Team Manager - Independent Fostering Agency

Overview

Team Manager - Independent Fostering Agency (100% Remote)

Location:

Home-based (Covering South Region: London, Cornwall, Bristol, Dorset)

Salary: £45,000 - £47,500 per annum
• Status:
Full-time, Permanent

An "Ofsted Outstanding" rated independent fostering agency is seeking an experienced and dedicated Team Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team across the South of England. This is a 100% remote working model, managing a dispersed team while maintaining high standards of clinical practice and regulatory compliance.

• Strategic Leadership:
  Lead a team of five Social Workers to ensure the delivery of high-quality supervision to foster carers.
• Regulatory Excellence:
  Maintain the agency s Outstanding status by ensuring practice adheres to National Minimum Standards and Fostering Service Regulations.
• Remote Management:
  Manage a fully remote service, with occasional travel (estimated 2-3 times every six months) to Bristol or Birmingham for inspections, annual meetings, or awards.
• Caseload Management:
  Primarily a management role, with potential to temporarily hold a small caseload in exceptional circumstances.
• Support & Investigation:
  Take a lead role in investigating allegations or attending support groups as required.

• Provide high-quality supervision, mentoring, and annual appraisals for the Social Work team.
• Oversee support and retention of foster carers across the South region.
• Ensure the safety and well-being of children in placements through rigorous monitoring of outcomes.
• Coordinate responses to placement difficulties or safeguarding concerns.
• Lead on service development initiatives to enhance the agency s regional offering.
• Collaborate with the Central Home Finding and Recruitment teams to ensure effective placement matching.
• Contribute to recruitment and induction of new staff members.
• Participate in an out-of-hours duty rota (approximately one night every three weeks), with flexible arrangements available.

• Qualified Social Worker:
  Must be registered with Social Work England.
• IFA
  
  Experience:
  
  Essential experience within an Independent Fostering Agency at Senior Supervising or Management level.
• Leadership
  
  Skills:
  
  Proven ability to manage staff and drive performance within a regulatory framework.