Registered Manager- Fostering

Job Title: Senior Operations Manager – to become Registered Manager upon successful registration with Ofsted  

The purpose of this role is to act as the Registered Manager for the Empower Fostering service, ensuring we provide the highest quality of service to children and young people placed through the Agency. A requirement of the role is also to support and develop other areas of service as the business requires.  
 
The Registered Manager will also be responsible for: 
 
•Ensuring compliance with all Regulations and best practice guidelines and ensuring they main compliance with Ofsted in this regulated position 
•Growing the Independent Fostering Agency (IFA) through commercial performance and profitability through the management and marketing strategies you develop 
•Managing all recruitment and development of staff 
•Ensure all registration and legislative body records are accurate and up to date.  

Main duties:

1.To maintain the company’s successful Independent Fostering Agency retaining at minimum the Good Ofsted rating achieved and proactively developing the service to achieve an Outstanding rating, in accordance with relevant legislation, procedures and policies

2.Ensure the successful delivery of the service and demonstrate to Ofsted how you have taken into account the National Minimum Standards for fostering services and the Children Act 1989 Guidance and Regulations Volume 4: Fostering Services in order to inform your strategic plan and registration.


3.To develop and deliver service delivery plans and continually contribute to business development and growth, in line with the company’s ethos and vision. Support with the development of policies and procedures and, in accordance with the group to ensure the delivery of high quality, meaningful therapeutic fostering services.

4.Developing staff and carer recruitment strategies and delivering these successfully ensuring retention is maintained.

5.To oversee the recruitment, assessment, approval, training, supervision, support and review of foster carers

6.Lead and manage the service to ensure a positive impact on children, young people, families, and carers through the effective and efficient delivery of IFA and other children’s service activities and practices.

7.To assist and supervise in the continual assessment of the needs of the children and young people and to identify and prepare specific strategic development plans to ensure the most appropriate service provision. Making sure that the needs and wellbeing of the children, young people and carers remain our key focus.

8.To be involved in the safer recruitment of staff, panel members and carers, to include vetting, interviewing and appointment of Form F assessors and inducting new employees in line with the company’s safer recruitment process’.

9.To contribute to and deliver a comprehensive workforce and carer training and development plan /programme to enable the service to have available all necessary skills and levels of expertise to meet the needs of the children and young people.

10.To contribute to the development of appropriate relationships with and between staff, young people, carers and other stakeholders.

11.Liaise with the various internal and external multi-disciplinary teams and commissioning authorities to ensure that the care needs of new and existing children and young people and their carers are met.

12.To chair meetings, reviews, and discussions as necessary promoting the service with stakeholders and increase the retention and recruitment of carers and social workers.

13.Influence social work communities, meet with families, commissioners and assist with business development meetings

14.To maintain an up to date and comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the relevant legislation, regulations, guidance and policies relevant to the care of children.

15.To ensure at all times that professional ethics and behaviour are demonstrated by all staff and carers. Actively co-ordinate the service provision and be a focal point for support, advice and coaching to all staff and carers.

16.Ensures regular reflective supervision of practitioners, foster carers and staff either directly and/or through direct reports assess the quality of practice and the impact made on children, young people and/or families.

17.To ensure that the company's financial and administrative procedures are adhered to and to work within a set budget.


18.To work with other managers within the organisation to ensure that all staff work together and with others towards meeting the emotional and physical needs of the young people and planning for positive outcomes.

19.To be responsible for safeguarding and promoting individual rights, providing good quality care which is free from oppression and where differences are respected and valued.

20.To be accountable and take responsibility for notifying and liaising with regulatory organisations

21.Ensure the all necessary documentation required by regulators is completed to a high standard and be available for inspections, checks or interviews as requested.

22.To promote appropriate and therapeutic relationships between staff, young people, carers and their families, promoting the children and young people's involvement and participation in the day-to-day life of the home.

23.To be part of an On-Call management system.

24.To participate in a range of corporate and management activities as defined by the
Managing Director and Responsible Individual.

25.Ensure that safe working practices are employed by all staff and carers at all times in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work legislation and the company’s competent person.

26.Any other such duties as may be required from time to time by the executive team or
their authorised representatives.


This job description is not intended to be a complete list of duties and responsibilities but indicates some of the main areas attached to the post of Registered Manager. This job description may be amended from time to time, to take account of changing
trends in social care relevant legislation, together with Employment Law. If there is any part of the above job description which the post holder is unsure of, they
must discuss this with the company at the earliest opportunity.

The Empower Family Group is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All postholders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and satisfactory reference checks.