Job Reference:
HCC619542
Salary Range:
£47,430 - £52,735, plus Market Supplement of £1,600 per annum
Work Location:
Glen House, Southampton
Contract Type:
Permanent
Closing Date:
7 January 2025
Interview Date:
20 January 2025
The Role: Hampshire County Council is currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and dynamic
Team Manager
to join our
Fostering Service . The appointed Team Manager will be responsible for the
Fostering Recruitment and Assessment Team . We are looking for someone with motivation to support our foster carer recruitment strategy and provide excellent management and leadership to the team. You will have knowledge, experience, and interest in fostering regulations and national minimum standards, as well as marketing and recruitment strategies to increase our carer cohort.
As a Fostering Team Manager, you will be expected to supervise and oversee a busy team of social workers, recruitment officers, trainers, and an events officer with the objective of providing an effective, high-quality service to recruit and assess prospective foster carers, to meet the needs of Hampshire’s children in care.
The role of the team focuses on the recruitment of prospective foster carers, overseeing the rigorous assessment processes, and supporting prospective foster carers to develop the skills needed in their future fostering role. An element of the role is working in partnership with the South East Fostering Recruitment Hub, which Hampshire is a part of. This includes overseeing incoming enquiries via the Hub, contributing to overarching marketing campaigns across the region, as well as sharing best practices with other Local Authorities.
About Hampshire’s Fostering Service
Hampshire Children’s Services is rated outstanding by Ofsted. Hampshire County Council’s fostering agency (branded Fostering Hampshire Children) is a local authority-owned fostering agency recruiting and supporting foster carers for children who are unable to live with their own families, either until they can return home or, sometimes, until adulthood. There are currently approximately 480 fostering households registered with Hampshire County Council.
Reporting to the Fostering Service Manager, you will have experience of managing a busy team, providing supervision to social care practitioners, and making suitability decisions regarding foster care. We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate impeccable knowledge of Fostering Minimum Standards, Safeguarding, Fostering Legislation, and Care Planning Regulations.
A social work qualification is essential.
This post is subject to a Criminal Records Check. As such, please note that under safer recruitment requirements for Children’s Services,
references will be requested prior to interview.
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion: Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults. We expect all employees, workers, and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.
We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.
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HCC619542
Salary Range:
£47,430 - £52,735, plus Market Supplement of £1,600 per annum
Work Location:
Glen House, Southampton
Contract Type:
Permanent
Closing Date:
7 January 2025
Interview Date:
20 January 2025
The Role: Hampshire County Council is currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and dynamic
Team Manager
to join our
Fostering Service . The appointed Team Manager will be responsible for the
Fostering Recruitment and Assessment Team . We are looking for someone with motivation to support our foster carer recruitment strategy and provide excellent management and leadership to the team. You will have knowledge, experience, and interest in fostering regulations and national minimum standards, as well as marketing and recruitment strategies to increase our carer cohort.
As a Fostering Team Manager, you will be expected to supervise and oversee a busy team of social workers, recruitment officers, trainers, and an events officer with the objective of providing an effective, high-quality service to recruit and assess prospective foster carers, to meet the needs of Hampshire’s children in care.
The role of the team focuses on the recruitment of prospective foster carers, overseeing the rigorous assessment processes, and supporting prospective foster carers to develop the skills needed in their future fostering role. An element of the role is working in partnership with the South East Fostering Recruitment Hub, which Hampshire is a part of. This includes overseeing incoming enquiries via the Hub, contributing to overarching marketing campaigns across the region, as well as sharing best practices with other Local Authorities.
About Hampshire’s Fostering Service
Hampshire Children’s Services is rated outstanding by Ofsted. Hampshire County Council’s fostering agency (branded Fostering Hampshire Children) is a local authority-owned fostering agency recruiting and supporting foster carers for children who are unable to live with their own families, either until they can return home or, sometimes, until adulthood. There are currently approximately 480 fostering households registered with Hampshire County Council.
Reporting to the Fostering Service Manager, you will have experience of managing a busy team, providing supervision to social care practitioners, and making suitability decisions regarding foster care. We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate impeccable knowledge of Fostering Minimum Standards, Safeguarding, Fostering Legislation, and Care Planning Regulations.
A social work qualification is essential.
This post is subject to a Criminal Records Check. As such, please note that under safer recruitment requirements for Children’s Services,
references will be requested prior to interview.
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion: Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults. We expect all employees, workers, and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.
We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.
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