We're offering an exciting opportunity to become a Fostering Practice Manager within our Scotland Glasgow Fostering Team. This is a part time position, working over 3 days reporting directly to the Operations Manager you will lead a team of skilled and passionate social workers, children's workers and our therapist ensuring they deliver support, supervision and training to foster carers, their families and young people. Your leadership will help ensure that our carers provide trauma informed care that transforms the lives of children and young people.
In this pivotal role you will;
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Lead and inspire your team to meet evolving service demands through high quality support and supervision whilst adhering to fostering regulations in Scotland
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Support recruitment and retention of foster carers, contributing to strategic development and service improvement
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Collaborate with external partners, including local authorities, health and education professionals to ensure holistic care for children and fostering families
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Support our commitment to delivering positive outcomes for young people in line with the ambitions of The Promise Scotland
We are looking for a driven individual with experience in fostering and social work who is seeking a fresh challenge, this role offers the opportunity to join a committed team to share your expertise and make a lasting impact. You'll be part of a supportive and knowledgeable team with access to training and development opportunities working flexibly in a hybrid manner across the West of Scotland with our office base in Glasgow.
What you will bring:
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A relevant social work qualification and current SSSC registration
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a strong knowledge of fostering regulations in Scotland
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confidence using social media to promote fostering and enhance visibility across Scotland
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proven ability to lead change, manage performance and drive service delivery
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strong communication skills, especially in complex or challenging situations
Ready to Apply?
For more information please refer to the person speciification or contact Alyson McCallum at [email protected]
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
Pay & Reward Framework
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. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
Benefits
Workplace Offer: What it means for you
Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.
Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)
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Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
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Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
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The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
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A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
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Service related sick pay from day 1
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Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
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Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
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Cycle2work scheme
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Interest free season ticket loans
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Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
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20% discount at Barnardo's stores
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Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
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Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
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Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
- T&C's apply based on contract
About Barnardo's
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
