Job Description

Fostering Team Manager - Foster Wales Cardiff

Cardiff

£45 per hour

As Fostering Team Manager for Foster Wales Cardiff, you will be responsible for ensuring quality services are delivered for the assessment, approval, and support of mainstream, when I am ready, connected and SGO carer and supported lodgings providers.

You will be responsible for main safe and robust decisions, including safeguarding decisions, referrals, assessment, and allocation of work in line with statutory requirements, and you will ensure that prompt action is taken following any incident relating to a cared for child or young person to ensure they are protected and safe.

You will provide effective leadership of the service and be responsible for ensuring compliance with the relevant legislation, regulations and good practice relating to the service area.   You will be supported by experienced principal social workers, social workers, and support workers and will work closely with the Foster Wales Regional Development Manager, Regional Marketing officer and Recruitment support officers supporting recruitment and retention activity for the service

You will be responsible for the direct supervision of the principal social workers and the Fostering Services Training and Development Officer.

You will act as panel advisor to the fostering panel, linking closely with the fostering panel administrators to ensure the effective running of the panel business.

You will lead in the performance management and quality assurance of the service, reporting as requirement to the children’s management team.

Candidates must be able to travel within the Cardiff area and be available for in person meetings, and to participate in recruitment and retention activities including out of hours as required.

Too find out more information please contact Jude at (url removed)

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. We are an equal opportunity agency