Team Manager – Fostering Support Team

Job description

Contract Terms

Grade: PO7
Salary: £56,172 – £59,328 per annum
Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent (36 Hours per week)
Closing Date: Sunday 13th October 2024
Interview Date: Week commencing 21st October 2024

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join a strong and dynamic Fostering Service that is on a journey of development and expansion. You will become part of a management team that is supportive and creative.
The successful candidate will manage a fostering support team. The Team consists of 5 social workers. Some of the key responsibilities include:

• Ensure all work in Fostering is prioritised and allocated promptly within the available resources.
• Maintain a high standard of recording and that managerial decisions are taken and recorded promptly within the appropriate frameworks.
• Provide regular, high quality supervision of staff according to department policies.
• Evaluate staff performance, conducting probationary assessments, performance appraisals, and any other relevant procedures. 

About You

The successful candidate will have a good knowledge of fostering legislation and have a minimum of 2 years management experience, preferably in a similar setting. You will:

• Be social work qualified.
• Be able to audit reports and enable the development of good practice
• Excellent management skills and the ability to motivate your team towards success.

Working for Haringey