Fostering Manager - Luton - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; Luton; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Fostering Manager for a fully remote position. The successful candidate will manage the fostering team, ensure compliance with regulations, and provide support and training to social workers. A social work qualification and experience in childcare management are required. The role offers a competitive salary of up to £60,000 per annum.

Qualifications

• Experience of managing staff in a childcare setting.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor the performance of the team.
• Organise foster carers' annual reviews.
• Support social workers and identify their training needs.

Skills

Social Work Qualification

Understanding of relevant legislation

Management experience in childcare setting

Education

Relevant qualification

Job description

Overview

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent fully remote position available for a Fostering Manager to work full time for Amber Fostering.

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

Responsibilities

• To manage the work and monitor the performance of the team.
• To ensure regular supervision and support to social workers.
• To organise the foster carers annual reviews and ensure that they take place on time.
• To monitor the quality of social workers, guide and develop their professional practice and to carry out their annual appraisals.
• Identify social workers training needs and organising relevant trainings.
• Monitor and guide foster carers training, assessment and presentation.
• To be responsible for identifying foster carers training needs and coordinating and delivering an appropriate programme of training in line with the National Minimum Standards for Fostering.
• To ensure that the foster carers attend foster carers, support group and that it is run regularly.
• Support and direct staff members in their day-to-day tasks as required ensuring the smooth running of the service.
• To ensure equal opportunities and non-discriminatory practice.
• To deal and investigate substantial complaints and allegations regarding foster carers efficiently.
• To deal and investigate substantial complaints and allegations regarding staff member efficiently.
• Present information/data on performance of the Agency to the Management Team.
• To contribute to the overall development of the service.
• To participate in own yearly appraisal of work performance carried out by RI of Fostering.
• Any other duties as required by the Director of Amber Fostering Ltd – for example direct support of foster carers in the absence of social workers.
• Any other duty that seems necessary for further development of the services provided by Amber Fostering.

Requirements

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.
• Experience of managing staff in childcare setting.

Contact

This Fostering Manager job is advertised by Alex Moon; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

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

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

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.