Fostering Services Team Manager — Lead Care & Assessments

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

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.