Childrens Service Manager - Fostering & Permanency Service
Salary: £350 - £367 / Hour
Job type: Day to Day Cover
Location: Islington
Save Share Apply now We are looking to recruit a Childrens Service Manager in the Fostering & Permanency Service within Islington. The successful candidate will be working in a well-structured, organised team who are growing their social worker staffing levels.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a stable working environment with experienced leadership, whilst receiving regular supervision and training opportunities. London Borough of Islington ensure that their social workers have as much support as possible, helping them to keep a really good work life balance!
The responsibilities of the Childrens Service Manager includes:
1. To provide strategic and operational leadership for the Fostering and Permanency Service, including kinship care, ensuring children achieve stable, loving, and long term homes.
2. To ensure high quality assessment, support, and review of foster carers, kinship carers, and Special Guardians (SGOs).
3. To lead the delivery of a child centred, trauma informed service that meets statutory duties and achieves excellent outcomes as set out in the Children Act 1989, Care Planning Regulations, Fostering Regulations, and Ofsted’s Inspection Framework.
4. To drive permanency planning across Children’s Social Care, reducing drift and delay and ensuring timely decision making.
5. To cultivate strong partnerships across social care, safeguarding, health, education, commissioning, legal services, and external agencies.
The ideal candidate will have:
6. Social Work England registration
7. Eligibility to work in the UK
8. Social Work qualified (MA/BSc/DipSW/CQSW/MSc/BA)
Working with Ackerman Pierce you will be guaranteed weekly payment and access to continued profession development, including a dedicated consultant to support you through the interview and on boarding process. The position offers a long contract within a stable supportive team with a great location and excellent transport links as well as being close to central London.