Registered Fostering Manager | West Yorkshire
An independent fostering agency based in West Yorkshire, is seeking a dedicated and ambitious professional to join their growing team as a Registered Manager. This hybrid role offers a fantastic opportunity for either an established manager or an experienced Senior Practitioner/Team Manager ready to step up into leadership. The current Registered Manager, after 14 years in management, is moving into the Responsible Individual (RI) role, ensuring excellent internal support and a seamless transition for the successful candidate.
Summary of Job
Position: Registered Manager (Fostering)
Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 base salary
Location & Working Pattern: Hybrid model based in West Yorkshire, with a standard split of 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.
Duties and Responsibilities
Owning, coordinating, and leading the day-to-day social work functions and operational activities of the fostering agency.
Ensuring the safe and efficient delivery of services in strict compliance with the Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011/13, National Minimum Standards, and Ofsted frameworks.
Acting as the primary point of contact and operational lead during Ofsted inspections, supported directly by the Quality Assurance Manager / Responsible Individual.
Providing direct professional line management, regular supervision, annual appraisals, and performance management to the social work staff.
Overseeing the end-to-end assessment pipeline for prospective foster carers, including the quality assurance of Stage 1 and Stage 2 Form F assessments and annual reviews.
Managing and monitoring independent social workers engaged by the service to ensure assessments are robust, timely, and compliant.
Acting as the lead operational Safeguarding Officer and Complaints Officer for the organisation, responding to child protection concerns, allegations, and Schedule 6/7 matters.
Developing, maintaining, and publishing the Annual Training Calendar for foster carers and coordinating the delivery of "Skills to Foster" and induction programmes.
Promoting placement stability by supporting placement officers with matching decisions and collaborating with Local Authorities to prevent placement breakdowns.
Conducting annual consultations with foster carers and ensuring staff capture the feedback of looked-after children to continuously drive service improvements.
Requirements
An NVQ Level 5 qualification, or the willingness to complete the training funded by the agency.
For candidates stepping up: Minimum of 4 years post-qualified frontline experience alongside 2 years of experience at a Team Leader or Manager level.
Ideal candidates will have direct experience supervising foster carers within an Independent Fostering Agency (IFA) or Local Authority setting, and experience completing independent Form F assessments.
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