Job Title: Deputy Home Finding Team Manager
Reports To: Home Finding Team Manager
Job Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week 9am to 5pm. Monday – Friday
Annual Leave Entitlement: 28 days (plus birthday and Bank Holidays)
Location: Bristol City Centre
Salary: £35,000 per annum depending on experience
Supporting Foster Carers. Transforming Lives.
Swiis Foster Care is seeking a candidate with the appropriate work ethic and experience to join our Home Finding Team based in Bristol. This is a full-time position and is office based.
If you are an experienced, committed and motivational leader who wants to join one of the UK’s leading family-owned Ofsted Outstanding fostering providers and help shape better futures for children and young people, please apply today.
The role
You will support the Home Finding Team Manager in the coordination and management of the central home‑finding function for Swiis Foster Care.
As the Deputy Home Finding Team Manager you will play a key role in supporting the Home Finding Team Manager to lead a team of experienced Home Finding Officers in the effective matching and placing of children and young people who require safe and nurturing foster families.
You will mentor, develop and support Home Finding Team members, providing appropriate line management and supervision where required.
Person specification
* Good IT skills, especially MS Excel.
* Excellent communication and leadership skills.
* Organisational and time-management skills.
* Qualification, experience or training in supervising and leading a team.
* Proven experience in client relationship development, with a track record of success.
* Strong knowledge of developmental strategies to increase efficiency and output of team.
* Ethical Integrity: Strong commitment to ethical practices.
* Self‑Motivation: High level of self‑motivation with a proactive approach to identifying, pursuing and nurturing opportunities.
* Team Player: Willingness to collaborate and work effectively within a team environment and alongside senior members and directors of the commercial team.
We are looking for an energetic, enthusiastic, flexible person who has exceptional motivational leadership skills.
You will have a strong commitment to promote and safeguard the wellbeing of children and you will also have an appreciation of the demands that come with working for a high‑quality independent fostering service in an increasingly competitive environment.
Benefits
* Competitive annual salary of more than £35,000 per annum depending on experience.
* 28 days annual leave per annum exclusive of bank holidays.
* Birthday as annual leave.
* Excellent BUPA Private Health and Dental Care available*.
* Company Pension Scheme with options to increase contributions.
* Life Assurance benefit of up to 3 times your annual salary paid to your beneficiaries.
Swiis is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to ensuring that our staff have excellent working conditions and genuine career opportunities. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake the appropriate checks which will include an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Check.
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