Fostering Team Leader (Connected Carers Team)
MB3 (£51,356 - £58,165 pro rota, actual salary £25,678 - £29,082)
18.5 hours, Part Time
Permanent
Hybrid: Stopford House and homeworking
Application Deadline: 19th January 2026, 11:59pm
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 22nd January 2026
Interview Date: 4th February 2026
Interview Type: Face to face
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Join us at Stockport Council MJ Local Authority of the Year 2025
Are you a passionate and experienced team leader who is looking to work in a culture where relationships are at the heart of everything we do? Or are you a highly skilled advanced social worker who has experience of supervising and coaching staff, and who is ambitious about improving outcomes for children in care? If so, we would love to hear from you.
Your Role
The fostering service has within it three teams, the Connected Carers Team, the Mainstream Support and Supervision team and the Mainstream Recruitment and Assessment team. The team leader vacancy is within the Connected Carers Team. Managing a team of Assessing Social Workers who are responsible for Kinship Assessments. You will also take the lead with the task of duty, managing social workers who are responsible for Viability Assessments and Regulation 24 Assessments. You will also act as duty manager for the Mainstream Support and Supervision team when their manager is unavailable. Therefore it is important that you have extensiveness knowledge of a fostering service.
About You
You will need to have experience of working within a busy fostering service ideally at management level. You will need the ability and confidence to work in a fast-paced environment, a proven track record of prioritising workloads, be passionate about providing the best possible care for our local children and be committed to the future growth of the service.
You will be committed to your professional development, take up the vast amount of learning opportunities on offer and be excited about being a part of Stockport Family.
About Us
You will be joining a well-established successful fostering service who welcome creativity and innovation. The fostering service has an established management structure and the three team managers work well together providing peer support. The Service Leads are accessible as are the wider social care teams and there is a well embedded restorative model and Stockport Families approach to service delivery.
In Stockport Family we value diversity and the unique perspectives that each of us bring and are committed to recruiting a workforce that is representative of the diverse needs of our communities.
At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.
If you would like to find out more about the role, please contact Zoe Knipe on 07971064188 or email zoe.knipe@stockport.gov.uk or Vaunda Taylor Vaunda Taylor vaunda.taylor@stockport.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.
The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
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Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.
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