Registered Fostering Manager
| Posting date: | 23 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £50,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 March 2026 |
| Location: | Chatham, Kent |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 4 days per week |
| Company: | Anchor Foster Care Services |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Registered Fostering Manager
Independent Fostering Agency – Not for Profit
Ofsted: Outstanding (January 2026)
Salary: From £50,000
Are you an exceptional leader ready to make a transformative impact on children’s lives?
Do you thrive in fast‑paced environments where your decisions shape outcomes, strengthen teams, and elevate practice standards?
This is your opportunity to step into a senior leadership role within a forward‑thinking, values-driven fostering service known for its strong therapeutic ethos, high standards, and unwavering commitment to outstanding outcomes for children.
Why This Role Matters
We are strengthening our leadership team and looking for a dynamic Registered Fostering Manager who can drive excellence across the service. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring children experience safety, stability, and consistent, high‑quality care through trauma‑informed, relationship‑based practice.
What You will Lead & Deliver
• Provide decisive, strategic leadership that sets clear expectations and inspires high performance across the operational team.
• Maintain full regulatory compliance, ensuring the service is inspection‑ready at all times.
• Champion therapeutic and trauma‑informed practice, embedding consistent standards across all staff and foster families.
• Drive quality, growth, and innovation, ensuring strong retention of foster families and ongoing development of staff capability.
• Strengthen safeguarding oversight, ensuring timely decision‑making, effective risk management, and robust accountability.
• Promote a culture of learning, reflection, and continuous improvement.
• Represent the service at regional and partnership forums.
About You
• Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England.
• Have or be in the process NVQ Level 5 in Leadership and Management or equivalent qualification
• Experienced leader within fostering or children’s social care.
• Skilled in safeguarding, regulatory compliance, and quality assurance.
• Confident in leading teams and building a high‑performance culture.
• Strong communicator and relationship‑builder.
• Ready to step up if currently a Deputy.
About Us
We are an Independent Fostering Agency, family run and family oriented, with a clear and unwavering mission: to transform the lives of children and young people through safety, stability and hope, and nurturing foster families. Our child centred practice, strong therapeutic ethos, and commitment to ethical social care have contributed to our Outstanding Ofsted rating (January 2026).
What We Offer
• A leadership role with genuine scope to shape the direction of the fostering service.
• A values‑led organisation where decisions prioritise children.
• Supportive senior leadership and strong commitment to professional development.
• Opportunities to influence service growth and quality improvement.
How to Apply
Please send your CV and a covering statement explaining why you are the ideal fit for this role to Vicky Atkinson – HR Administrator – vatkinson@anchorfostercare.co.uk
For an informal conversation before applying, contact Farayi Chinyemba – Managing Director Mobile Number 07725 667544.
Independent Fostering Agency – Not for Profit
Ofsted: Outstanding (January 2026)
Salary: From £50,000
Are you an exceptional leader ready to make a transformative impact on children’s lives?
Do you thrive in fast‑paced environments where your decisions shape outcomes, strengthen teams, and elevate practice standards?
This is your opportunity to step into a senior leadership role within a forward‑thinking, values-driven fostering service known for its strong therapeutic ethos, high standards, and unwavering commitment to outstanding outcomes for children.
Why This Role Matters
We are strengthening our leadership team and looking for a dynamic Registered Fostering Manager who can drive excellence across the service. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring children experience safety, stability, and consistent, high‑quality care through trauma‑informed, relationship‑based practice.
What You will Lead & Deliver
• Provide decisive, strategic leadership that sets clear expectations and inspires high performance across the operational team.
• Maintain full regulatory compliance, ensuring the service is inspection‑ready at all times.
• Champion therapeutic and trauma‑informed practice, embedding consistent standards across all staff and foster families.
• Drive quality, growth, and innovation, ensuring strong retention of foster families and ongoing development of staff capability.
• Strengthen safeguarding oversight, ensuring timely decision‑making, effective risk management, and robust accountability.
• Promote a culture of learning, reflection, and continuous improvement.
• Represent the service at regional and partnership forums.
About You
• Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England.
• Have or be in the process NVQ Level 5 in Leadership and Management or equivalent qualification
• Experienced leader within fostering or children’s social care.
• Skilled in safeguarding, regulatory compliance, and quality assurance.
• Confident in leading teams and building a high‑performance culture.
• Strong communicator and relationship‑builder.
• Ready to step up if currently a Deputy.
About Us
We are an Independent Fostering Agency, family run and family oriented, with a clear and unwavering mission: to transform the lives of children and young people through safety, stability and hope, and nurturing foster families. Our child centred practice, strong therapeutic ethos, and commitment to ethical social care have contributed to our Outstanding Ofsted rating (January 2026).
What We Offer
• A leadership role with genuine scope to shape the direction of the fostering service.
• A values‑led organisation where decisions prioritise children.
• Supportive senior leadership and strong commitment to professional development.
• Opportunities to influence service growth and quality improvement.
How to Apply
Please send your CV and a covering statement explaining why you are the ideal fit for this role to Vicky Atkinson – HR Administrator – vatkinson@anchorfostercare.co.uk
For an informal conversation before applying, contact Farayi Chinyemba – Managing Director Mobile Number 07725 667544.