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Fostering Service Manager Fostering Innovations

Location: Hillingdon, London
Salary: £55,000 - £60,000 per annum
Office Working: 2 Days in the office, Mondays and Wednesdays
Contract: Permanent

We are currently working with Fostering Innovations to find a Service Manager. The Service Manager is accountable for developing and managing the Fostering Innovations including managing all aspects of fostering resources and support functions in the Agency. Working in accordance with the policies and procedures of Fostering Innovations, relevant statute and national guidelines, the Service Manager promotes and ensures that Fostering Innovations provides a professional fostering service for local authorities, placing children and young people. The Service Manager is responsible for working in accordance with current safeguarding and child protection practices, regulations, National Minimum Standards and guidance and in line with Ofsted requirements.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitor and control the activities of the fostering service and ensure quality performance that exceeds the National Minimum Standards and meets the Fostering Services (England) Regulations.
• Ensure the fostering service is organised, managed and staffed to produce the best possible outcomes for children; safeguarding being at the centre of all you do.
• Prepare the fostering service and co-ordinate all activities for monitoring and inspections by Ofsted, London Care Councils and Local Authority frameworks.
• Contribute to the fostering service planning and development, including:
• Attendance at provider forums and meetings;
• Tendering and contracting;
• Content for publicity and marketing materials.
• To manage a team of Team Manager, ATM and Supervising Social Workers.
• To manage a high quality fostering service ensuring that comprehensive support services and robust supervision is provided to all foster carers.
• To supervise and manage a staff team, including social workers and other social work staff, providing support, supervision and advice.
• To maintain the agency s high standards, in order to promote positive outcomes for children and young people, and ensure that social work and foster care practice continues to achieve Outstanding or Good in Ofsted inspections.
• To take responsibility for ensuring that the Agency s policies and procedures are properly implemented and monitored by social workers and that agency practice complies with UK legislation and the UK National Minimum Standards.
• To contribute to Agency, or Team training and development where applicable.
• To work within financial budget and promote good practice and placement stability, to ensure the continuing security of the company.
• To be a member of the Management Team and contribute to strategic planning for the agency.
• Preparing and contributing to reports, lead on Regulation 35 Reports (monthly monitoring), Business Plan; Team Action Plan, Training Plan, Inspection Reports.
• To supervise Form F assessment work ensuring that high standards are maintained and are compliant with agency standards, within agreed timescales.
• To work closely with the Fostering Manager and Directors in the assessment of prospective foster carers, adhering to timescales and Foster Panel activity.
• To ensure that the Agency s health and safety policies are carried out.
• To work closely with Fostering Manager and Directors to create fostering panel schedules.
• To lead the foster carer recruitment task under the direction of the Directors and to achieve annual foster carer recruitment target.
• To liaise with Ofsted (or equivalent), including providing statutory notifications.
• To keep abreast of developments in the field of foster care.
• Other tasks relating to the management and running of a first class fostering service.

Benefits

• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Comprehensive learning and development opportunities
• Employee well-being and assistance processes
• Generous annual leave entitlement

Requirements

• Social Work England registration
• Social Work qualification
• Enhanced DBS (Provided by us)

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Foster Care Associates (The FCA)
Fostering Service Manager
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum, dependent on experience
Location: Ivybridge, Devon
Latest Ofsted Inspection: Outstanding - 2026

Benefits

• Company car or £2,000 car allowance
• 30 days' annual leave, increasing to 35 days with length of service, plus bank holidays
• Life Assurance
• Employee Discount Scheme
• Medical Cash Plan
• Free on-site parking
• Ongoing prof click apply for full job details

Fostering Service Manager - Foster Wales Cardiff

Job Title: Fostering Service Manager G10 - Social Care Qualified

Location: County Hall, Atlantic Wharf, Cardiff, CF10 4UW

Employer: Cardiff Council (People & Communities > Children's Services)

Pay Rate: 38.00/hr (PAYE) 49.92/hr (Umbrella / Limited - Inside IR35)

Work Pattern: Hybrid Working (Based at County Hall, Cardiff with home/remote working options)

Cardiff Council is seeking an experienced, highly qualified Fostering Service Manager (G10) to lead Foster Wales Cardiff.

In this pivotal operational and strategic leadership position, you will oversee the delivery of high-quality assessment, approval, and support services across mainstream fostering, "When I Am Ready" schemes, connected carers, Special Guardianship Orders (SGO), and supported lodgings providers. Supported by an experienced team of Principal Social Workers, Social Workers, and Support Workers, you will drive practice excellence and ensure care-experienced children and young people are safe, protected, and achieving positive outcomes.

• Qualification: Professional Social Work qualification (BSc, MA, DipSW or equivalent).

• Registration: Current active registration with Social Care Wales.

• Management Experience: Significant post-qualifying management experience demonstrating the leadership skills needed to run a complex statutory fostering service.

• Fostering Expertise: Comprehensive knowledge of statutory fostering duties, SGOs, Connected Persons, "When I Am Ready" initiatives, and panel advisory functions.

• Mobility: Ability and willingness to travel within the Cardiff county area as required.

• Dedicated Recruitment Consultant: Tanaaz Fathima as your single point of contact throughout your assignment.

• Accredited Training: Access to free mandatory CPD and specialized social care training.

• Weekly Payroll: Prompt and reliable weekly pay processing.

• Referral Scheme: Earn up to 300 for referring a qualified social work manager or practitioner (T&Cs apply).

If you have the management experience and strategic expertise to lead Foster Wales Cardiff, contact Tanaaz Fathima today:

• Call: (phone number removed)

• Email:

Lead Foster Wales Cardiff with Randstad - where your management expertise creates stable, loving homes for young people.

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.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.

Locum Registered Fostering Manager

Home working

NonStop Consulting is working with one of the most reputable children's charities in the UK, to help them find a Registered Fostering Manager who can join them on a locum basis.

The role is hybrid with one - two days per week in the office in Liverpool and the rest from home. This would allow you to have a good work - life balance.

Benefits:

• Very good pay rate
• Good Ofsted rating
• home working working
• ongoing contract role to cover long-term sick leave
• Interviews available quickly so you can secure a new role as soon as possible

Key Responsibilities:
The Registered Fostering Manager will oversee a very stable team of about 15 team members. The service has 44 foster families for their North West region.

Requirements:

• Registered Fostering Manager
• experience in fostering
• Full driving licence

If you believe this opportunity is the right match for your skills and experience, please submit your CV (ideally in Word format) via this site.

Registered Fostering Manager

Location: Lancashire

Salary: 60,000

NonStop Consulting is working with a reputable independent fostering agency who are looking for a new Regional/Registered Fostering Manager to join their team on a permanent basis in the Northwest.

Responsibilities:

You will be responsible for overseeing the Northwest region, ensuring a child-centred approach that prioritises each child's welfare, keeps their voice central to decision-making, and promotes partnership working with families. The region has around 80 fostering households, and you will be in charge of the day-to-day running of the service.

Benefits:

• Good Ofsted rating
• Therapeutic service
• Hybrid working
• Reputable agency with a supportive and nurturing environment
• Progression opportunities
• Flexible and supportive team
• Opportunities for creative approaches and a chance to have your voice heard
• Company pension
• Discretionary sick pay
• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays, increasing with years of service + your birthday off
• Competitive salary of 60,000
• Health and Wellbeing program - EAP program

Requirements:

• Registered with Social Work England
• Driver
• Management experience within fostering, including working with Ofsted

How to apply:

If you're interested, please send your CV (preferably in Word format) via this site.

Not the right role for you? Refer a friend and earn a 200 referral bonus.

For other opportunities or a chat, connect with Madison Sable on LinkedIn.

At NonStop Care, you'll have a dedicated consultant to support you through every step - from CV review to interview preparation - ensuring you have everything you need to succeed.

Registered Fostering Manager

Salary: 60,000 per annum

NonStop Consulting is working with an Independent Fostering Agency with a Good Ofsted rating in the North West of England, in order to help them find a Registered Fostering Manager who can join them on a permanent basis.

They have a very good reputation and they offer flexibility with home working, so you can have a good work - life balance.

Benefits:

• Very good salary: 60,000 per annum
• additional bonuses
• Good Ofsted rating
• home working working
• very good annual leave - 28 days plus 8 Bank Holidays, increasing by additional day after every 2 years of service (up to a maximum of 4 days) plus your birthday off every year.
• Pension
• Health & wellbeing programme
• opportunities for career progression
• Interviews available quickly so you can secure a new role as soon as possible

Key Responsibilities:
The Registered Fostering Manager will work closely with the Operations Director and will oversee a very stable team that includes 8 Supervising Social Workers, 1 Senior Practitioner, 2 Deputy managers and 1 Support Workers.

The service has 80 foster families.

Requirements:

• Registered Fostering Manager
• experience in fostering
• Full driving licence

If you believe this opportunity is the right match for your skills and experience, please submit your CV (ideally in Word format) via this site.

Team manager required for work within the Fostering Team in Devon. This is an exciting opportunity with excellent rates of pay up to 40.00ph. 3 month contract but likely reviewed. Flexible hybrid working arrangements. Office base: Exeter

We are looking for a dedicated and motivated manager to lead our Assessment & Kinship Fostering team.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Team Manager to lead our Fostering team. As a manager, you will oversee the provision of support services for fostering assessments, ensuring that children and young people in these arrangements receive high quality support. Your leadership will be essential in managing service delivery, implementing development of the team, and ensuring statutory duties are undertaken.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead and manage the Fostering team, overseeing day to day support and assessments.
- Ensure the provision of high quality support services for carers, families, and private fostering arrangements.
- Manage a team of social workers and family practitioners.
- Work closely with the social work teams, families, carers, and multi agency partners to ensure childrens needs are met and that support services are accessible.
- Oversee assessments of needs and support plans for carers and families.
- Manage resources and budgets effectively.

About you:

Advocating for the children and young people of Devon, you will model social work practice that is of a high standard and in line with statutory obligations. You will champion restorative practice and encourage a collaborative culture, where opportunities for reflection and learning are supported.

You will be Social Work England registered, ideally a driver with access to own car and able to reside and work in the UK

As an Eden Brown Synergy candidate, you can take advantage of our competitive service offering: Dedicated personal and professional service. Free DBS check. CV review service. Interview advice. Competitive rates of pay. Post-placement follow up meetings.

To discuss this role or any other Qualified Social Care roles in South please contact Pallavi Gupta at Eden Brown on (phone number removed) or email your CV to:

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.

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Registered Fostering Manager - North West

Hybrid Working - Only 1 Day per week in the office

NonStop Consulting is working with one of the most reputable charities in the country, which is looking for an experienced Registered Fostering Manager to join its fostering service in the North West.

The service has a Good Ofsted rating and a very experienced, well-established team.

The role offers hybrid working, with only 1 day per week in the Liverpool office and the remaining days working from home, allowing you to enjoy a great work-life balance.

Benefits:

• Very competitive pay rate
• Hybrid working - only 1 day per week in the office
• Good Ofsted rating
• Experienced and well-established team
• Manage a service with around 44 foster families
• Ongoing contract to cover sick leave
• Opportunities for career progression
• Interviews available quickly, so you can secure a new role as soon as possible

Key Responsibilities:

As the Registered Fostering Manager, you will oversee a well-established team of approximately 15 staff, including Supervising Social Workers, Project Workers and administrative staff.

You will be responsible for the overall management of the fostering service, supporting the team and ensuring high standards of care and compliance with fostering regulations.

Requirements:

• Previous experience as a Registered Fostering Manager
• Strong background in fostering services
• Full driving licence

If you believe this opportunity is the right match for your skills and experience, please submit your CV (ideally in Word format) via this site or send your CV in Word format directly to Roxana Andrei at (url removed).

Are you looking for a Service Manager position where you can obtain fantastic career progression while making a difference to the lives of others?

We have an exciting opportunity with a leading care specialist who are looking for a Service Manager to oversee a brand-new service in King s Lynn, Norfolk. The service specialises in supporting people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and autism, so experience within this client group would be highly desirable. In return, there is an opportunity to work for an ever-growing organisation who offer excellent career progression and benefits including enrolling you for a NVQ Level 5 after 6 months.

The successful Service Manager will be responsible for:

• Motivating and inspiring your teams to provide outstanding support through effective training, coaching and leadership by example.
• Acting as a role model and leader in the delivery of active support, you will empower the people you support to have active and fulfilling lives aligned with their needs and aspirations.
• Working collaboratively with the other members of the Service Leadership Team you will help to oversee and manage the smooth running of this service including rostering, support plans, staff deployment and managing budgets.

Key Skills:

• Being a Service Manager is much more than just a job and you will have a chance to put your empathy, compassion, and patience centre-stage in our person-centred approach to providing support and leading your team to success.
• Being an effective communicator with the ability to influence others and to ensure you get the best from your team. You will possess excellent leadership and team management skills to ensure you and your team work collaboratively and effectively.
• Being an effective coach and mentor for your team and possess good IT skills.
• Ability to think on your feet and making the commitment to see things through and get the best outcomes for the people you support.

Requirements:

• Having a strong understanding of best practice in delivering support to people with different needs and a passion for doing so.
• Having experience of management of registered or supported living services including appraisals, coaching, performance management, managing budgets and financial information, as well as ensuring an inclusive working environment.
• You will have excellent communication and people management skills and have knowledge and a good understanding of current CQC regulations and compliance within the new framework with a proven track record of quality assurance and service improvement.
• NVQ Level 5 in Health and Social Care or a desire to work towards one.

What they offer you:

• £35,000 per annum
• Excellent Career Progression
• NVQ Level 5 in Leadership and Management
• Further Qualifications and Training
• Attractive Benefits Package
• Contributory pension scheme
• Free and confidential 24/7 access to the health portal and employee assistance programme

Service Manager
Permanent
40,000
Dorset

Hamilton Woods Associates are currently recruiting for a Service Manager to join an organisation on a permanent basis in Dorset.

Responsibilities of the Service Manager:

• Support offenders transitioning from custody into the community, promoting successful rehabilitation and resettlement.

• Monitor and support residents within Approved Premises, ensuring their wellbeing, compliance with licence conditions and the safety of themselves and others.
• Conduct regular inspections, monitor resident behaviour and build positive relationships, working closely with colleagues and external agencies.
• Contribute to public protection by ensuring residents comply with their licence conditions, providing support to staff and assisting with out-of-hours duties when required.

Essential Experience of the Service Manager:

• Full UK Driving License
• Enhanced DBS

To be considered for this exciting role, please contact Lucie Houston - Managing Consultant at Hamilton Woods or apply online with a covering note of your experience and suitability referencing the job ID number. Due to the exceptionally high level of applications if you have not heard back from HWA within 7 - 10 days, it is regrettable that we cannot respond to all applicants, and please assume your application has been unsuccessful.