Registered Manager - Fostering

Full Job Description

Job Title: Registered Manager - Fostering

Location: Reach Out Care – Durham

Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 dependent on experience (this includes a car allowance)

Our Core Benefits: Up to 39 days annual leave (including BH, One Moment in Time day and opportunity to buy 5 extra days), Minimum 9% Contributory Pension, Life Assurance, ‘The Hub’ discount marketplace, EAP, Occupational Health, Sick pay, Family Friendly leave, Expenses and Mileage plus many more flexible benefits to choose from to suit you! 

This is an amazing opportunity to join the National Fostering Group as a Registered Manager at Reach Out Care. 

This agency is based in Durham and partners with Local Authorities across the North East, North Yorkshire and Cumbria to provide caring, stable homes for children and young people in our care. Our current Ofsted rating is Outstanding! 

You can find out more about us here: https://www.nfa.co.uk/reach-out-care/office/newton-aycliffe/

About the Group

Its official, we have been rated as a Great Place to Work 2024! 

88% of employees at National Fostering Group say it is a great place to work, compared to 54% of employees at a typical UK based company! Please read more about why our employees love working here: https://www.greatplacetowork.co.uk/certified-company/1574411 

With over 20 years' experience, National Fostering Group is the largest independent children's fostering Group in the UK with a community of over 3,000 foster carers. We support just over 4,000 cred for children through 31 agencies across the UK.

As a Group, we work with Local Authorities to provide the highest quality of care for children and young people. All of our fostering agencies are officially recognised by Ofsted, Welsh and Scottish regulators as either ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’ which we are extremely proud of.

About the Role

As Registered Manager you will be accountable for providing vision and leadership to the team at Reach Out Care. The successful candidate will promote the agency and follow relevant guidelines ensuring you meet the “Statement of Purpose” and remain compliant with legislation and regulations. Working with the Area Manager, you will manage budgets and drive growth and financial performance.

The Registered Manager will lead a team that includes Team Managers, Supervising Social Workers and Support Workers. You will ensure they have the support they need for effective team working and development. This team are responsible for over 80 fostering households and 130 children. You will seek opportunities for improvement, business growth and maintain key links within Local Authorities and other stakeholders.

Who we are looking for?

We are looking for someone who has experience working successfully as a manager and leader developing high performing teams within Children’s Services. Experience of working within fostering is desirable but not essential. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of relevant policies and regulations for Children’s Services and experience providing high quality outcomes for children and young people. 

You will need to be a qualified social worker and hold either:

• A level 4 Leadership and Management for Care Services and Health and Social Care (achieved before January 2011), OR;
• A level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (achieved after January 2011)

Due to the nature of the role you will need to have a full UK driving licence and use of a car for work.

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 is 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.

Essential Criteria

• A track record in managing cultural and organisational change management.
• Be a qualified social worker.
• A level 4 Leadership and Management for Care Services and Health and Social Care (achieved before January 2011), OR;
• A level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (achieved after January 2011).
• 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.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer.