Member Job Opportunity: Action for Children - Team Manager Fostering and Adoption

Circa: £43,000, plus on call allowance
Department/Division: Scotland
Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire
​Contract Type: Permanent Part Time
Hours: 18.5 hours per week
Closing Date: 16 November 2020​​ 

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​​Finding safe and loving homes for vulnerable children and young people.

The role
Do you have the values we need? Do you want to be part of a Service that helps young people feel valued and important?  … helps them grow and be stronger? …  inspires and feel supported? 

CAPS Fostering Service is a specialist fostering service that offers attachment- based therapeutic care to young people who cannot be looked after at home.  We offer the highest standard of care and provide our carers with excellent training, supervision and support to achieve the best outcomes for young people. As a Team Manager you will be working as part of our team (Fostering Scotland) .

You will make a difference by:

• Being part of a team of social workers, children's workers and therapists to support carers to provide stable, fun and loving family experiences for our young people.
• Working with others to inspire, support and keep young people safe; support their connections with families, and promote a secure base and build positive memories.   
• Promoting the highest standards of care and wellbeing for young people and guiding and delivering training to carer's and team members.  
• By thinking therapeutically about how we care for young people now and for their future; and to ensure safeguarding through the highest standard of supervision.  
• Having a sound understanding of legislation, policies practice and procedures, and most importantly an ability to keep the young person at the centre of all that you do.
• Being part of a team that values relationship- based practice to make a difference to the lives and experiences of looked after young people.

You will need:

• A degree in social work or equivalent and experience of safeguarding/ public protection .
• A minimum of 2 years' experience as a social worker within children and family statutory services.
• Experience of family placement and/or PQ training would be an advantage.

The way we work
We work to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. Have a look at our behaviours and values to understand more about the way we work here.

Rewards
We want our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, a comprehensive employer-matched pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts on our dedicated benefits portal. Find out more about our exclusive Action for Children benefits here.

For safe and happy childhoods
At Action for Children, we protect and support children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support, ensuring their voices are heard, and campaigning to bring lasting improvements to their lives. Last year, we helped more than 387,000 children and families across the UK.

For more information, please contact Anne Marie Wilson anne-marie.wilson@actionforchildren.org.uk 

Interviews will be held Monday 30th November 

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.

Action for Children is passionate about promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons particularly people with Disabilities and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.

Full details and application documents here