Registered Manager (North East)

Team Fostering; North Shields; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly supervision

30 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Hybrid working arrangement

Flexible working arrangements

Life assurance cover

Employee assistance programme

Retail discount scheme

Salary sacrifice schemes

GP helpline

Learning & development opportunities

Job summary

Team Fostering North East is seeking an experienced Registered Manager to provide strategic and operational leadership across our North East service. The role involves ensuring high-quality fostering provision, safeguarding, and compliance with National Minimum Standards, with travel across the North East and occasional visits to Yorkshire and the East Midlands.

You will lead a team of managers and staff, oversee foster carer recruitment, development and supported decision-making, and drive

Qualifications

• Significant leadership and management experience within fostering or children’s social care services.
• Understanding of fostering legislation, safeguarding, National Minimum Standards and regulatory frameworks.
• Experience of leading teams, managing performance and driving continuous service improvement.
• Strong decision-making, organisational and quality assurance skills.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building with carers, authorities and Ofsted.
• Commitment to achieving outstanding outcomes for children, young people and foster families.
• Full UK driving licence and ability to travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Act as Ofsted Registered Manager for the North East service, ensuring compliance with regulations and standards.
• Provide leadership, management and support to managers and staff with high standards of practice.
• Ensure safe and robust decision-making across the service including safeguarding and referrals.
• Oversee recruitment, assessment, training, support and retention of foster carers.
• Lead quality assurance and auditing for high-quality assessments, reports and planning.
• Monitor outcomes for children and identify improvements to placement stability.
• Contribute to budget planning, target setting and reporting to Board and SLT.
• Develop relationships with local authorities and partner agencies for service development.
• Support tendering processes, contracts and regional growth initiatives.
• Monitor performance, compliance and financial viability, report to senior leadership.

Skills

Leadership & management

Safeguarding

Regulatory knowledge

Team building

Decision making

Communication

Driving licence

Job description

We offer hybrid working which includes a blend of home and office working with a minimum of one day per week in our office.

Contract: Permanent Full Time: 37.5 hours per week.

Responsible to:Director of Fostering Services & Responsible Individual

Responsible for:Social Work Service

Closing Date: 4pm on Fri 9th October 2026.

About the Role:

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and inspirational fostering leader to join our Outstanding fostering agency and help shape the future of our service across the North East. As Registered Manager, you will provide strategic and operational leadership, ensuring the delivery of high-quality fostering services that achieve positive outcomes for children and young people whilst supporting and developing our foster carers and staff.

As the Ofsted Registered Manager for Team Fostering North East, you will work closely with the Senior Leadership Team to ensure the service operates effectively, efficiently and in full compliance with fostering legislation, National Minimum Standards and regulatory requirements. You will play a key role in driving service excellence, business growth and continuous improvement across the region.

There will be a requirement to travel across the North East region and, occasionally, to Team Fostering’s offices in Yorkshire and the East Midlands. Participation in the agency’s out-of-hours rota is also required.

Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as the Ofsted Registered Manager for the North East service, ensuring compliance with fostering regulations, National Minimum Standards and agency policies.
• Providing leadership, management and support to managers and staff, promoting high standards of practice, accountability and professional development.
• Ensuring safe and robust decision-making across the service, including safeguarding matters, referrals, assessments and allocation of work.
• Overseeing the recruitment, assessment, training, support and retention of foster carers, ensuring excellent service delivery and positive experiences for fostering families.
• Leading quality assurance and auditing activity to ensure high-quality assessments, reports, planning and risk management processes are maintained throughout the service.
• Monitoring outcomes for children and young people, identifying areas for development and implementing improvements that enhance placement stability and care experiences.
• Contributing to budget planning, setting annual targets and regularly reporting on outcomes, compliance and performance.
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with local authorities, partner agencies and other key stakeholders to support service development and business growth.
• Supporting tendering processes, contract opportunities and regional growth initiatives.
• Monitoring performance, compliance and financial viability, reporting regularly to the Board of Directors and Senior Leadership Team.
• Leading on service improvement, innovation and strategic development to ensure outstanding outcomes for children and young people.

The Successful Candidate:

We are looking for a passionate and experienced leader with a proven track record within fostering services and a commitment to improving outcomes for children and young people. We would welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate:

• Significant leadership and management experience within fostering or children’s social care services.
• A thorough understanding of fostering legislation, safeguarding, National Minimum Standards and regulatory frameworks.
• Experience of leading teams, managing performance and driving continuous service improvement.
• Strong decision-making, organisational and quality assurance skills.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively with carers, colleagues, local authorities, partner agencies and Ofsted.
• A commitment to achieving outstanding outcomes for children, young people and foster families.
• A full UK driving licence and the ability to travel as required.

About Team Fostering:

Team Fostering is an ethical not for profit fostering agency with a strong reputation and track record for providing high quality, fostering placements for looked after children. We pride ourselves on our values and our commitment to making positive changes for children and young people. Our Northeast Service was graded as Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2025.

We offer a blend of home and office-based working arrangements, to support a healthy work-life balance for all our staff. This will be a minimum of one day per week based at our Middlesbrough office.

Team Fostering offer an exceptional range of employee benefits including:

• Monthly supervision
• 30 days annual leave plus 8 days bank holidays
• A blend of home and office working
• A wide range of flexible working arrangements to support a good work life balance
• Flexi time & TOIL
• Staff loyalty bonus
• Employee assistance programme
• Generous benefits package including retail discount scheme, salary sacrifice schemes
• Life assurance cover
• GP Helpline
• Learning & development opportunities to support your continuous professional development

Team Fostering are wholly committed to our ongoing investment in professional training and development, health and wellbeing for our staff. We are immensely proud of our recognition as a Real Living Wage Foundation Employer, an Investors in People Employer which we have held since 2006, our accreditation as a Mindful Employer and the achievement of our Better Health Award at Continuing Excellence level.

If you are an experienced fostering leader looking to make a lasting difference within an Outstanding agency, we would love to hear from you.

For an informal chat about the post please call Team Fostering on 0191 2576806 or contact Sandra Kennedy, Director of Fostering & Responsible Individual, via email at [e-mail]

Closing Date: 9th October 2026

Please note Team Fostering do not accept CV’s.