Member Job Opportunity: Break - Fostering Manager

Location: Based in Norwich (with regional reach)
Salary: £42,021- £45,594 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent / Full Time
Hours: 37 hours per week
Closing Date: Sunday 07 August 2022

---

Location: Flexible working across East Anglia- currently Norwich based- however hybrid working opportunities are promoted

About Break
At Break we firmly believe that with the right care, there is no limit to what our children and young people can achieve. By delivering the right support to our carers, at the right time, we will enhance experiences and life chances for each child or young person we care for.  
 
We are a small, Not for Profit Agency, rated GOOD at last inspection (2021) which has ambition to reach outstanding at our next inspection and has potential to grow. We have support services that work alongside us to help with therapeutic input for our children, young people and our carers as well as access to a High Level Teaching Assistant and Opportunities Team that help develop positive and trusting relationships that enhance their potential to reach their goals. 

About the role
We work across East Anglia with children and young people on the edge of care, in care and leaving care. You will be joining a team of passionate and dedicated individuals who want the very best for the children and young people they care for.  We strive to provide the highest quality of care, that is based on a therapeutic parenting model and trauma informed practice.  Are you the dynamic and enthusiastic person we are looking for?

In this role you will be responsible for the growth and development of the Fostering service, including all aspects of leading a successful and motivated team (recruitment, training, assessment, appraisals, and supervisions). You will need to have complete oversight on all legislative and regulatory requirements and ensure this is compiled to throughout the service, ensuring Break meets best practice standards. Building relationships will be a vital part of this role, be it internal or external, with young people, foster carers and relevant agencies being your key stakeholders. As part of these successful relations we expect this role to promote a feedback culture to ensure that the service is co-produced and meeting the needs of our young people.
 
You will need:

• Social Work Qualification
• Social Work England Registration
• Proven experience relevant to fostering/ working with Looked After Children within the last five years; and
• Experience supervising others , managing and directing performance
• Capacity to work to targets, and setting goals for others
• Embedding a positive culture within the team and a “can do” attitude
• Be able to plan, monitor, adapt and evaluate the service to meet need/ requirements and gain “outstanding” Ofsted rating
• Experience of continued professional development
• Experience of shaping and growing services in partnership with commissioners and/or funders and/or beneficiaries
• Working to growth plans and delivering services within budgets
• Involving service users in co-producing service delivery, development and planning
• Managing individual performance and team dynamics

 
In your role, you’ll have access to the following benefits:

• Career-enhancing qualifications- CPD sessions every 3 months and access to in-house training
• Professional fees paid
• A “golden hello” scheme welcoming you to our services, with £250 paid to you one month after your start date and a second £250 at the six month mark.
• A referral scheme offering the same two payments as the golden hello if you recommend a contact who goes on to be employed by Break.
• A benefits platform enabling you to access discounts across a range of shops, venues and services.
• A free counselling service to all our employees.
• The opportunity to influence Break’s strategy and direction through the Staff Consultation Forum.
• Life assurance to the value of 3x your annual salary.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Free flu jabs. 

Full details of the role, including a job description and person specification can be found within the ‘documents’ section at the top of this page.

To apply use the ‘apply now’ button at the top of this page to be taken to our application site.

Closing date: 07/08/22
Interview date: 17 and/or 18/08/22
 
The first interview will be a Safe Care/ Warner style interview. If successful after the first interview, candidates will then be expected to attend a formal interview.

Break operate services for vulnerable children and families and we need to ensure that we take steps to protect both them and our staff teams from the transmission of the Covid 19 virus. It is therefore a requirement for all staff unless they provide evidence of an appropriate medical exemption to be able to meet at least two of the following three requirements 1) Maintain a full vaccination status (including any recommend booster injections) 2) Undertake LFT / PCR or other approved Covid tests as required 3) Wear PPE including e.g. face masks when requested.
 
To comply with the Immigration Asylum & Nationality Act 2006 and additional amendments, and UK Visa's and Immigration (UKVI) requirements, all prospective employees will be asked to supply evidence of eligibility to work in the UK. We will ask to see and take a copy of an appropriate official document as set out in the UKVI guidelines. Do not send anything now, further information will be sent to you should you be invited to interview.

We are committed to equality of opportunity. Your current immigration status will not be taken into account when assessing your application against the selection criteria for the post. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
 
For more information on this job opportunity, please initially email or call the HR Team via the contact details found on our website.
 
Full details and application documents here