About us

Foster4 Cheshire and Merseyside are a pioneering foster carer recruitment service. Based at Warrington Borough Council’s offices, we are a collaborative service, recruiting and supporting foster carers on behalf of nine Cheshire and Merseyside Local Authorities: Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, Warrington and Wirral.

The role

We are looking for a confident, motivated, and results-driven Remand Fostering Project Manager to join our established regional foster carer recruitment hub, Foster4 Cheshire and Merseyside.

This is a fixed term role until 31 March 2028

What's needed?

In this exciting new role, you will design, scale, and strategically develop a regional specialised remand fostering provision. You will be responsible for stakeholder engagement across multi-agency networks (including the Youth Justice Service, courts, and social care teams), risk management, and the overall design and delivery of the project. Additionally, you will partner with practice leaders to design bespoke training, robust out-of-hours support, and peer networks tailored to the needs of remand foster carers. 

Benefits

As well as a competitive salary, working for us means you get:

• 26 days annual holiday - raising to 31 after 5 years of service (pro-rata)
• Access to our attractive and competitive benefits package
• Access to our Health & Wellbeing Programme

Key Dates & Further Information

The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

DBS clearance is required.

If you are applying for the job internally, please ensure that you apply via the Careers Page on SAP, however if you are applying for an additional job you would need to apply externally.

If you are a permanent WBC employee you will need to apply for this fixed term position as an internal secondment opportunity and will need to discuss this with your current line manager prior to applying.

In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. Sponsorship is not available for this role; therefore, you must have the right to work in the UK to be eligible for appointment.

Warrington Borough Council is a Disability Confident employer