Join Our Team as a Fostering Practice Manager Wales Fostering Service

We're offering an exciting opportunity to become aFostering Practice Managerwithin our dedicatedWales Fostering Team. Reporting directly to theOperations Manager, you will lead a team of skilled and passionateSupervising Social Workers, ensuring they deliver exceptional supervision, support, and training to foster parents and their families. Your leadership will help foster parents provide trauma-informed care that transforms the lives of children and young people.

In this pivotal role, you will:

• Lead and inspireyour team to meet evolving service demands through high-quality supervision and adherence to fostering regulations in Wales.
• Support recruitment and retentionof foster carers, contributing to strategic development and service improvement.
• Collaborate with external partners, including local authorities, health and education professionals, and child welfare organisations, to ensure holistic care for children and families.

We're looking for a driven individual with substantial supervisory experience in social care, ready to take the next step in their career. Whether you're an experiencedTeam Manager,Deputy Manager, or a seasoned leader seeking a fresh challenge, this role offers a platform to share your expertise and make a lasting impact.

You'll be part of a supportive and knowledgeable team, with access to coaching, mentoring, and leadership development from theOperations Manager,Assistant Head of Business, and wider service colleagues.

What We're Looking For:

• Arelevant professional qualificationand current registration.
• Minimum3 years post-qualification experience, with strong knowledge of fostering regulations in Wales.
• Experience inrecruitment strategy developmentor collaboration with Recruitment/Marketing Officers.
• Confidence usingsocial media platformsto promote fostering and enhance visibility across Wales.
• Proven ability to lead organisational change, manage performance, and drive service excellence.
• Strong communication skills, especially in complex or challenging situations.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's?values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our?People & Culture?Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. xbpsjku More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.