Team Manager (Post Approval Team)

Job Title: Team Manager Post Approval Team

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35 hours per week

Salary: £45,000 - £48,500 per annum

Location: Cockfosters Office until January 2025 and then moving to Coram Campus Bloomsbury with home working

About Coram

Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK s most vulnerable children and young people.

We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.

Coram is the UK s oldest children s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.

About Coram IAC

Coram IAC - Intercountry Adoption Centre has been part of the Coram Group of children's charities, since July 2023.We have been working with families adopting from across the world for over 26 years. Coram IAC is a charity, not-for-profit and an accredited, legally registered adoption agency. We run outstanding services to support children and families affected by adoption. With the majority of our adopters being from the global majority backgrounds adopting from countries they are connected to; our staff team also reflect this diversity. We have had three consecutive outstanding judgements from Ofsted Inspections.

About the role

We're looking for a passionate, dynamic leader to join us as the Post Approval Adoption Team Manager and make a real difference in the lives of children and families as they move through their adoption journey.

This is an exciting opportunity to manage a small but vibrant team of senior practitioners and support staff, helping to deliver high quality intercountry adoption services while working alongside a dedicated leadership team. Whether you're supporting adopters as they prepare for their match or providing ongoing support after adoption orders are granted, you'll play a key role in shaping the future for these families.

We re looking for someone who is passionate about adoption, and motivated to support families to best meet the needs of the children they adopt. You ll have a strong background in social work specialising in adoption and some experience in managing staff, and you ll bring a deep commitment to providing exceptional care and support.

To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.

Closing Date: Wednesday 27th November 23:59

Interview Date: 4th or 5th December 2024

Coram is an equal opportunities employer, and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from global majority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBQT+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neurodiversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram.

If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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