Senior Practitioner - Encompass Therapeutic Hub

London Social Work for Children; London Borough of Bromley; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Golden Hello

Annual retention payment

Relocation Allowance (up to £8,000)

Job summary

The London Borough of Bromley is seeking a full-time Senior Practitioner for the Encompass Fostering Therapeutic Service in Bromley. You will support therapeutically trained foster carers, undertake family assessments and supervise carers to achieve outstanding outcomes for children with higher needs in a family-based setting.

You will work within a supportive leadership structure, participate in multi‑agency meetings, and benefit from a two-week induction, reflective supervision, and extensive

Qualifications

• Hold a recognised social work qualification and be registered with Social Work England.
• Experience of undertaking foster carer assessments and supervision.
• Experience of attending multi‑agency meetings, panels and reviews; knowledge of therapeutic fostering.

Responsibilities

• Undertaking Encompass Family Assessments and home visits to Encompass families.
• Carrying out supervision of foster carers and supporting them with the children in their care.
• Attending PEPs, CLA reviews, and other meetings relevant to the child or young person.
• Undertaking unannounced home visits and keeping compliance checks up to date.
• Attending relevant panels and meetings for matching purposes and working on projects within the Hub to achieve outstanding status.

Education

Social Work qualification, registered with Social Work England

Job description

Senior Practitioner - Encompass Therapeutic Hub

Posted 24th Oct, 2026

Location

Bromley

Working pattern

Full-time – 36 hours per week

Working arrangements

Blended

3rd Nov, 2026

Incentives

This role is subject to a £2,000 Golden Hello payment for new employees, and an annual retention payment of up to £2,000. A relocation allowance of up to £8,000 is also available for successful candidates relocating from overseas or the outer southeast area.

The London Borough of Bromley has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Senior Practitioner to join the Encompass Fostering Therapeutic Service, a newly launched project providing extensive support to therapeutically trained carers, enabling them to care for children with higher needs in a family-based, nurturing setting.

The Encompass Fostering Therapeutic Service is made up of highly experienced foster carers and supervising social workers. You will be joining an ambitious service with strong leadership and clear lines of support, playing a key role in achieving outstanding outcomes for children and young people in Bromley. Key responsibilities include:

• Undertaking Encompass Family Assessments and home visits to Encompass families
• Carrying out supervision of foster carers and supporting them with the children and young people in their care
• Attending PEPs, CLA reviews, and any other meetings relevant to the child or young person
• Undertaking unannounced home visits and keeping compliance checks up to date
• Attending relevant panels and meetings for matching purposes and reviews, and working on projects within the Hub to achieve outstanding status

As part of the Bromley Promise, you will benefit from manageable caseloads, dedicated reflective supervision, small cluster teams, a two-week protected induction programme, and excellent learning and development opportunities with bespoke training.

About you

Bromley is looking for a passionate and dedicated social work professional who is committed to achieving the best outcomes for children and young people in foster care. The successful candidate will bring the skills and experience needed to thrive in a therapeutic fostering environment and to contribute to an ambitious, high-performing service.

The ideal candidate will:

• Hold a recognised social work qualification and be registered with Social Work England
• Have experience of undertaking foster carer assessments and supervision
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of therapeutic approaches to foster care
• Have experience of working with children and young people with higher or complex needs
• Be able to carry out unannounced home visits and compliance checks effectively
• Have experience of attending and contributing to multi‑agency meetings, panels, and reviews
• Share Bromley's REAL Values and Behaviours, demonstrating a commitment to excellent service delivery

The London Borough of Bromley is committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment and service delivery. As a Disability Confident Committed employer, applications from people with disabilities are actively encouraged, and reasonable adjustments will be considered to support disability employment. Bromley is forces family friendly and part of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme (Gold Award); applications are welcomed from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors, and military spouses/partners. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

About Bromley

In Bromley we are consistently going above and beyond, enabling our children, young people, and their families to grow and flourish, being aspirational and building resilience for the future. We strive to create opportunities to be innovative and reflective within an organisation that nurtures relationships, always seeks feedback, and has self-confidence to listen and act.

Our vision is: by working together with children and their families and agency partners, we will ensure that every child in Bromley has the right help at the right time to keep them safe, and to meet their needs, so they achieve, thrive, and reach their full potential.

Our ‘Bromley Relationship Model’ is a model unique to our local authority based on Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory. We are looking for a social worker who is passionate about working with children and their families who will be able use their ability to form good relationships with families and professionals to bring about positive changes for children and young people. Our vision is at the heart of our model and is supported by our purpose, our aims, our social work behaviours, and our enablers.

Bromley Children’s Social Care has recently been awarded an Ofsted rating of “Outstanding”

You can read Ofsted's report here

Manageable caseloads for every Social Worker

Dedicated time for reflective supervision

Generous Annual Leave Entitlement including an additional three days

Small Cluster teams with one team manager supervising four Social Workers

Two-week protected induction programme

Excellent Learning and development opportunities with bespoke training for every social worker

Social Workers and team managers have easy and regular access to the leadership team

Benefits working for the London Borough of Bromley:

• Golden Hello & Annual Retention Allowance
• The opportunity to participate in the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Excellent training and career development pathway
• Free Car Parkingat Bromley Civic Centre
• The ability to claim mileage for business trips in line with HMRC guidance
• Relocation Allowance (up to £8,000) for successful candidates relocating from overseas orthe outer southeast area
• A range of salary sacrifice schemes, including for lease cars, technology equipment and for gym.
• Benefit scheme also includes a range of discounts at local retailers

We are forces family friendly and are part of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme (Bronze Award). We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners. We are committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and as a disability confident committed employer we encourage applications from people with disabilities. As part of this commitment, we will consider reasonable adjustment to support disability employment. We offer a generous package including competitive pay, career average pension scheme, flexible working practices and the Bromley employee benefits scheme; Cycle2Work, Salary Sacrifice Lease Car, Technology Scheme, GymFlex and a wide range of local and national discounts