Registered Fostering Manager

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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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experience

Fostering & Adoption

skills

be able to manage challenging situations

qualifications

university

education

BA in social work