Salary: up to £57,008 per annum
In addition, you will receive up to £2000 annual retention payment and other excellent benefits including a lease car
Hours: Full Time
Contract: Permanent
Location: Bromley Civic Centre/flexible working
Looking for your next exciting adventure in social work? Look no further!
Bromley is committed to making children and young people in the Borough its top priority and are seeking highly talented and ambitious registered Team Managers to join us on our journey to excellence.
About The Role
This role is within the Referral and Assessment Service. The Referral and Assessment Teams receive all new referrals from the Bromley MASH and undertake Child and Family assessments to determine how best children’s needs can be met. There are 6 teams, each consisting of a team manager and 5 social workers. The teams go onto duty for one week every 6 weeks and during their duty week, social workers will receive new allocations. Referral and Assessment Team Managers oversee/manage approximately 50 families at any given time.
Bromley has made a huge investment in terms of staffing in order to ensure that social workers have lower caseloads. Referral and Assessment Social Workers will carry an average of 8 families. Social workers in the service are positive, motivated and feel that their current caseload allows them complete good social work interventions with families.
As part of the
Bromley Promise, there will be a dedicated two-week induction programme upon joining us. You will be working within smaller teams comprising of just five Social Workers/Senior Practitioners which are headed up by the Team Manager. Our senior managers are accessible, ensuring you have support when needed. You will have dedicated time set aside for quality and reflective 1-1 supervision with your manager.
Bromley are working in a relationship-based practice framework and we are looking for a social worker who is passionate about working with children and their families. We are looking for an individual 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.
We are confident that with your support, we will continue to provide high quality 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 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 five 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
To view the JD and Person Specification please click here
Please note, applicants will need to address the person specification as part of their personal statement within their application.
To view our Roadmap to Excellence document please click here .
To view our Social Work Practice Standards please click here .
Please click here to view our Making Bromley Even Better strategy.
Are you ready to join our team and be part of our exciting journey?
For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Head of Service for RAS
[email protected]Bromley’s central offices (Bromley Civic Centre) are located in the heart of Bromley and the borough is home to one of the biggest shopping, food and entertainment centres in the Southeast. Excellent transport links mean you can be in either Central London or the gorgeous Kent countryside in just 15 minutes, depending which direction you take!
Benefits
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 outside 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.
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 5th October 2025 at 23:59pm 
