Salary: MG6 (£48,002 - £72,001 per annum)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Bromley Civic Centre/Hybrid Working
Hours: Full-Time
Bromley Council is committed to making children and young people in the Borough its top priority. We are considered Outstanding in all areas by Ofsted but our drive to maintain excellence is as strong as it was to achieve it. We have strong political and corporate leadership to achieve this and develop further.
This is an exciting time to join Bromley in transforming services for children. This role provides you with a unique opportunity to be innovative and aspirational for children. Children’s Social Care at the London Borough of Bromley is seeking highly talented and ambitious people to join us.
About The Role
We are looking for a high calibre professional to lead our Safeguarding and Care Planning Teams. We work on the premise that children should be raised within their families wherever possible, providing it is safe for them. We work with children who are subject to Child in Need Plans and Child Protection Plans as well those that require a legal framework to support them, including children entering care through care proceedings.
We strive to work with their family to create and promote the enabling environment where children can thrive and reach their full potential. The ideal candidate will need to have energy, enthusiasm and motivation to deliver outstanding services for children and families and support continuous improvement.
The ideal candidate will need to provide strong leadership, support and challenge to a settled management team. They will be responsible for the effective and efficient provision, delivery, development and performance of services provided by the Safeguarding West Service, in line with legislation, regulations, guidance and standards and internal policies and procedures.
The ideal candidate will work with the Safeguarding and Care Planning Service ensuring the objectives of joined up working with colleagues within the Division, Department and wider Council and with key stakeholders, both locally, regionally and nationally. They will need to adhere to the practice standards set out in Bromley and will need to provide regular, high quality, reflective supervision to team managers.
The ideal candidate will need to engage in regular quality assurance activity to ensure that the standard of practice across the service remains consistently good or above and takes proactive corrective action if performance falls below expected standards.
Please include a covering letter/personal statement, no more than 2 pages long, as to why you are interested in the role and how your current skills aligned to the job description.
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For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Wendy Pullen at
[email protected]Please note that we do not accept CV submissions from permanent recruitment agencies.
If you are a candidate and would like to reach out to the Recruitment team about this role, please email
[email protected]Closing date: Sunday 14 th September 2025 at 23:59 PM 
