Fostering Community Lead — Hybrid Pilot Program

West Sussex County Council; Littlehampton; Hybride; GBP 46 000 - 49 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Local government pension scheme

Generous annual leave entitlement

Flexible and hybrid working options

Retail, travel and fitness discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance

Résumé du poste

West Sussex County Council is seeking a Fostering Community Lead to manage the Fostering Community Pilot across six South East authorities. You will oversee recruitment, onboarding and ongoing support for 20–35 workers, ensuring placements and safeguarding standards.

You will design training, provide supervision, monitor progress and manage risks. Travel across the region and collaboration with SE Sector Led Improvement Programme will be key elements of the role.

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification, or an equivalent level of experience in a related field.
• Significant experience of working within children’s services.
• Experience of ensuring the safeguarding of children, young people and/or vulnerable adults.
• Experience of providing effective liaison, facilitation, case management and appropriate supervision to a team.
• Experience in understanding and using statistical and performance data.
• To be child focussed and able to promote the aims of the fostering service.
• Ability to effectively identify, design and implement new processes and ways of working to improve project outcomes.
• Ability to communicate clearly, concisely and persuasively in writing and verbally with a range of audiences, including external stakeholders.

Responsabilités

• Lead the coordination, delivery and ongoing development of the Fostering Community Pilot across six South East local authorities.
• Oversee recruitment, onboarding and support of 20–35 Fostering Community Workers.
• Design and deliver a structured training programme and provide ongoing professional support through supervision and peer learning.
• Monitor project progress, manage budgets, identify risks and develop solution-focused approaches to maximise impact.
• Collaborate with local authority partners and SESLIP to capture learning and inform future service development.
• Contribute to formal reporting and recommendations for future roll-out.

Connaissances

Fostering experience

Stakeholder liaison

Project coordination

Team leadership

Data analysis

Communication

Programme development

Formation

Degree level qualification

Outils

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Databases

Description du poste

West Sussex County Council is seeking a Fostering Community Lead to manage the Fostering Community Pilot across six South East authorities. You will oversee recruitment, onboarding and ongoing support for 20–35 workers, ensuring placements and safeguarding standards.

You will design training, provide supervision, monitor progress and manage risks. Travel across the region and collaboration with SE Sector Led Improvement Programme will be key elements of the role.