Registered Manager - Fostering- £55,000-£65,000- Worcestershire/ Hybrid
The Role
Are you a qualified social worker with leadership qualifications, eager to make a significant impact? Do you possess proven managerial experience in the fostering sector? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you.
We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Social Worker to become the Registered Manager for our new Parent and Child Fostering Agency in the West Midlands. This is your chance to develop and oversee our operations, ensuring exceptional care and support for our foster placements while adhering to regulatory standards.
If you are ready to make a significant impact and lead a dedicated team in a rewarding role, we would love to hear from you. Apply today to join us in making a difference in the lives of families.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Leadership: Provide strategic direction and leadership to the agency, ensuring the effective delivery of services in line with organisational goals and regulatory requirements.
- Operational Management: Run the day-to-day operations of the agency, including the management, recruitment, training, and supervision of staff members and develop and implement an effective out of hours support service.
- Quality Assurance: Implement and maintain robust quality assurance systems to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of service delivery, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and regulatory standards including the preparation for Registration with Ofsted and ongoing inspections.
- Recruitment: To have lead responsibility for Rees Parent and Child Fostering strategy for the recruitment, assessment, preparation, training and retention of prospective foster carers including Panel systems.
- Case Management: Oversee the assessment, placement, and review process for parent and child fostering placements, ensuring the provision of high-quality care and support to families.
- Partnership Working: Build and maintain effective partnerships with local authorities, health professionals, and other stakeholders to ensure collaborative working and positive outcomes for families.
- Staff Development: Support the professional development of staff members through training, supervision, and performance management, promoting a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
- Other assigned duties.
About Us
Our senior management team have over 4 decades of experience in manging fostering services as well as experience in private, not for profit, charity, and local authority agencies.
You can be assured that you will be supported and resourced to build this new and unique, specialist fostering service solely dedicated to providing the highest quality parent and child foster placements and assessments.
With a base in the West Midlands, and the option for hybrid work arrangements, this opportunity offers remarkable flexibility, allowing you to achieve a healthier work-life balance.
The Person
- Be a qualified social worker.
- A level 4 Leadership and Management for Care Services and Health and Social Care (achieved before January 2011), OR;
- A level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services (achieved after January 2011).
- A proven track record of experience with the fostering sector
- Experience supervising and managing professional staff.
- Evidence of Continuous professional/ management development.
- Proven experience of managing budgets.
- Extensive knowledge of parent and child fostering assessments.
- Full driving licence and access to a vehicle for travel as required.
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