The role will be to;

• Pursue the best possible outcomes for children and young people who are in care through arrangements that provide value for money.
• Provide day-to-day management of the fostering team in a single operational area, taking responsibility for ensuring robust personal development planning; supervision; performance management of the team in line with Achieving for Children policy.
• Manage a professional staff group to ensure that carers are recruited, trained, and supervised in line with regulations, local targets and good practice guidance to provide the best standards of care for looked after children and young people.
• Ensure robust support is in place for the Fostering Panels, including an effective designated Fostering Panel Advisor.
• Take responsibility for the management, deployment and control of delegated budgets and financial resources, maintaining high standards of financial probity and ensuring services deliver excellent value for money.
• Ensure clear communications with the Commissioning and Placements team/ fostering duty system, collaborate well with colleagues to understand need and best meet demand.
• Ensure safe and robust decision making, prompt and appropriate responses to referrals, assessments, and allocation of work, in accordance with statutory requirements, local and national policies and procedures.
• Ensure the provision of clear written reports to reviews, network/planning meetings, and any other purpose as required. Ensuring good quality analysis, planning, and risk assessment is evident throughout the service.
• Ensure the team maintains accurate and full records of all interventions with service users and foster carers, in line with Achieving for Children policy and data protection requirements.
• Provide oversight and delivery of Private Fostering statutory duties.

If you are interested in this role please send your CV .