Role: Fostering Team Manager
Service: Fostering Services (Supervision & Support)
Location: Tameside Council (Hybrid Working)
Pay Rate: £46.00 per hour
Contract: Full-Time, Ongoing Interim Contract
Tameside Council is seeking a high-calibre Fostering Team Manager to provide inspirational operational and strategic leadership to their Fostering Support and Supervision Team.
Core Responsibilities & Leadership FocusAs the Team Manager for Fostering Support and Supervision, your executive duties will span several critical areas:
Operational & Practice Leadership: Lead, support, and manage a dedicated team of Supervising Social Workers. You will champion evidence-based practice, ensure work is appropriately allocated, and maintain robust management oversight across all care planning and carer guidance.
Quality Assurance & Compliance: Implement and maintain rigorous audit and performance monitoring systems. You will ensure the service strictly complies with national Fostering Regulations, statutory guidance, and National Minimum Standards, while embedding a strong culture of reflective learning.
Strategic Development & Collaboration: Partner with internal colleagues, external stakeholders, and partner agencies to shape future practice, support service improvement initiatives, and contribute directly to the broader strategic goals of Tameside's Children's Services.
Workforce & Performance Management: Direct the recruitment, formal supervision, and professional development of your staff. You will foster a culture of accountability, coaching, and collaboration, ensuring your team is fully equipped to deliver high-quality support and training to foster families.
Resource & Financial Oversight: Manage financial, physical, and human resources efficiently, ensuring the service represents excellent value for money while effectively deploying resources to maximize outcomes for children.
Safeguarding Excellence: Keep the welfare, protection, and voices of looked-after children central to all operational decisions, demonstrating sound professional judgement, integrity, and a commitment to anti-discriminatory practice.
Professional Registration: Must be a Qualified Social Worker with an active, valid Social Work England registration.
Management Competency: Proven, substantive experience operating as a Team Manager or Assistant Team Manager within a statutory Fostering or Permanence service.
Regulatory Expertise: Deep technical knowledge of the Fostering Services Regulations, National Minimum Standards, and the Care Planning Regulations.
Premium Remuneration: A highly lucrative leadership rate of £46.00 per hour.
Strategic Autonomy: The platform to truly shape, innovate, and continuously improve a vital service area within a forward-thinking authority.
Flexible Balance: A modern hybrid working framework that seamlessly balances office-based leadership with remote working convenience.
Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.
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