Team Manager (Fostering Team)
Salary GBP 53,460 starting salary (pro rata for part:time colleagues)
Location: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP), Dorset
Salary: Competitive + Local Government Pension + Potential Relocation Scheme
Contract: Full:time, Permanent
Make a real difference in childrens lives. Join us at BCP Council.
Were proud to have achieved a GOOD Ofsted rating (Dec 2024), and were on an exciting improvement journey. Now, were looking for experienced, passionate Social Workers to join our Children and Families First Teams and help us deliver outstanding care and support to the children and families who need us most.
Why BCP?
Our workforce says it best:
Ive never felt so supported
BCP is like one big family which is really rewarding
You can do lots of different direct work with children : last year I even went crabbing with a family on the beach. It was amazing
Check out this video: A day in the life of three social workers at BCP Council on Vimeo
Job Introduction:
We are looking for an experienced and motivated individual who can lead with confidence, work collaboratively, and contribute to the continued development of the service.
The successful candidate will manage a varied portfolio including oversight of assessments, support, and specialist areas of work across the fostering service. You will work closely with colleagues and partners to ensure robust, creative and effective responses to the needs of children and foster carers.
You will play a key role in maintaining strong practice oversight, ensuring high standards of safeguarding, and supporting carers to provide stable, nurturing environments for children.
You will be part of a cohesive and supportive management team, working collectively to deliver a consistent and high:quality offer to our foster carers.
You will need to be a registered social worker with Social Work England and have significant post qualifying experience working with children and families in the statutory sector.
Key Experience and Skills:
Experienced manager with an (ideally) strong track record in fostering and a sound understanding of the needs of children in care
Ability to manage a varied portfolio, including assessment, support and specialist areas
Demonstrates strong safeguarding oversight and confident decision:making
Works collaboratively with colleagues, internal teams and wider partners
Delivers effective operational oversight while supporting reflective, strengths:based social work
Highly organised, with the ability to prioritise and manage competing demands under pressure
Confident operating in fast:paced, high:challenge environments
Committed to supporting the wellbeing, performance and development of teams
What we can offer you:
Full induction, with a very supportive Practice Fundamentals offer
Regular Supervision
28 days annual leave (pro rata, for those without continuous service), plus bank holidays
Competitive salary with access to local government pension scheme
Flexible working arrangements in our newly refurbished Civic Offices with Local Offices near to where you need to work
Employee Assistance Programme
Relocation Scheme
Staff network groups
BCP as a place to work and live:
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) is brimming with prospects, positivity and pride. We are the tenth:largest urban local authority in England and our communities are vibrant and diverse, with an outstanding quality of life. We are a globally recognised coastline of opportunity, with over 15 miles of beautiful, world renowned coastline, and have been awarded 21 Blue Flag or seaside awards. The area has excellent transport links with great rail and road connections nationally and to London and international flights from Bournemouth Airport.
We are bold, confident, and proud of our organisation, our area and our future. We recogni