Fostering & Placement Manager Opportunity – South Wales!

Fostering & Placement Manager – South Wales  
Salary of £40,000 - £45,000 with benefits
Flame Care are currently working alongside a care and education organisation who work with children and young adults who have had a formal diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Conditions. This organisation is setting up a new fostering division and is currently looking to recruit a Fostering and Placements Manager who would be able to work with from initial conception through to a fully functioning department. This will be based within Head Office in Cardiff and around the surrounding areas.
Working as a Fostering and Placement Manager, you will have overall responsibility for the development, delivery and management of a comprehensive and quality service to foster carers, children and young people.
Ideal Candidate:

• A manager with exceptional leadership skills and recent experience in fostering and services for children and young people. Has an understanding of the different patterns of family life, knowledge and appreciation of the issues faced by children in care and foster carers
• Possesses an excellent knowledge of statute, regulations and minimum standards for fostering and has experience of their application, implementation and impact in an independent fostering agency
• Must hold a Social Work Degree and a Postgraduate Certificate in Managing Practice Quality in Social Care (or equivalent)

Practical expernence of:

• Setting up a department from initial conception through to fully functioning division
• Recruitment, assessment, training and support of foster carers
• Fostering approval panels

Company benefits: Annual Leave 25 days (increases after 2 years (+ 2 days) and 5 years’ service (+3 days)) / Mileage 40p per mile / Free parking on all of our sites, including Cardiff City Centre
It would also be highly desirable for you to have knowledge of education, Estyn and other regulatory organisations associated in this field
To apply for this Job or for more information contact Flame Care Freephone on 0800 085 0858 or if calling from a mobile on 0115 8114488 alternatively email [email protected]