Fostering Practice Manager

Location:

Barnardo's Cymru Adoption & Fostering Service Contract type:
Permanent

Hours:

37 Salary: £36,427.00 - £48,749.00 Closing Date: 31 January 2026 Interview Date: TBC Join Our Team as a Fostering Practice Manager Wales Fostering Service We're offering an exciting opportunity to become a Fostering Practice Manager within our dedicated Wales Fostering Team . Reporting directly to the Operations Manager , you will lead a team of skilled and passionate Supervising Social Workers , ensuring they deliver exceptional supervision, support, and training to foster parents and their families.

Your leadership will help foster parents provide trauma-informed care that transforms the lives of children and young people. In this pivotal role, you will:
Lead and inspire your team to meet evolving service demands through high-quality supervision and adherence to fostering regulations in Wales. Support recruitment and retention of foster carers, contributing to strategic development and service improvement. Collaborate with external partners , including local authorities, health and education professionals, and child welfare organisations, to ensure holistic care for children and families. We're looking for a driven individual with substantial supervisory experience in social care, ready to take the next step in their career.

Whether you're an experienced Team Manager , Deputy Manager , or a seasoned leader seeking a fresh challenge, this role offers a platform to share your expertise and make a lasting impact. You'll be part of a supportive and knowledgeable team, with access to coaching, mentoring, and leadership development from the Operations Manager , Assistant Head of Business , and wider service colleagues.

What We're Looking For:

A relevant professional qualification and current registration. Minimum 3 years post-qualification experience , with strong knowledge of fostering regulations in Wales. Experience in recruitment strategy development or collaboration with Recruitment/Marketing Officers. Confidence using social media platforms to promote fostering and enhance visibility across Wales. Proven ability to lead organisational change, manage performance, and drive service excellence. Strong communication skills, especially in complex or challenging situations.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible. Pay & Reward Framework We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo'svalues. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits Workplace

Offer:

What it means for you Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these.

Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role. Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements. Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service.

Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Holiday Plus scheme A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options Service related sick pay from day 1 Access to a Group…