Team Manager Fostering

Team Manager Fostering Salary: £46,200 per annum. Location: Glasgow with Hybrid working. Contract/Hours: Permanent, 37 hours per week.

Benefits: 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays pro rata, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover Staff discounts and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.

Vulnerable children in the UK need your help Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK. Last year, we helped more than 687,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.

Why Action for Children? Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

About the role In this permanent role as Team Manager Fostering, you will manage the day to day operational delivery of a high risk, complex, professional and safe fostering service based in Scotland, ensuring the highest standards of service provision, regulatory compliance and support through effective professional management of a team of staff, including qualified social workers, in order to achieve agreed positive outcomes for children against operational targets.

How you'll help to create brighter futures Providing effective leadership, management and direction to a team of professional social workers. Applying work auditing processes to improve service compliance and contract development. Ensuring the service is inspection ready through addressing any areas of improvement identified in previous inspections. Leading and creating a culture of continuous learning within the service. Ensuring the application of relevant legislation, regulations and Action for Children policies and procedures to achieve best practice and good outcomes for children and young people. Undertaking complex assessments, case management and allocation of work. Leading by example with the uploading of management information obtained from case work. Deputising for the Fostering Services Manager where appropriate and to be available for out of hours support to staff and service users.

Let's talk about you Responsible Person MUST hold Social Work Degree (or predecessor social work qualification). SVQ 5 Management or equivalent is desirable. Excellent experience and understanding of how to deliver and measure performance against expectations. Good experience of managing multiple major suppliers and contract relationships. Experience of holding line management responsibility. Proven skills in managing, maintaining and applying office electronic and manual administrative systems, including relational databases. Strong planning skills. Excellent leadership skills and the ability to build rapport and develop relationships with a variety of stakeholders.

Closing Date: Wednesday 13th May 2026. Interviews will be held week on the 29th of May, 1st and 2nd June 2026 face to face in Glasgow.

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Diversity, equality and inclusion At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children. Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.

Don't meet every single requirement? If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.

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