Operations Manager – Fostering, Kinship and Permanence

Operations Manager – Fostering, Kinship and Permanence(Fostering Services, MarketPlace, South Shields)£60,065 paAn opportunity to be part of the Senior Management Team in South Tyneside has arisen due to the progression of the current post holder.At Children and Families Social Care here in South Tyneside we are proud to be an established and strong service that is committed to ensuring all children in South Tyneside have what they need to meet their potential. We are part of the newly formed Children’s Directorate with a strong base of values and principles built on relationships and trust with whoever we come into contact with that strives to provide the support families and children need to be the best they can be.As the Operations Manager for Fostering, Kinship Team and Permanence you will have responsibility for a strong and well established:Fostering Service - that has been a key player regionally in innovation and continues to look to improve our offer to our existing carers whilst ensuring new carers get the support they require to provide high quality and secure placement for some of our most vulnerable children and sibling groups. You will work closely with your regional counterparts to enable a regional approach to fostering that strengthens the offer in South Tyneside and continues to improve the fostering offer. You will also continue to develop strong relationship with independent Fostering agencies to allow for children placed in these setting to have the support and foundation to maintain their link with home and the borough.Kinship Team – the offer for our Kinship Carers is strong and getting stronger. You will support the Practice Manager to continue to strengthen the assessment and subsequent support our kinship carers and the children in their care receive, whenever they require it. We have built a support offer that is bespoke to the families circumstances with children at the heart of it, ensuring longer term stability for these arrangements allowing children to remain within their families and communities.Permanence through Adoption – you will be the link between the Local Authority and the Regional Adoption Agency, this is a vital role in ensuring that children whose plan is adoption are matched and placed with a forever family that is appropriate for them in a timely and considered manner.Whilst you will be a qualified Social Worker with a proven track record in management, preferably fostering, with a good understanding of regulations and inspection frameworks, the most important characteristic we look for is someone committed to improving outcomes for children, supporting people to ensure that they can provide what children need, and have an unresolving passion to be ambitious and aspirational for children and young people. You will be supported by a Senior Leadership Team in the Children’s Directorate and across the wider council to create conditions for a workforce to realise this and strive for further improvement in services for young people and our carers.For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Tony Joyce, Service Manager – Children Cared For on (#####) 4244647 or ##### offer an excellent benefits package and further information is available here - www.southtyneside.gov.uk/workinghere South Tyneside Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure will be sought along with other relevant pre-employment checks.Please note that if you apply for this role, all communication regarding your application will be sent to the email address that you have registered with North East Jobs, please ensure you check your junk mail.Closing date: Noon, Wednesday 1 May 2024Interviews will take week commencing 20 May#####4
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