Registered Manager - Fostering When registering to this job board you will be redirected to the online application form. Please ensure that this is completed in full in order that your application can be reviewed. Job Title: Registered Manager - Fostering Location: Sunflower Fostering, Shropshire Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time Salary: £52,000 - £56,000 per annum (this includes a £4,000 car allowance) Sunflower Fostering is a smaller, family-orientated fostering agency based at Weston-Under-Lizard in Shropshire. Our most recent Ofsted we were rated Good! About the Group Its official, we have been rated as a Great Place to Work 2025! 83% of employees at National Fostering Group say it is a great place to work, compared to 54% of employees at a typical UK based company! Please read more about why our employees love working With over 20 years experience, National Fostering Group is the largest independent children's fostering group in the UK with a community of over 2,500 foster carers. As a Group, we work with Local Authorities to provide the highest quality of care for children and young people. All of our fostering agencies are officially recognised by Ofsted, Welsh and Scottish regulators as either ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’ which we are extremely proud of. About the Role As Registered Manager you will be accountable for providing vision and leadership to team at Sunflower Fostering. The successful candidate will promote the agency and follow relevant guidelines ensuring the team meet the “Statement of Purpose” and remain compliant with legislation and regulations. The Registered Manager will lead a team including Advanced Practitioners, Supervising Social Workers and Support Workers to ensure they have the support they need for effective team working and development. You will seek opportunities for improvement, business growth and maintain key links within Local Authorities. Who we are looking for? We are looking for someone who has experience working successfully as a manager and leader to develop high performing teams within Children’s Services. Experience of working within fostering is desirable but not essential. The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of relevant policies and regulations for Children’s Services and experience providing high quality outcomes for children and young people. You will need to be a qualified social worker and hold either: * A level 4 Leadership and Management for Care Services and Health and Social Care (achieved before January 2011), OR; * A level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (achieved after January 2011) Due to the nature of the role you will need to have a full UK driving licence and use of a car for work. Main Responsibilities * Monitoring and maintaining full compliance with regulations and standards to ensure excellent outcomes for children and young people and excellent grades from the regulatory bodies. * Ensures that within the region there is provision of 24 hour professional support for foster carers and that an effective out of hours placement service is available for customers. * Ensures any matters concerning child protection are dealt with in accord with government guidelines and company policy. * Ensures assessments of prospective foster carers is in accordance with National Fostering Group policies and procedures and government guidelines. * Responsible for ensuring the agency drives to achieve good outcomes for children and takes full responsibility for the service delivery to children, young people, the carers and families, in line with legislation, guidance and local policy and procedures. * Responsible for the recruitment, induction of new staff and retention of current staff. * Develops new business and fostering resources within the area where the agency operates. * Ensures effective client management and maintains external market awareness. Essential Criteria * A track record in managing cultural and organisational change management. * Be a qualified social worker. * A level 4 Leadership and Management for Care Services and Health and Social Care (achieved before January 2011), OR; * A level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (achieved after January 2011). * A proven track record of experience within a similar field. * Experience supervising and managing professional staff. * Evidence of Continuous professional/ management development. * Proven experience of managing budgets. Why work for us * Up to 39 days annual leave each year (25 base entitlement 1 One moment in time 8 bank holidays ability to buy up to 5 extra days) * You will also get 1 extra days holiday per year of service up until 5 years * Minimum 9% pension contributions * Life Assurance * ‘The Hub’ – a discount marketplace * Tech Scheme – tax and interest free retail vouchers