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Job Description – Operations Manager\n\nRole: Operations Manager\nReports To: Director\nHours of Work: 40 hours per week\nSupervisory Responsibilities: Yes\nTravel Required: Yes (including to Thrive office and other locations as needed)\n\nMain Purpose of the Role\n\nTo support senior management in leading and developing a high-performing fostering service that delivers operational excellence, continuous improvement, and strong financial performance. To ensure consistent quality assurance while always complying with relevant Government legislation, regulations, and the Fostering Minimum Standards.\n\nEssential Duties\n\n * Deliver an efficient, effective, and high-quality service to stakeholders and external regulators\n\n * Lead and support the delivery of a quality service that meets the company’s business objectives and performance targets\n\n * Provide positive, dynamic leadership and management to the Fostering Service Team, building a skilled, trained, and motivated workforce\n\nKey Activities\n\n * Operate in full compliance with relevant childcare and fostering legislation, ensuring all service delivery exceeds the Fostering Minimum Standards\n\n * Identify and create business opportunities while leading regional development\n\n * Meet or exceed financial performance targets by growing high-quality placements and carer numbers\n\n * Maximise profit growth through effective cost control within the business/region\n\n * Manage and retain existing business by anticipating and exceeding the expectations of customers and carers\n\n * Maximise all opportunities to secure new business\n\n * Develop, strengthen, and continuously improve relationships with key Local Authority (LA) customers\n\n * Work collaboratively as part of the Regional Management Team, contributing to the organisation’s shape and success through a Quality Assurance lifecycle\n\n * Oversee and support the recruitment of prospective foster carers, ensuring customer needs and placement demand inform the agency’s recruitment and assessment plans\n\n * Act as Agency Decision Maker for Fostering Panels and Review Panels\n\n * Provide highly effective quality management support for the business/region’s on-call rota\n\nBusiness / Commercial Responsibilities\n\n * Work as part of the management team to achieve regional targets and KPIs for placement growth, carer retention, and carer recruitment\n\n * Develop and manage new quality service developments\n\n * Contribute to and implement the Regional Customer Engagement Strategy, including attending relevant meetings and promoting Thrive services wherever possible\n\n * Support business growth and development by implementing key priorities from the Regional Business Plan\n\n * Demonstrate strong knowledge of available placement packages and identify appropriate recharges to LAs where applicable\n\n * Manage agreed budgets to deliver a quality-driven, efficient, and effective service\n\n * Develop and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues to support regional development\n\nSafeguarding Responsibilities\n\nMonitor and quality assure all aspects of service delivery to ensure full compliance with safeguarding policies and procedures\n\nDemonstrate thorough knowledge of safeguarding procedures and operational expectations, modelling these throughout the agency\n\nWork in partnership with LAs and LADOs; attend strategy meetings or other required meetings; and contribute to investigations and complaints in line with the level of responsibility\n\nThrough supervision of Supervising Social Workers (SSWs), ensure they work in partnership with relevant authorities to meet the needs of children and people as identified in Care Plans and Placement Agreements\n\nComplete paperwork and procedures for significant incidents and notifiable events within company timescales\n\nManage and attend social activities to support and retain children, people, and foster carers\n\nAttend safeguarding training offered by the organisation as part of continuous professional development\n\nParticipate in and support the out-of-hours duty system on a rota basis\n\nEnsure compliance with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) requirements to maintain relevant registration\n\nSupport and Supervision of Staff\n\nProvide professional supervision and appraisals to social workers, support workers, and students (where applicable)\n\nContribute to building a dynamic, cohesive, and motivated social work team\n\nEnsure staff are trained, informed of current research and practice changes, and supported in their ongoing professional development\n\nContribute actively to regional placement growth by leading placement meetings and engaging daily with the placement service team to provide support, guidance, and influence decision-making\n\nDeputise for the Head of Fostering as required in line with service delivery and business expectations\n\nFacilitate team meetings, peer group supervision, and lead development workshops\n\nAdministration\n\n * Ensure the staff team fully complies with the organisation’s quality assurance, recording, and auditing policies and practices\n\nOrganisational Responsibilities\n\nUndertake any broadly similar duties commensurate with the post as reasonably required by the manager (even if not specifically listed in this job description)\n\nAct as an effective advocate for Thrive, promoting a positive image and upholding high standards and reputation\n\nWork within the provisions of the Data Protection Act, maintaining strict confidentiality in all aspects of work\n\nCompetently use electronic systems as required\n\nUndertake training and development necessary for the role\n\nEnsure compliance with all policies in the employee handbook\n\nMaintain compliance with safeguarding procedures across all work; keep the manager informed of progress; and immediately report any child protection matters or serious complaints\n\nRecognise that the nature of the agency’s business can be unpredictable; work flexibly when required

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