Operations Manager - Fostering - West Midlands

Role:  Operations Manager
Location: West Midlands
Team:  Fostering 
Pay:  £39,000 - £46,000
Contract:  Full Time (Permanent)

Our independent fostering agency client in the West Midlands is currently looking for a Operations Manager to join their Fostering team. 

There is an incentive scheme in place to increase salary packages £39,000 - £46,000

As a Supervising Social Worker  you will need to have at least 2 year post qualifying experience in a similar team and to have completed an ASYE.

To be considered as a Operations Manager for this role in the West Midlands you will also need:

HCPC Registration
Social Work Qualification or Equivalent
Level 5 Management Qualification
Recent DBS Check
At least 2 years’ experience + ASYE completed

Duties include but not limited to:

• To contribute to the Fostering Service in delivering the overarching strategic plan
• To work with the Head of Fostering in delivering operational excellence, continuous improvement and financial performance of the business whilst safeguarding children and young people.
• To lead, motivate and guide a team of social care practitioners in ensuring that we provide outstanding care and the best possible outcomes for our children and child protection and safeguarding principles are embedded in practice.
• To work within legal and regulatory standards and requirements and ensure that the team’s practice is of a consistent high quality, reflective, evidence based, documented and quality assured.
• To achieve regional targets and KPI’s for placement growth and carer recruitment and retention whilst ensuring that the needs of the children and young people and the carers are met when making placements.

As an agency, Sheldon Phillips will provide you with:

A dedicated Recruitment Consultant to support your job search
Market leading rates of pay

If you are interested in the role as an Operations Manager within a fostering team in the West Midlands, contact Fred Thomas on 01635 226350.

Oh, and if you pass our details onto a friend and we place them, we are paying a massive £300 referral bonus for successful placements until the end of November 2021! (Terms and conditions apply)