Registered Fostering Manager

Registered Fostering Manager West Yorkshire

An independent fostering agency based in West Yorkshire is seeking a dedicated and ambitious professional to join their growing team as a Registered Manager. This hybrid role offers a fantastic opportunity for an established manager or an experienced Senior Practitioner/Team Manager ready to step up into leadership. The current Registered Manager, after 14 years in management, is moving into the Responsible Individual (RI) role, ensuring excellent internal support and a seamless transition for the successful candidate.

Summary of Job

• Position: Registered Manager (Fostering)
• Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 base salary
• Location & Working Pattern: Hybrid model based in West Yorkshire, with a standard split of 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Owning, coordinating, and leading the day-to-day social work functions and operational activities of the fostering agency.
• Ensuring the safe and efficient delivery of services in strict compliance with the Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011/13, National Minimum Standards, and Ofsted frameworks.
• Acting as the primary point of contact and operational lead during Ofsted inspections, supported directly by the Quality Assurance Manager / Responsible Individual.
• Providing direct professional line management, regular supervision, annual appraisals, and performance management to the social work staff.
• Overseeing the end-to-end assessment pipeline for prospective foster carers, including the quality assurance of Stage 1 and Stage 2 Form F assessments and annual reviews.
• Managing and monitoring independent social workers engaged by the service to ensure assessments are robust, timely, and compliant.
• Acting as the lead operational Safeguarding Officer and Complaints Officer for the organisation, responding to child protection concerns, allegations, and Schedule 6/7 matters.
• Developing, maintaining, and publishing the Annual Training Calendar for foster carers and coordinating the delivery of "Skills to Foster" and induction programmes.
• Promoting placement stability by supporting placement officers with matching decisions and collaborating with Local Authorities to prevent placement breakdowns.
• Conducting annual consultations with foster carers and ensuring staff capture the feedback of looked-after children to continuously drive service improvements.

Requirements

• An NVQ Level 5 qualification, or willingness to complete the training funded by the agency.
• Minimum of 4 years post-qualified frontline experience alongside 2 years of experience at a Team Leader or Manager level (for candidates stepping up).
• Ideally, direct experience supervising foster carers within an Independent Fostering Agency (IFA) or Local Authority setting, and experience completing independent Form F assessments.

Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.