Registered Manager

Job Title: Registered Manager – Family Assessment Centre

Location: Arun Hope, Littlehampton – Hybrid x 4 days in office / 1 x day WFH

Contract Type: Permanent – Full Time

Salary: £55,000 – £65,000 dependent on experience. Plus a relocation package where applicable.

We havre an opportunity for a Registered Manager of our Arun Hope Family Assessment Service in Littlehampton—a beautiful village on the South coast with x 2 blue flag beaches. You'll need to be a Qualified Social Worker with residenital family centre (RFC).

As the Registered Manager of our Family Assessment Centre, you will lead a team that will include social workers, clinicians and residential care workers. As a team, you will ensure effective intervention, assessment and care is delivered for each individual service user/family and they are given the highest standard of support to lead to a final successful move-on for all.

About the Group

It’s 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! Learn more here: Great Place to Work

With over 20 years of experience, National Fostering Group is the largest independent children’s fostering group in the UK, with a community of over 2,500 foster carers. In Northern Ireland, we work with Local Health and Social Care Trusts to provide the highest quality of care for children and young people. All our fostering agencies across the UK are officially recognised by Ofsted, Welsh, and Scottish regulators as either ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good,’ which we are extremely proud of.

Who we are looking for?

We are looking for someone with a proven track record of managing Ofsted registered services and gaining good/outstanding inspection outcomes. You will have a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management or working towards it and experience in motivating and managing a multi-disciplinary team in a similar service.

Essential Criteria

• Extensive experience of working with adults/children/families
• Social Work Qualified
• Proven track record of managing Ofsted registered services
• Experience of improving or maintaining high levels of delivery and outcomes for services users
• 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 setting
• Good knowledge of Safeguarding procedures and relevant Regulatory Body regulations
• Experience supervising and managing professional staff
• Evidence of Continuous professional/ management development
• Proven experience of managing budgets effectively ensuring cost efficiency

But what else is in it for you? Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• 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)
• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the children and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks.