Childrens Team Manager - Fostering Support

Remedy Social Work; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

A personal one-one service from your <

Top tier supplier across London giving

Referral bonus - up to £250 per person

Double payrolls each week

Job summary

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking an experienced Children’s Team Manager to lead the Fostering Support, Supervision and Assessments Service, and to provide effective leadership to Supervising Social Workers, ensuring high-quality support for foster carers and children.

The role emphasizes safeguarding, care planning, and strategic service development, with a strong focus on quality assurance, improved outcomes for children, and partnership working within the local authority.

Qualifications

• Experience leading fostering and children’s social care teams.
• Strong leadership and strategic planning skills.
• Experience with safeguarding and care planning to improve outcomes.
• Ability to drive service improvement and quality assurance.

Responsibilities

• Lead Fostering Support, Supervision and Assessments Service.
• Provide strong leadership to Supervising Social Workers.
• Drive service improvement, quality assurance and outcomes for children.
• Balance operational oversight with strategic leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Fostering team leadership

Quality assurance

Workforce development

Safeguarding

Strategic service development

Job description

Our client Tameside metropolitan borough council is looking for a Children's Team Manager to join their Fostering support, supervision and assessments service.

Tameside are seeking a passionate and driven Interim Team Manager to lead the Fostering Support, Supervision and Assessments Service, providing strong leadership to Supervising Social Workers and ensuring the delivery of high-quality support to foster carers and children. The role requires an experienced social work manager who can balance operational oversight with strategic leadership, driving service improvement, quality assurance, and excellent outcomes for children and families.

The applicant will need to have expertise and confidence in the following areas:

• Leadership and management of fostering and children's social care teams.
• Foster carer support, supervision and assessment.
• Quality assurance, auditing and performance management.
• Workforce development, supervision and coaching.
• Safeguarding, care planning and achieving positive outcomes for children.
• Strategic service development and partnership working.

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to £250* per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

*Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit