Service Manager - Fostering Team - Yeading - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Service Manager within the Fostering Team to work Full Time for Fostering Innovations, based in Uxbridge, London.

The salary for this permanent Service Manager job is up to £60,000 per annum.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and control the activities of the Fostering Service and ensure quality performance that exceeds the National Minimum Standards and meets the Fostering Services (England) Regulations.
• Ensure the fostering service is organised, managed and staffed to produce the best possible outcomes for children, safeguarding being at the centre of all you do.
• To manage a high-quality fostering service ensuring that comprehensive support services and robust supervision is provided to all foster carers.
• To supervise and manage a staff team, including social workers and other social work staff, providing support, supervision and advice.
• To work within financial budget and promote good practice and placement stability, to ensure the continuing security of the company.
• To be a member of the Management Team and contribute to strategic planning for the agency.
• To supervise Form F assessment work ensuring that high standards are maintained and are compliant with agency standards, within agreed timescales.
• To work closely with Fostering Manager and Director to create fostering panel schedules.
• To lead the foster carer recruitment task under the direction of the Director's and to achieve annual foster carer recruitment target.
• To manage a team of Assistant Team Manager, Practice Manager and Supervising Social Workers.
• To promote learning and development in the workforce and contribute to the development and delivery of training across the workforce.
• To work closely with the Directors, Social Workers and Foster Carers to establish, develop and maintain productive working relationships.
• To liaise with multi agency partners, including LADO's in relation to any safeguarding matter regarding children placed through Team.
• To undertake mandatory safeguarding training in relation to their work with children and young people.
• To safeguard the confidentiality of information relating to carers, children and young people at all times in accordance with agency policies and procedures and government guidelines.
• Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, which may include occasional evenings and weekends.

Requirements

• A Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Proven past experience of management.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Relevant Social Work experience.

Contact

This Service Manager job is advertised by Alex Moon.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

Reasonable Adjustments

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.