Job Opportunity with Action for Children: Team Manager Fostering and Adoption

Location: Glasgow with Hybrid working

Salary: £46,200 per annum

Contract/Hours: Permanent, Full-Time

Closing Date: 13 May 2026

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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.

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