Fostering Recruitment & Assessment Team Lead

Connect2Hackney; London Borough of Hackney; Vor Ort; GBP 60.000 - 85.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Connect2Hackney, recruiting on behalf of Hackney Council, seeks an experienced Fostering Recruitment & Assessment Team Manager to lead the Corporate Parenting Service's unit. The role focuses on ensuring high-quality foster carer assessments, timely recruitment, and strong decision-making within a trauma-informed, anti-racist STAR framework.

You will supervise social work professionals, drive practice excellence, support staff development and engage partners across children's services to improve

Qualifikationen

• Qualified social worker with current Social Work England registration.
• Significant post-qualification experience in children's social care and fostering services.
• Proven management experience, including supervision and leadership of social work teams.
• Strong knowledge of fostering legislation, safeguarding and statutory guidance.
• Experience with quality assurance, auditing and service improvement.
• Commitment to anti-racist, child-centered and trauma-informed practice.

Aufgaben

• Lead and manage a team of social work professionals, fostering practitioners and support staff.
• Oversee fostering recruitment, assessment and approval processes to ensure timely and high-quality practice.
• Provide reflective supervision, performance management and professional development to staff.
• Ensure compliance with fostering regulations, childcare legislation, statutory guidance and safeguarding procedures.
• Drive quality assurance, audit activity and continuous service improvement.
• Lead on multi-agency partnership working to support children, carers and families.
• Champion Hackney's STAR practice model, embedding anti-racist, trauma-informed and systemic approaches across the service.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Team management

Supervision

Quality assurance

Partnership working

Anti-racist/trauma-informed practice

Ausbildung

Social Work qualification

Social Work England registration

Jobbeschreibung

Connect2Hackney, recruiting on behalf of Hackney Council, seeks an experienced Fostering Recruitment & Assessment Team Manager to lead the Corporate Parenting Service's unit. The role focuses on ensuring high-quality foster carer assessments, timely recruitment, and strong decision-making within a trauma-informed, anti-racist STAR framework.

You will supervise social work professionals, drive practice excellence, support staff development and engage partners across children's services to improve