the future. We strive to create opportunities to be innovative and reflective within an organisation that nurtures relationships, always seeks feedback, and has self-confidence to listen and act. 

Our vision is: by working together with children and their families and agency partners, we will ensure that every child in Bromley has the right help at the right time to keep them safe, and to meet their needs, so they achieve, thrive, and reach their full potential.

Our ‘Bromley Relationship Model’ is a model unique to our local authority based on Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory. Our vision is at the heart of our model and is supported by our purpose, our aims, our social work behaviours, and our enablers.

The Bromley Promise:

  •  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

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

  • Flexible/hybrid working

  • Eligibility to join the Lease Car Scheme

  • Membership of the excellent Local Government Pension Scheme

  • Excellent transport links

  • Salary Sacrifice Schemes e.g. Cycle2Work bike scheme

  • Employee Benefits Lifestyle Discounts – hundreds of discounts at local and national retailers, restaurants, holidays and much more

  • Golden Hello

  • Retention Bonus

  • Performance Rewards

If you'd like to arrange an informal chat about this role, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at acquisitionrecruitment@bromley.gov.uk