Access To Resources Team Manager

Access To Resources Team Manager ~

We are working in partnership with a Local authority based in the Peckham area who are seeking a Access To Resources Team Manager to work within the Childrens Services.

*** We are seeking an experienced Team Manager to work across the placement Quality Assurance Team and Access To Resources Team according to need ***

Contract - 3-6 months with a view to extended into a permanent position.

Full Time Hours – 36 Hours per week.

Location – Peckham. (This is a hybrid role requiring colleagues to be in the office at least 2 days / week and 5 days for the week when they are on duty)

Rate of Pay - £33 - £44 per hour – Negotiable depending on experience.

Purpose Of The Role:

• To develop and provide a flexible and high quality Placements Service with the purpose of: improving placement choice and stability for children in care; improving the experience of social workers, foster carers and children in identifying suitable placements; delivering the best possible value to the Council in terms of cost and quality of placements.
• To provide bespoke packages of practical support to foster carers, young people and families in the community to maximise placement viability and stability, prevent placement breakdown and retain foster carers.
• Also to identify matches between children and suitable foster carers who can meet their emotional, educational, cultural and health needs, and who can provide stability and a sense of belonging.

Main Duties:

• Oversee and manage the delivery of all functions related to the placing of children with suitable foster carers; develop and manage the staff and systems that support the successful matching of children with carers who can meet their needs, including placements for permanence.
• Develop and extend support services to maximise stability, prevent placement breakdown and retain foster carers.
• Work proactively within the Placements Team to ensure all children are placed in suitable placements, monitoring referral patterns and use of Independent Fostering Agencies (IFAs), and ensure that senior managers are alerted to any risks or threats in relation to sufficiency.
• Develop and manage systems that track all referrals, placements, placement moves and endings, and ensure that high quality management information is available to assist in the planning and review of the service

Experience/Knowledge Needed:

• Local Authority / Public Sector.
• Quality Assurance / Access to Resource Experience.
• Knowledge of the placement needs of LAC.

*We offer a market leading referral scheme of up to £250 so if you know of someone who may also be looking for an exciting career opportunity*

To apply for this role please email dm@spencerclarkegroup.co.uk & call Dane on 01772 954 200.