Fostering Support Worker

4 weeks ago

Portsmouth, United Kingdom Fair Ways Full time

**Who are Fair Ways and what do we stand for?**

Fair Ways is a great place to work. We are a team. We care about each other and are all committed to making a change to the lives of the young people and service users in our care. We will not apologise for calling our staff great, the best, or world-class. Our staff are at the core of our organisation and we celebrate them by shouting it from the rooftops

**Where and when do we need you?**

Fair Ways Fostering Team are looking for motivated, caring and passionate individuals to support our amazing young people and their foster families. The role provides a great opportunity for applicants to work as part of an outstanding team, supporting vulnerable individuals with complex needs to achieve positive outcomes. You will develop positive relationships with our young people whilst supporting with fun and engaging activities, creating opportunities and experiences for them to thrive.

Working as a Fostering Support Worker you will be involved in exciting and engaging things like:

- **Having fun and making memories** - Providing daytime and evening respite to Foster Carers by taking the child/young person into the community for 1:1 support sessions.
- **Planning exciting and appropriate activities** - Planning sessions engaging with the young persons interests. These could be a wide range of things - football in the park, exploring nature, cinema visits, climbing sessions, library visits etc
- **Documenting and recording findings** - You will be asked to attend meetings to provide updates around your engagement with the children and young people evidencing positive, well boundaried relationships.
- **Keeping Young People Safe -** Using your clear understanding of safeguarding (provided to all staff as part of our onboarding training), you will know when and how to intervene and work in a way that prioritises the needs of children.
- **Providing real respite for our fantastic foster carers** - Staff will need to collect children from carers homes and in some cases from school. All children that have support have been risked assessed as safe to lone work.
- **Feeling truly secure and supported in your role** - All staff will be supported by an amazing team and provided an information sheet and risk assessment specific to the child/young person before any shift. Staff will always have a clear picture of the child/young person’s needs and how best to support them and keep them safe.

**Desirable. but not Essential**
- Whilst we value the knowledge and understanding that experience and qualifications can bring we also know that some of our best people have come to us from unrelated backgrounds. These people already held our core values at heart, and with the dedication of our amazing in house training and development team, we have supported the rest_
- Previous experience of working with young people and/or adults with health/social care/educational needs
- A Level 3 qualification in childcare/social care

**Let us look after you**

Looking after our employees is important to us, and whilst our culture is central to our identity, we also offer a great set of benefits to ensure we are striving to provide the best support to our employees available in the sector.
- Staff lotteries (_including prizes such as £1000 holiday vouchers, weekends away, luxury hampers and vouchers_)
- Holiday Accrual Scheme (_an extra 3 days at 3 years service_) and additional Holiday Purchase _(up to 5 days)_
- Health Shield _(Health cash plan)_
- Employee Assistance Scheme _(Application based emergency financial assistance for employees)_
- Education Grant - (_funding up to master’s level accreditation_)
- Fair Pay Panel _(The opportunity to showcase your hard work potentially resulting in 2 pay rises per year)_
- Wellbeing Initiatives - _Team Building Days, Summer Festival, Wellbeing boxes_
- Employee Assistance Programme _(24/7 counselling service)_
- Highstreet discount platform, Discounted Gym Membership
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Leadership Courses
- Annual Staff Awards/ Long Service Awards
- Eligibility for a Blue Light Card
- £1000 Refer a Friend Scheme
- £250 Refer a Foster Carer Scheme

**Find your happy place - we can’t wait to meet you**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 20-37.5 per week

**Salary**: £10.65-£13.16 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Gym membership
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Wellness programme

Licence/Certification:

- Driving License (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: FS - 001

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