Job Title: Deputy Home Finding Team Manager
Reports To: Home Finding Team Manager
Job Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week 9am to 5pm. Monday – Friday
Annual Leave Entitlement: 28 days (plus birthday and Bank Holidays)
Location: Bristol City Centre
Salary: £35,000 per annum depending on experience
Supporting Foster Carers. Transforming Lives.
Swiis Foster Care is seeking a candidate with the appropriate work ethic and
experience to join our Home Finding Team based in Bristol. This is a full-time position and is office based.
If you are an experienced, committed and motivational leader who wants to join one of the UK’s leading family-owned Ofsted Outstanding fostering providers and help shape better futures for children and young people, please apply today.
The role
You will support the Home Finding Team Manager in the co-ordination and management of the central home finding function for Swiis Foster Care.
As the Deputy Home Finding Team Manager you will play a key role in supporting the Home Finding Team Manager to lead a team of experienced Home Finding Officers in the effective matching and placing of children and young people who require safe and nurturing foster families.
You will mentor, develop and support Home Finding Team members, providing appropriate line management and supervision where required.
Person specification
1. Good IT skills, especially MS Excel.
2. Excellent communication and leadership skills.
3. Organisational and time-management skills.
4. Decision-making skills.
5. Qualification, experience or training in supervising and leading a team.
6. Proven experience in client relationship development, with a track record of success.
7. Strong knowledge of developmental strategies to increase efficiency and output of team.
8. Ethical Integrity: Strong commitment to ethical practices
9. Self-Motivation: High level of self-motivation with a proactive approach to identifying, pursuing and nurturing opportunities.
10. Team Player: Willingness to collaborate and work effectively within a team environment and alongside senior members and directors of the commercial team
We are looking for an energetic, enthusiastic, flexible person who has exceptional
motivational leadership skills.
You will have a strong commitment to promote and safeguard the wellbeing of children and you will also have an appreciation of the demands that come with working for a high-quality independent fostering service in an increasingly competitive environment.
Benefits
- Competitive annual salary of more than £35,000 per annum depending on experience
- 28 days annual leave per annum exclusive of bank holidays
- Your birthday as annual leave
- Excellent BUPA Private Health and Dental Care available*
- Company Pension Scheme with options to increase contributions
- Life Assurance benefit of up to 3 times your annual salary paid to your beneficiaries
About Swiis
Swiis Foster Care is a national leading Independent Fostering Agency with
consistently Outstanding Ofsted inspections due in part to the high-quality service
provided to our foster carers and children and young people in our care. Swiis Foster
Care is a family-owned independent fostering provider which has been operating for
over twenty years.
Swiis Foster Care is a continuously expanding company and offers significant development opportunity for the right candidate.
Apply now
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join our company. If you believe that you have the appropriate experience and ambition to work for one
of the finest Independent Foster Care Agencies in the UK and have the desire to really improve outcomes for children and young people looked after, then please submit an up-to-date CV detailing a full employment history.
Swiis is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to ensuring that our staff
have excellent working conditions and genuine career opportunities. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake the appropriate checks which will include an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Check.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £35,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
Work Location: In person
