Fostering Team Manager

Fostering Team Manager (Doncaster North Team)

Agency: Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency on behalf of Five Rivers Child Care Ltd

Location: Doncaster, United Kingdom (Based at our Doncaster office with home-working flexibility)

Salary: £44,856.50 to £50,881 p.a. + £5,100 Car Allowance & On-Call Allowance

Hours: Full-Time, 37 hours per week (Monday – Thursday 09:00 – 17:00, Friday 09:00 – 16:30, with required flexibility)

Closing Date: 10/09/2026

About the Role

Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency is thrilled to partner with Five Rivers Child Care Ltd to recruit a dynamic and visionary Fostering Team Manager for our Doncaster North Team. Part of our established Five Rivers North service, this role covers a wide and vibrant geographical area including Leeds, Bradford, York, North Yorkshire, East Riding, Hull, and North Lincolnshire.

This is an exciting and rewarding management opportunity to lead an established fostering team within a leading social enterprise dedicated to turning children's lives around every day. You will bring strong leadership qualities, energy, and a passion for improving outcomes for children, providing professional supervision, guiding foster carers, and driving the future success of the service.

While based out of our Doncaster office, the role offers flexible home-working options (subject to agreement with the Service Manager) alongside necessary regional travel to attend carer connection groups, training, and managers' meetings.

Key Responsibilities

• Team Leadership: Manage and inspire the Doncaster North Fostering Team, setting high standards of practice and operational excellence.

• Carer Support: Oversee foster carer recruitment, support, and development, ensuring a nurturing network across the region.

• Multi-Disciplinary Integration: Collaborate closely with our integrated clinical, education, and residential services, benefiting from individual and group clinical reflective spaces provided by a qualified psychologist/clinician.

• Systems & Governance: Utilize our paperless electronic recording and management system (CHARMs) and maintain compliance with regulatory frameworks.

Key Requirements

• Qualifications & Registration: A formal social work qualification and current registration with Social Work England. (A management or leadership qualification is required, or a willingness to undertake training for it.)

• Experience: Proven experience working within the fostering sector or with children and young people in social care.

• Mobility & Compliance: A valid UK driving licence and the Right to Work in the UK.

• Values: A collaborative team player with the vision, drive, and dedication to achieve the best possible outcomes for children and foster carers.

Why Join Five Rivers?

• Financial Package: Generous salary of £44,856.50 to £50,881 p.a. complemented by a £5,100 Car Allowance, On-Call Allowance, and a company pension scheme.

• Leave & Perks: 25 days’ annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, Blue Light Card eligibility, free on-site parking, and a Simply Health Medical Cash Back Plan.

• Bonuses: Refer-a-Friend bonus and a Refer-a-Foster-Carer bonus scheme.

• Wellbeing & Support: Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programmes, formal induction and training on CHARMs, professional supervision, and regular clinical reflective spaces.

• Enhanced Benefits: Enhanced maternity leave package for qualifying mothers with over 1 year of service.