The role
To provide exemplary management and leadership to drive Southwark’s sufficiency and permanency strategy alongside practice frameworks.
To manage, supervise and support a practice group of supervising social workers who ensure in house foster carers have the capacity to meet the needs of Southwark’s children, offer high quality care, and are provided sufficient support and challenge where necessary.
To ensure oversight and performance alongside reflective supervision and relationship based practice is championed.
About Southwark
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.
About You
We are looking for someone with the motivation and drive to support our vision and strategies whilst providing excellent management and leadership to the team.
You will have knowledge of fostering regulations and national minimum standards, and experience and skills in management and leadership to increase the capacity of our carers and drive performance and practice standards.
Benefits and more information
https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
Recruitment timetable
Application closing date: 5th May 2024
Interviews will take place: 16th May 2024
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
- Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
- If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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