Registered Manager – Fostering
hace 7 días
North Shields
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and inspirational fostering or children’s social care leader to join Team Fostering, an ethical, not-for-profit fostering agency with a strong reputation for delivering high-quality placements and positive outcomes for children and young people. Their North East service was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2025, and they are now looking for a Registered Manager to provide strategic and operational leadership across the region. As Registered Manager, you will have responsibility for the Social Work Service, providing leadership to managers and staff while ensuring the service continues to deliver outstanding outcomes for children, young people and foster families. Working closely with the Senior Leadership Team, you will ensure services remain effective, well-led and fully compliant with fostering legislation, National Minimum Standards and regulatory requirements. You will also play an important part in continuous improvement and the future growth and development of the North East service. We would be particularly interested in speaking with experienced professionals currently working within: • Independent fostering agencies, • Local Authority fostering or children’s social care services, • Other not-for-profit, charitable or values-led children’s services organisations, • Fostering services with significant Ofsted and regulatory responsibility, • Fostering Team Manager, Service Manager or equivalent-level positions, where you are ready to take that next step into Registered Manager responsibility, • Be the Ofsted Registered Manager for Team Fostering’s North East service., • Provide leadership, management and support to managers and staff, creating a culture of high standards, accountability and professional development., • Ensure safe and robust decision-making across safeguarding, referrals, assessments and allocation of work., • Oversee the recruitment, assessment, training, support and retention of foster carers., • Lead quality assurance and auditing activity across the service., • Monitor outcomes for children and young people and identify opportunities to improve placement stability and care experiences., • Ensure compliance with fostering legislation, National Minimum Standards and regulatory requirements., • Develop strong working relationships with Local Authorities, Ofsted, partner agencies and other key stakeholders., • Contribute to budget planning, annual targets and performance reporting., • Support tendering activity, contract opportunities and regional growth., • Report on performance, compliance and financial viability to the Board and Senior Leadership Team., • Drive continuous improvement, innovation and strategic development across the North East service. Above all, Team Fostering is looking for an experienced, credible and values-led leader who is passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people. In line with Fostering Standards, you will have a recognised social work qualification or a professional qualification relevant to working with children at least at level 4; a qualification in management at least at level 4*; at least two years experience relevant to fostering within the last five years; and at least one years experience supervising and managing professional staff. Appointees to the role of registered manager who do not have the relevant management qualification (above) must enrol on a management training course within six months, and obtain a relevant management qualification within three years, of their appointment. • Significant leadership and management experience within fostering or children’s social care., • Strong knowledge of fostering legislation, safeguarding, National Minimum Standards and regulatory frameworks., • Experience of managing teams, performance and service improvement., • A strong understanding of Ofsted requirements, inspection and quality assurance., • Confident safeguarding and risk-based decision-making., • Excellent relationship-building skills, including working with Local Authorities, Ofsted and partner organisations., • The ability to balance operational delivery with strategic leadership., • A genuine commitment to achieving outstanding outcomes for children, young people and foster families., • A full UK driving licence and flexibility to travel as required. Team Fostering is an ethical, not-for-profit fostering agency with a strong track record of providing high-quality fostering placements for looked-after children. The organisation is values-driven and invests heavily in its people, professional development, health and wellbeing. Team Fostering is also a Real Living Wage Foundation Employer, Investors in People Employer and Mindful Employer. • 30 days’ annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, • Hybrid home and office working, • Flexible working arrangements, • Flexi-time and TOIL, • Monthly supervision and annual appraisal, • Company sick pay, • Staff loyalty bonus, • Employee Assistance Programme, • Retail discount and salary sacrifice schemes, • Life assurance, • GP Helpline, • Learning and development opportunities There will be travel across the North East and occasional travel to Team Fostering’s Yorkshire and East Midlands offices, alongside participation in the agency’s out-of-hours rota. Team Fostering is an equal opportunity and Disability Confident Committed employer that is committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and belonging at work. As we continue to grow, we know that we must have the most talented employees with diverse backgrounds, cultures, perspectives, and experiences to support our children and young people. Team Fostering strives to be diverse and inclusive – a place where we can ALL be ourselves. We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented within the agency. Please note if you are shortlisted for interview we will contact you via the email you have provided. Please ensure you check your emails including your junk folder regularly. #J-18808-Ljbffr