Assistant Team Manager - Family and Friends Fostering
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 03 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £49,354 i £51,759 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 11 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 2 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | Buckinghamshire Council |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | BUC13815 |
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Overview
Are you passionate about improving the lives of children and young people? Do you want to work for an employer who places major importance on high quality supervision, wellbeing and career development?
At Buckinghamshire Council we have an opportunity for a high-calibre Assistant Team Manager within our Family and Friends Fostering team. We are looking for a candidate who is not only qualified and experienced but also passionate about supporting kinship carers with a demonstrated commitment to achieving equality and positive outcomes for all children and young people.
This opportunity is a permanent post, 37 hours per week.
In addition to the advertised salary, you will receive a market premium payment of £2,250 per annum.
About us
Buckinghamshire Council is a relatively new organisation that combines the strengths and expertise of the previous five councils in the county to create positive change for local people, communities, and businesses. We are firmly focused on the future and have made a clear commitment to serve residents better and to provide stronger representation for Buckinghamshire, both locally and nationally.
Buckinghamshire is an ambitious, rapidly growing county, and our economy is one of the strongest in the country. It is an area of outstanding natural beauty and ranks as one of the top rural areas to live in the UK and yet it is incredibly well connected– only an hour from London on the train. The county has a rich history and heritage and is the birthplace of the international Paralympic movement.
Our Fostering Service has been rejuvenated with an increased focus on support for our carers and development of the teams connected to the recruitment, assessment and support of foster carers in Buckinghamshire.
We are looking for motivated, ambitious and inspiring people to join us on our journey. You will be entitled to a range of different benefits to make sure you are happy both at work and at home.
About the role
You will work closely and collaboratively with the Team Manager and Service Manager for Adoption and Fostering to ensure that overall supervision, support and practice of staff meets statutory requirements and provides a safe and effective Family and Friends Fostering service.
You will also be responsible for the effective supervision of staff, ensuring supervision and monitoring of work outcomes and development of high standards.
The role is based in the Assessment Team of Family and Friends, which is focused on assessments of prospective family and friends for temporary and long-term approval as kinship foster carers as well as assessments of prospective Special Guardians and the development of support plans.
For a full list of responsibilities please see attached job description.
About you
We would like to hear from Assistant Team Managers who:
Have a social work qualification
Have an active SWE registration
Have completed their ASYE
Minimum of 3 years post qualifying experience of working within a statutory environment with children
Experience of working in looked after children and/or with kinship carers
Knowledge of research, inquiries and recent studies affecting this sector of service and an ability to monitor its application in practice
Will care enough to go the extra mile
Most importantly you will share our dedication and passion to improve the lives of children and young people.
Other information
For more information about the role, please contact Maryke McCarthy, Team Manager Family and Friends at Maryke.McCarthy@buckinghamshire.gov.uk or Rachel Farrell, Service Manager Adoption and Fostering at Rachel.Farrell@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
Closing date: Midnight on Friday 11th July
Interview date: Thursday 17th July
We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.
Buckinghamshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020 and 2023).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance published by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
Are you passionate about improving the lives of children and young people? Do you want to work for an employer who places major importance on high quality supervision, wellbeing and career development?
At Buckinghamshire Council we have an opportunity for a high-calibre Assistant Team Manager within our Family and Friends Fostering team. We are looking for a candidate who is not only qualified and experienced but also passionate about supporting kinship carers with a demonstrated commitment to achieving equality and positive outcomes for all children and young people.
This opportunity is a permanent post, 37 hours per week.
In addition to the advertised salary, you will receive a market premium payment of £2,250 per annum.
About us
Buckinghamshire Council is a relatively new organisation that combines the strengths and expertise of the previous five councils in the county to create positive change for local people, communities, and businesses. We are firmly focused on the future and have made a clear commitment to serve residents better and to provide stronger representation for Buckinghamshire, both locally and nationally.
Buckinghamshire is an ambitious, rapidly growing county, and our economy is one of the strongest in the country. It is an area of outstanding natural beauty and ranks as one of the top rural areas to live in the UK and yet it is incredibly well connected– only an hour from London on the train. The county has a rich history and heritage and is the birthplace of the international Paralympic movement.
Our Fostering Service has been rejuvenated with an increased focus on support for our carers and development of the teams connected to the recruitment, assessment and support of foster carers in Buckinghamshire.
We are looking for motivated, ambitious and inspiring people to join us on our journey. You will be entitled to a range of different benefits to make sure you are happy both at work and at home.
About the role
You will work closely and collaboratively with the Team Manager and Service Manager for Adoption and Fostering to ensure that overall supervision, support and practice of staff meets statutory requirements and provides a safe and effective Family and Friends Fostering service.
You will also be responsible for the effective supervision of staff, ensuring supervision and monitoring of work outcomes and development of high standards.
The role is based in the Assessment Team of Family and Friends, which is focused on assessments of prospective family and friends for temporary and long-term approval as kinship foster carers as well as assessments of prospective Special Guardians and the development of support plans.
For a full list of responsibilities please see attached job description.
About you
We would like to hear from Assistant Team Managers who:
Have a social work qualification
Have an active SWE registration
Have completed their ASYE
Minimum of 3 years post qualifying experience of working within a statutory environment with children
Experience of working in looked after children and/or with kinship carers
Knowledge of research, inquiries and recent studies affecting this sector of service and an ability to monitor its application in practice
Will care enough to go the extra mile
Most importantly you will share our dedication and passion to improve the lives of children and young people.
Other information
For more information about the role, please contact Maryke McCarthy, Team Manager Family and Friends at Maryke.McCarthy@buckinghamshire.gov.uk or Rachel Farrell, Service Manager Adoption and Fostering at Rachel.Farrell@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
Closing date: Midnight on Friday 11th July
Interview date: Thursday 17th July
We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.
Buckinghamshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020 and 2023).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance published by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
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