Head of Fostering

4 days ago

Leicester, United Kingdom National Recruitment Service UK Full time

**NRS UK has an exciting opportunity for a skilled Head of Fostering to join an industry leading National Fostering company. This role is based from a Leicester office.**

My client is an industry leader is fostering services and is seeking to grow their team due to ongoing growth.

**MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE**:

- To lead, motivate and guide the operations teams in delivering the overarching strategic plan.
- To ensure we provide outstanding care and the best possible outcomes for our children and child protection and safeguarding principles are embedded in practice.
- To deliver operational excellence and financial performance of the business whilst safeguarding children and young people by exceeding regulatory standards and requirements; ensuring that the overarching quality assurance systems are embedded and adhered to across the service.
**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Provide clarity of the organisation purpose and the values that underpin that, focusing on providing outstanding care and outcomes for children.
- Take the lead in managing and delivering successful internal and external inspections in the capacity of their role as Registered Manager.
- Lead by example with integrity, sustain wide, current knowledge and understanding of social work practice and broader child protection issues.
- Create a shared vision which inspires, motivates and encapsulates the organisations commitment to provide outstanding care and outcomes for children, throughout the organisation so that it is applied to everyday practice. Continuously evaluate how best to keep the vision a reality, identify what needs to change and build upon existing strengths.
- Create a culture in which excellent practice is expected and celebrated; critical incidents are used as a way to learn, improve practice and hold poor practice to account.
- Set and uphold high quality practice standard, instilling a strong sense of accountability in staff for the impact of their work on the lives of children.
- Provide a safe, calm and well-ordered environment for all staff, and ensure that the practice system is developed ensuring that processes and methods of recording and well established, fit for purpose and efficient and of a high quality, addressing early signs of difficulties.
- Drive a culture of constant reflective practice, remain inquisitive and challenge thinking and decision making with the best outcomes for children at the centre.
- Continually review the quality of front line practice, provide sufficient organisational, professional and personal support to ensure the wellbeing of practitioners so that they can provide excellent practice for children.
- Ensure that risks are managed with the child’s best interest at the centre of all decision making and that subsequent actions are followed through.
- To undertake the role and responsibility of Agency Decision Maker in relation to Fostering panel and Review panels
- Lead and monitor all aspects of service delivery to ensure full compliance with safeguarding policies demonstrating a sound knowledge when completing the annual Regulation 35 and provide reports to and attending the Safeguarding Board.
- Drive the organisational strategy in a forward-thinking and innovative way ensuring that targets and key performance indicators are achieved and exceeded in line with the regional business plan.
- Drive change and constant progress so that children get the very best help and support so that they grow up in homes in which they can thrive and receive all the support to which they are entitled to.
- Deliver an effective people management approach for a team of Operations Managers which includes regular and meaningful supervision, coaching and mentoring, performance management and the on-going development of the Operational Management team, building a cohesive team with high levels of motivation.
- Develop and forge new and strong relationships with local authorities, commissioning groups and other external and internal stakeholders in the region in order to generate new revenue streams and develop existing ones further.
- Work in collaboration with the Marketing team to create recruitment strategies within defined geographical regions to support organic growth.
- Actively manage and monitor budgets, and control performance to ensure that value for money across the Region is delivered whilst providing an efficient and effective service.
- Attend and facilitate monthly Performance and Development Review meetings and providing information to the Operations Board as required.
- Ensure compliance with Social Work England to retain job title and registration.
**PERSONAL SPECIFICATION - ROLE SPECIFIC**
- Social Work Degree or equivalent Social Work Qualification and Level 5 Management Qualification.
- Significant post graduate experience.
- Membership of relevant professional body.
- Management experience at a senior level preferably within the IFP sector.
- Proven track record of delivering results including i

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