Principal Manager

Medirest Signature; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is looking for a Principal Manager to oversee the recruitment of foster carers. The role involves managing assessments and a fostering support team while ensuring compliance with regulations. Applicants should have a social work qualification and experience in fostering, with a strong focus on leadership and communication skills.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Generous pension scheme

Inclusive work culture

Qualifications

• Registered with Social Work England.
• Experience of fostering regulations and national minimum standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage recruitment of foster carers and assessments.
• Supervise social workers and manage the fostering support team.
• Collaborate with recruitment hubs to increase applications.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Motivational Skills

Education

Social Work Qualification

Job description

Contract Type: Permanent,

Working Hours: 18.5 hours

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £49,764 rising to £52,805 per annum pro rata for part-time'

Location:Loxley House, Station Street Nottingham NG2 3NG

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In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

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About the Role

The Principal Manager will be managing recruitment of foster carers they will manage all the assessments for new carers as well as the Fostering support team. The manager will work closely with Foster For East Midlands the D2N2 recruitment hub to increase applications.. The manager will need to have oversight of all recruitment activity and ensure we are progressing events and applications in a timely manner.The role will also entail some supervision and managing supervising social workers.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Social Work qualification and registered with social work England
• Experience of fostering regulations and national minimum standards
• Knowledge of recruitment and marketing activity
• Demonstrate good effective leadership and motivational skills, ensuring good communication within the service, and promote a culture of continuous improvement and service user focus that delivers good outcomes for children
• Detailed knowledge of National Standards and Fostering Regulations 2011 and the Children's Act 2002
• Develop and implement Quality Assurance Systems in order to quality assure the standard of assessments for Fostering Panels

-This post is covered by the statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) (English Language Requirement for public sector workers) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English, is an essential requirement for the role.

-A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

-The role requires you to participate in the on call rota.

You can find the job description for this post here

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiriesplease contact Audrey Taylor, Service Manager, by email at [e-mail]

Closing Date: Monday 27th June 2025

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