Area Manager Fostering and Adoption

The job itselfWe have an exciting opportunity available for an Area Manager for Fostering and Adoption to join our leadership team. This is a permanent post. The successful candidate will be support our Fostering Team Managers and their teams, and report to the Head of Corporate Parenting.East Riding of Yorkshire Council is an innovative Local Authority which constantly strives to improve the standard of services provided to children, families and young people in our area. Our vision is to ensure that vulnerable children and young people receive excellent social work services to keep them safe and to make sure they reach their full potential. We are responding to the challenges we face with energy and innovation. We are continuing our commitment to further improve our services supported by the Council with increased investment, to deliver high quality services.East Riding has excellent transport links and our various locations make it easy to access working spaces from various locations. East Riding office spaces are only 3 – 6 miles from Hull, 13 miles from North Lincolnshire, 20 miles from North East Lincolnshire, 22 miles from Doncaster, 17 miles from Scarborough and 14 miles from York, with strong access routes via the M62 and A1079.The right candidateWe are looking for someone with a can do, positive approach to walk alongside our teams, and help us to achieve our ambitious plans with our children and families.Are you a qualified and registered Social Worker?Are you a confident decision maker, experienced in all areas of fostering and adoption.Do you know what good looks like and be experienced in enabling and developing others to achieve high standards of practice.Are you a skilled communicator who can demonstrate a commitment to collaborative, and inclusive working.Are you a tenacious leader and represent the council corporately with an anticipated high level of professionalism at all times.Do you have an eye for detail, at the same time as identifying opportunities for improving performance and quality of practice.Do you have an indepth understanding and experience of working with children, young people and their networks, as well as a demonstrable commitment to the values of family involvement, relational approaches and empowerment.In East Riding we really value positive relationships. Therefore, it is essential that you are able to work relationally with others with a flexible and adaptable approach.Why work for East Riding?We really value all of our leaders and practitioners and it is our fundamental belief that our staff are the most important asset in fulfilling our responsibility to provide a quality service to children, young people and their families. We therefore want to invest in you and your development, for area managers this means the offer of a bespoke leadership programme. We care about your career and will help you to identify your own goals and work with you to support you to achieve that within East Riding.Our social workers and practitioners describe East Riding as \’a family\’ we really value our relationships with each other, with the families we support, and our partner agencies. We offer flexible working approaches because we want you to be able to enjoy your own family time and we know that this is important to our staff. We listen to what our managers, social workers and practitioners are telling us and work hard to respond and make a difference.Other benefits of being a social worker in East Riding include:Social Work England fees reimbursedFlexible working options including option for a 9-day fortnightStrong management support at all levelsA service wide commitment to celebrating best practice and practice strengthsA service wide commitment to promoting staff wellbeing and supportAn opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and their familiesTake a look at our recruitment web pages and our Children\’s Social Care information page for a full range.Other important informationEast Riding of Yorkshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and is pursuing equality of opportunity in employment.These posts are subject to an enhanced DBS Check #J-18808-Ljbffr