Overview
Placement Support Manager - General Fostering (Fixed term) – Bridgend County Borough Council. 37 hours per week. Fixed Term up to March 2028.
Responsibilities
* Lead a multi-disciplinary team of Placement Support Workers and Reunification Workers, delivering targeted support to care-experienced children and their families.
* Provide clear, effective leadership and supervision to the team.
* Oversee delivery of direct support to children in foster placements and those returning home.
* Coordinate plans with fostering teams, residential services, and social workers.
* Monitor the quality and impact of interventions and contribute to strategic planning.
* Ensure safeguarding responsibilities are met and standards of practice remain high.
* Lead on training needs, performance management, and reflective practice.
* This is a key operational role with scope to drive innovation and improve outcomes for children and foster carers in Bridgend.
About you / Qualifications
* Experience managing or supervising staff in a children's social care setting.
* Strong understanding of fostering, reunification, and placement stability.
* Good knowledge of relevant legislation and evidence-based practice models.
* Excellent communication, organisational, and leadership skills.
* Ability to work flexibly and collaboratively across services.
* Relevant Level 4 qualification and willingness to complete Level 5 management training.
* Ability to greet customers through the medium of Welsh is a requirement for this post.
* Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.
* Enhanced Children and Adults DBS check is a requirement for this post.
* Valid driving licence is a requirement for this post.
* Hybrid Working Policy applies to this post.
* Weekend Working is a requirement for this post.
Application details
Closing Date: 15 October 2025
Shortlisting Date: 17 October 2025
Interview Date: 30 October 2025
Benefits
Benefits to working at Bridgend County Borough Council.
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