Team Manager – Court Team – Safeguarding and Care Planning Service

Team Manager – Court Team – Safeguarding and Care Planning Service
Salary: £50,867 -£59,545 per annum plus £2,000 Annual Retention Payment, £2,000 Golden Hello (Welcome Payment) and an excellent benefits including Lease Car Scheme
Contract: Permanent, full-time (36 hours per week)
Location: Bromley Civic Centre / Flexible Working

Lead a Specialist Court Team in an Outstanding Children's Service
Bromley's Children's Services are rated Outstanding by Ofsted, with inspectors recognising that children in the borough receive "exceptionally strong services".
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Court Team Manager to lead our specialist Court Team within the Safeguarding and Care Planning Service. This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-performing service where children remain at the centre of everything we do.
As Court Team Manager, you will lead a dedicated team of practitioners managing complex pre-proceedings and care proceedings work. Working closely with legal services, senior leaders and partner agencies, you will ensure that children at risk of significant harm receive timely and effective interventions that achieve the best possible outcomes.
This role is ideal for an experienced Team Manager, Assistant Team Manager or Senior Practitioner with substantial court experience who is looking to further develop their leadership career within an ambitious and supportive local authority.

About the Court Team
The Court Team is a specialist team within Bromley's Safeguarding and Care Planning Service. The team works with children where court intervention is required to safeguard their welfare and secure long-term permanence.
The service works closely with Bromley's Legal Services Team to ensure care proceedings are robust, timely and child-focused. The team plays a vital role in achieving permanence for children through reunification, special guardianship, long-term fostering or adoption where appropriate.

If you would like to speak to the Hiring Manager about the role, please contact Carol.Whiting@bromley.gov.uk for a confidential discussion.

Applications will be assessed based on the criteria set out in the Job Description and Person Specification, which can be found here.

About the Role
As Court Team Manager, you will:

• Lead, manage and develop a specialist court team.
• Provide management oversight of complex child protection and care proceedings.
• Ensure high-quality assessments, care planning and evidence-based practice.
• Deliver reflective supervision, support and professional challenge to practitioners.
• Monitor performance, quality and compliance with statutory responsibilities.
• Chair strategy meetings, planning meetings and other multi-agency forums as required.
• Work collaboratively with Legal Services and partner agencies to achieve timely outcomes for children.
• Drive continuous service improvement and contribute to wider practice development.
• Support staff learning, development and career progression.
• Promote a positive team culture focused on high standards and excellent outcomes.

About You
We are looking for someone who:

• Is a qualified Social Worker
• Has significant experience in children's safeguarding and court work.
• Has experience supervising, supporting and developing practitioners.
• Demonstrates strong leadership, decision-making and practice management skills.
• Has sound knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations and statutory guidance.
• Is confident managing risk and making complex decisions for vulnerable children.
• Can build effective relationships across multi-agency partnerships.
• Is passionate about delivering outstanding services for children and families.

Above all, you will share our ambition to deliver excellent outcomes for children and be committed to developing a culture of high support and high challenge within your team.

Why Choose Bromley?
At Bromley, we believe that great outcomes for children are achieved by investing in our workforce. Our leaders are visible, accessible and committed to supporting managers and practitioners to thrive.

The Bromley Promise

• Manageable caseloads
• Dedicated time for reflective supervision
• Two-week protected induction programme
• Direct access to senior leaders
• Strong business support arrangements
• High-quality learning and development opportunities
• A culture that values innovation, collaboration and professional growth
• Generous annual leave entitlement, including additional Bromley leave days

Benefits of Working for Bromley

• £2,000 Golden Hello(Welcome Payment)
• £2,000 Annual Retention Payment
• 30 days annual leave
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Lease Car Scheme
• Free parking at Bromley Civic Centre
• Mileage reimbursement for business travel
• Relocation package of up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility)
• Salary sacrifice schemes including technology, Cycle2Work and GymFlex
• Retail and leisure discounts
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Excellent career progression opportunities

We are forces family friendly and are part of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme (Gold 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.

Please note that we do not accept CV submissions from permanent recruitment agencies. If you are a candidate and would like to contact the Recruitment Team regarding the application process, please email Recruitment.Team@bromley.gov.uk