This role is subject to a £2,000 Golden Hello and a £2,000 annual retention payment, plus access to a lease car.
Looking for your next exciting adventure in social work? Look no further! Bromley are seeking highly talented and ambitious registered Senior Practitioners to join us on our journey to excellence.
Bromley is committed to making children and young people in the Borough its top priority. Children's Social Care at the London Borough of Bromley is progressing well on its journey of improvement and we are seeking highly talented and ambitious people to join us. This role provides you with a unique opportunity to be innovative and aspirational for children.
Over the past 24 months Children's Social Care at Bromley has changed. We've made a huge investment in increasing our staff numbers and lowering our caseloads. As we continue to fill up our teams with permanent staff, join us on our journey whilst you still can!
You will be joining an ambitious service with strong leadership and clear lines of support. As part of the Bromley Promise, there will be a dedicated two week induction programme upon joining us, manageable caseloads, you will work in a small cluster team containing just five Social Workers/Seniors and one Team Manager and you will have dedicated time set aside for quality reflective supervision.
This job includes:
If you are interested in this role, please email AcquisitionRecruitment@bromley.gov.uk to reach out to the Recruitment team.
We are confident that with your support, we will continue to provide good social care services to our children in Bromley as set out in our improvement and transformation plan. In return we ask that you bring your passion, dedication and skills to us. The ideal candidate will:
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 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.
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”
The Bromley Promise
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
Merited pay scheme
30 days Annual Leave
The opportunity to participate in the Local Government Pension Scheme
Excellent training and career development pathway
Free Car Parking at 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 or the 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
If you'd like to arrange an informal chat about this role, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at acquisitionrecruitment@bromley.gov.uk