Overview
Head of Fostering Jobs in Leicester – England – UK at National Recruitment Services UK
Title: Head of Fostering
Company: National Recruitment Services UK
Location: Leicester – England – UK
Category: Management
NRS UK has anexcitingopportunity 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.
The successful candidate will have experience leading a fostering service, will take pride in their work and excel at inspiring others to provide outstanding fostering services.
The candidate who undertake this role will have the opportunity to positively impact the life of many young people and fosterers a like.
MAINPURPOSEOF 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 overarchingquality assurancesystems are embedded and adhered to across the service.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide clarity of the organisationpurposeand 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 examplewith 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 forpurposeand 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 …
