Fostering Team Manager

Hull City Council; Kingston upon Hull; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in Kingston upon Hull is seeking a Fostering Team Manager to lead a dynamic team focused on supporting kinship carers. The role requires experience in fostering, effective team leadership, and a passion for improving services for children and young people. This position offers a competitive salary up to £53,460, excellent benefits including a generous pension and flexible working hours.

Benefits

Competitive salary up to £53,460

Local Government Pension Scheme

Up to 31 days annual leave plus public holidays

Career development opportunities

Generous relocation package

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Significant knowledge working with children and young people who are looked after.
• In-depth understanding of legislation regarding fostering services.
• Experience of supporting and supervising staff effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of fostering social workers focused on kinship care.
• Oversee assessment, support, and development of kinship carers.
• Supervise kinship assessing social workers and support teams.

Skills

Team leadership

Fostering knowledge

Change management

Communication skills

Performance framework

Job description

We have a rare opportunity for a Fostering Team Manager to join our busy but supportive fostering team. If you are committed to delivering high quality foster homes to meet the needs of children and young people, we would love to hear from you. We are very proud of our foster carers in Hull, and we are proud of our creative and committed team of fostering social workers.

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic manager who can continue to contribute to the development of our fostering community. You will lead a team of fostering social workers with a particular focus on our kinship carer community, but you will also work collaboratively with the team of fostering managers supporting other areas of the service where needed.

This is a time of progress in the Fostering Service with a particular focus on our kinship strategy and our kinship local offer, developing our support for kinship carers and the use of therapeutic support to ensure best practice, stability and good outcomes for children. The post holder will play a central role in the supervision of our kinship assessing social workers, as well as supporting our viability assessment team and kinship support team.

We have a fantastic, expanding community of kinship carers, and this post holder will be involved in overseeing their assessment, support and development.

We are seeking a manager with drive and passion to assist in our journey, who can operate with integrity and ambition for our service. You should have significant knowledge and experience of working with children and young people who are looked after and with foster carers, including an in-depth understanding of the legislation and guidance which directs how fostering services are delivered, particularly in relation to kinship care.

We are looking for someone who has the skills to be a strong and capable manager who can support and supervise a team of staff to deliver consistent and creative services to children, young people and carers. You should be able to evidence that you are able to deliver change and work effectively within a performance framework to ensure high quality social work.

Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. In certain recruitment situations such as high‑volume, seasonal and high‑peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non‑disabled people.

About Hull City Council

At Hull City Council we are committed to our children and young people and we are passionate about how we deliver services to them. That's why we are developing and nurturing a culture that puts our children and young people at the heart of everything we do – by empowering our workforce to work together to find solutions, to be open, honest and respectful, to take responsibility and listen and learn from others.

Why it's great to work for Hull City Council

• A competitive salary of up to £53,460
• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Up to 31 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off, one in May/August and one during the Christmas/New year period
• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods
• A generous relocation package available
• Supportive and forward‑thinking culture
• Great career development opportunities
• Flexible working hours