Team Manager - Fostering and Kinship &Assessment

Position: Team Manager - Fostering and Kinship Recruitment &Assessment
Location: Willenhall

Team Manager - Fostering and Kinship Recruitment & Assessment Team London Borough of Havering £45.20 per hour Umbrella | Hybrid Working Eden Brown Synergy is recruiting an experienced Team Manager to join Haverings Fostering and Kinship Recruitment & Assessment Team on a locum basis. This is an excellent opportunity for a highly experienced fostering and kinship professional to lead a specialist assessment team responsible for the delivery and oversight of Connected Persons, Kinship, Special Guardianship and Fostering assessments.

Working within a supportive management structure, you will provide strong leadership, quality assurance and decision-making to ensure children are able to live safely within their family networks wherever possible. Based at Romford Town Hall, this hybrid role offers a balanced working arrangement of 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.

Key Responsibilities Provide leadership and management oversight within the Fostering and Kinship Recruitment & Assessment Team Allocate work across the team and monitor performance against service objectives and statutory timescales Quality assure and sign off viability assessments, fostering assessments, Special Guardianship assessments, kinship assessments and Special Guardianship support plans Ensure high-quality assessment practice that meets statutory requirements and local authority standards Provide supervision, support and professional development to social workers and assessment staff Manage complex cases and provide guidance on fostering, kinship and permanence planning Work collaboratively with children's social care teams, legal services, fostering panels and partner agencies Develop effective working relationships with Independent Social Workers and commissioned assessment providers Ensure assessments and reports are court-ready and completed to a high professional standard Promote positive outcomes for children through robust family network and permanence planning Essential Requirements To be considered for this role, candidates must meet DfE agency worker requirements and have:
Social Work England registration A recognised social work qualification Significant post-qualifying experience within Childrens Social Care Previous experience working as a Team Manager within a Fostering and Kinship Assessment Team Extensive experience of allocating work, quality assuring and signing off viability, fostering, Special Guardianship and kinship assessments Experience managing and overseeing Special Guardianship support plans Experience working with Independent Social Workers and commissioned assessment providers Strong knowledge of fostering regulations, kinship care legislation and permanence planning Whats on Offer?

£45.20 per hour Umbrella Hybrid working arrangement 3 days office based at Romford Town Hall and 2 days remote working Opportunity to lead a well-established specialist service Supportive senior management team Meaningful work helping children achieve safe and sustainable family-based placements If you are an experienced Fostering and Kinship Team Manager looking for your next interim opportunity, wed love to hear from you.

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