FOSTERING, RECRUITMENT AND PERMANANCY TEAM MANAGER

FOSTERING & ADOPTION SERVICES – FOSTERING, RECRUITEMENT AND PERMANANCY TEAM MANAGER
SOUTHEND ON SEA BOROUGH COUNCIL
PERMANENT VACANCY – FOSTERING, RECRUITMENT AND PERMANANCY – TEAM MANAGER - SOUTHEND ON SEA
Salary: £50,512
Permanent Role
Pertemps is recruiting for an experienced FOSTERING, RECRUITEMENT AND PERMANANCY TEAM MANAGER – Southend-on-Sea
This post will be based within the Marketing and Permanency Team.
As the new Team Manager, you will be taking the lead on recruiting and/or applications for prospective foster carers and managing the pipeline at stage 1 and 2.
Working with the communication team, you will ensure the council provides a first-class professional service by being responsible for the efficient and cost-effective provision of needs-led services to children, young people and their families.
You will be managing a team of 4, managing performance, providing formal professional supervision to staff and ensuring that appraisals are undertaken, identifying skills gaps or training needs are addressed.
This is a hybrid post, but you are required to be onsite a minimum of 3 days a week and must attend the monthly onsite meetings.
Employee benefits of working in Southend:

• Pension provision independent of share prices and stock market fluctuations
• Generous Leave entitlement 25-32 days (based on length of service)
• Employee Benefits Portal (wellbeing, salary sacrifice schemes, discounts)
• New Hybrid workstyles
• Modern Workspaces
• Mental health First Aiders
• Free eye care
• Varied and flexible learning opportunities

 
Southend Values
Our values drive the way we influence others, how we talk to each other, how we work together to achieve outcomes and how we behave:

• Inclusive – We put people at the heart of what we do
• Collaborative – We work together
• Proud – We are proud to make lives better
• Honest – We are honest, fair and accountable

Southend Behaviours
Our behaviours are about how we conduct ourselves. They demonstrate how we expect people to treat others, how we expect to be treated and the way we should react to others and our environment:

• Driving positive change
• Trust and respect
• Demonstrating strong leadership
• Acting with integrity and behaving responsibly
• Building relationships to work well together

 
This is a Permanent role

Would you like a dedicated professional to support you in your next social care move?
  
If the answer is yes, we’d really like to talk to you.
 
Please contact Shelley Walker at Shelley.Walker@pprsocialcare.co.uk for more information.