Foster Carer - Manchester

We're excited to share a rewarding career opportunity in partnership with leading fostering organisations across the UK. We are currently looking for skilled professionals to provide vital, specialist foster care for children and young people who need a stable, nurturing environment.

Whether you are looking to offer full-time care or flexible, shorter-term support, there is a fostering path that fits your lifestyle and professional experience.

• Specialist Therapeutic & Step-Down: Help a young person transition from residential care into a stable, trauma-informed family home.
• Short-Term Fostering: Provide a safe, supportive environment for a few weeks or months while permanent plans are made.
• Emergency Fostering: Be there for a child in a moment of crisis, offering immediate safety and comfort at short notice.
• Respite & Short Breaks: Support other families by offering weekend or holiday care-perfect for balancing with your existing career commitments.

We are reaching out because professionals from health, education, and social care sectors already have the transferable skills needed to support children with complex or additional needs. Our carers often come from backgrounds such as:

• Residential Care, Social Work, or Child Support
• Teaching, LSAs, and SEN specialists
• CAMHS, therapy, nursing, and healthcare
• Youth offending teams, probation, or emergency services
• Experienced foster carers or adoptive parents

If you have experience, resilience, and empathy, you already have exactly what these young people need most.

To reflect your professional expertise and commitment, our fostering partners offer a highly competitive support package, which can include:

• Competitive weekly fees and allowances when a child is placed with you (up to £54,860 £1,055.48 weekly fostering payment when a child is placed with you- annually for full-time care).
• Comprehensive specialist training, clinical/psychological support, and a 24/7 emergency advice line.

Make a real difference If you've been waiting for the right moment to use your professional experience for something truly transformational, this is it.

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.

experience

Fostering & Adoption

skills

be able to manage challenging situations

qualifications

college

education

BA in social work