Overview
As Registered Manager you will be accountable for providing vision and leadership to the team at Sunflower Fostering. The successful candidate will promote the agency and follow relevant guidelines ensuring the team meet the "Statement of Purpose" and remain compliant with legislation and regulations. The Registered Manager will lead a team including Advanced Practitioners, Supervising Social Workers and Support Workers to ensure they have the support they need for effective team working and development. You will seek opportunities for improvement, business growth and maintain key links within Local Authorities.
Responsibilities
* Monitoring and maintaining full compliance with regulations and standards to ensure excellent outcomes for children and young people and excellent grades from the regulatory bodies.
* Ensures that within the region there is provision of 24 hour professional support for foster carers and that an effective out of hours placement service is available for customers.
* Ensures any matters concerning child protection are dealt with in accord with government guidelines and company policy.
* Ensures assessments of prospective foster carers are in accordance with National Fostering Group policies and procedures and government guidelines.
* Responsible for ensuring the agency drives to achieve good outcomes for children and takes full responsibility for the service delivery to children, young people, the carers and families, in line with legislation, guidance and local policy and procedures.
* Responsible for the recruitment, induction of new staff and retention of current staff.
* Develops new business and fostering resources within the area where the agency operates.
* Ensures effective client management and maintains external market awareness.
Qualifications
* You will need to be a qualified social worker and hold either:
o A level 4 Leadership and Management for Care Services and Health and Social Care (achieved before January 2011), OR
o A level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People\'s Services (achieved after January 2011)
* A full UK driving licence and use of a car for work.
* A track record in managing cultural and organisational change management.
* Be a qualified social worker.
* A proven track record of experience within a similar field.
* Experience supervising and managing professional staff.
* Evidence of Continuous professional/ management development.
* Proven experience of managing budgets.
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