Registered Manager

National Fostering Group; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40 days annual leave package

Life Assurance

Pension scheme

Wellbeing support

Flexible Benefits Platform

Job summary

National Fostering Group in the London North area (Uxbridge) seeks a Registered Manager to lead a team of Advanced Practitioners, Supervising Social Workers and Support Workers, ensuring high-quality outcomes for children and strong regulatory compliance.

You will drive service delivery within legislation, recruit and retain staff, and develop new fostering resources while maintaining key Local Authority relationships. Knowledge of relevant policies is essential.

Qualifications

• Qualified social worker with UK registration.
• Required Level 4 Leadership and Management for Care Services and Health and Social Care (before January 2011) or Level 5 Diploma (after January 2011).
• Full UK driving licence and access to a car for work.
• Experience leading teams in Children’s Services.
• Experience supervising and managing professional staff.
• Evidence of continuous professional/management development.
• Fostering sector experience is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain full compliance with regulations and standards to ensure excellent outcomes for children and young people and strong Ofsted grades.
• Ensure 24-hour professional support for foster carers and effective out-of-hours placement service.
• Handle child protection matters in line with government guidelines and policy.
• Assess prospective foster carers in accordance with National Fostering Group policies and government guidelines.
• Drive service delivery to children and young people, carers and families in line with legislation and local policy.
• Recruit, induct, and retain current staff; support staff development.
• Develops new business and fostering resources within the area of operation.
• Maintain external market awareness and effective client management.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Budget management

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Qualified social worker

Level 4 Leadership & Management (before Jan 2011)

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership (after Jan 2011)

Job description

As Registered Manager you will be accountable for providing vision and leadership to team at Sunflower Fostering. The successful candidate will promote the agency and follow relevant guidelines ensuring the team meet the "Statement of Purpose" and remain compliant with legislation and regulations.

The Registered Manager will lead a team including Advanced Practitioners, Supervising Social Workers and Support Workers to ensure they have the support they need for effective team working and development. You will seek opportunities for improvement, business growth and maintain key links within Local Authorities.

Main Responsibilities

• Monitoring and maintaining full compliance with regulations and standards to ensure excellent outcomes for children and young people and excellent grades from the regulatory bodies.
• Ensures that within the region there is provision of 24 hour professional support for foster carers and that an effective out of hours placement service is available for customers.
• Ensures any matters concerning child protection are dealt with in accord with government guidelines and company policy.
• Ensures assessments of prospective foster carers is in accordance with National Fostering Group policies and procedures and government guidelines.
• Responsible for ensuring the agency drives to achieve good outcomes for children and takes full responsibility for the service delivery to children, young people, the carers and families, in line with legislation, guidance and local policy and procedures.
• Responsible for the recruitment, induction of new staff and retention of current staff.
• Develops new business and fostering resources within the area where the agency operates.
• Ensures effective client management and maintains external market awareness.

We are looking for someone who has experience working successfully as a manager and leader to develop high performing teams within Children's Services. Experience of working within fostering is desirable but not essential. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of relevant policies and regulations for Children's Services and experience providing high quality outcomes for children and young people.

You will need to be a qualified social worker and hold either:

• A level 4 Leadership and Management for Care Services and Health and Social Care (achieved before January 2011)
• A level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services (achieved after January 2011)

Due to the nature of the role you will need to have a full UK driving licence and use of a car for work. Other criteria can be found below:

Essential Criteria

• A track record in managing cultural and organisational change management.
• A proven track record of experience within a similar field.
• Experience supervising and managing professional staff.
• Evidence of Continuous professional/ management development.
• Proven experience of managing budgets.

This is an amazing opportunity to join National Fostering Group as a Registered Manager with our flagship NFA London North service in Uxbridge. Our most recent Ofsted we were rated Good!

You can find out more about us here: https://www.nationalfosteringgroup.co.uk/national-fostering-agency/london-north/

About the Group

Its official, we have been rated as a Great Place to Work 2026! 83% of employees at National Fostering Group say it is a great place to work, compared to 54% of employees at a typical UK based company! Please read more about why our employees love working here: https://www.greatplacetowork.co.uk/certified-company/1574411 With over 20 years experience, National Fostering Group is the largest independent children's fostering group in the UK with a community of over 2,500 foster carers. As a Group, we work with Local Authorities to provide the highest quality of care for children and young people. All of our fostering agencies are officially recognised by Ofsted, Welsh and Scottish regulators as either 'Outstanding' or 'Good' which we are extremely proud of.

But what else is in it for you? Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you'll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Up to 40 days annual leave each year (26 base entitlement + 1 One moment in time + 8 bank holidays + ability to buy up to 5 extra days)
• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• "Your Wellbeing Matters" - access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that's right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100's of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

And that's not all, we place the outcomes of the children and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you'll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer