Area Manager

JOB PURPOSE:
As a member of VOYPIC’s leadership team, the area manager will lead a multidisciplinary team to promote the rights of children and young people living in and leaving care, ensuring their voice is at the heart of all decision making. The area manager will be responsible for quality engagement with children and young people in care and care leavers in the eastern area. The post holder will be responsible for the direct delivery of independent advocacy and participation programmes to children and young people in the community and in a number of specialist facilities. They will also ensure that children and young people are afforded every opportunity to share their views and experiences to influence positive change. The post holder will be responsible for the management, support and professional supervision of a team of eight. He/she will also be responsible for team development, quality assurance of service provision, safeguarding children and young adults, and the provision of high quality management information.

MAIN TASK

Deliver Services to Children and Young People

• To lead, manage, and motivate up to circa 8 direct reports, with shared responsibility for the engagement and support of volunteers
• Ensure that systems are in place to provide a consistent and appropriate response to requests for support for children and young people
• Ensure the good quality of services and support provided to children and young people that are consistent with the policies and procedures of VOYPIC, particularly child-protection and adult safeguarding procedures
• Manage and develop team resources including programme budget as required
• To proactively lead and manage service provision, working closely with internal and external stakeholders as necessary, to ensure that progress on delivery and specified targets is monitored and reported regularly.
• To address and find resolution of any issues to the satisfaction of stakeholders Ensure that all agency policies and procedures are implemented, and standards of practice are implemented

Attached CV’s will not be considered, either in lieu of the application form or in conjunction with it.

It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that they upload the:
1. Application Form
2. Monitoring Form 
 to the following link: https://hr.breathehr.com/v/area-manager-belfast-and-south-east-14582