Regional Development Manager
Cardiff Council
Role
Who You Are
You have extensive knowledge of fostering services and are familiar with the challenges and policies that impact children in care and foster carers. You can navigate a wide array of viewpoints, building consensus effectively. You have experience in partnerships, developing new service models, and managing change within social care settings. Your communication skills are top-notch, allowing you to deliver clear and concise information, reports, and data.
What the Job Involves
As the Regional Development Manager for Substitute Family Care, you will be pivotal in establishing and delivering Foster Wales Cardiff and Foster Wales Vale of Glamorgan initiatives. Your role involves leading regional improvements for fostering services across Cardiff and Vale, managing regional staff, and maintaining oversight of the regional fostering recruitment process. You will develop and implement regional work programs, analyze national performance data, and generate improvement plans. This will involve attending national meetings, communicating priorities, ensuring the completion of the national performance framework, and engaging with local authorities, stakeholders, and third-party organizations.
Skills
- Extensive knowledge of fostering services
- Experience in partnership development
- Change management in social care settings
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to build consensus
- Detail-oriented reporting and data analysis
- Leadership of regional improvements
- Strategic planning and implementation skills