Fostering Participation Coordinator

7 days ago

OldburyonSevern, South Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Active Care Solutions Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual to join our team as a Participation Officer – Fostering. As a key member of our staff, you will play a vital role in supporting our children and young people to reach their full potential.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and implement initiatives to promote our 'Stronger Futures' programme, engaging young people in year 7 and above in life skill opportunities.
  • Create training materials to support the delivery of our AQA programme, ensuring high-quality support for our children and young people.
  • Provide direct support to our children and young people, building strong relationships and promoting their well-being.
  • Support the delivery of our Duke of Edinburgh awards programme, helping our young people to develop new skills and achieve their goals.
  • Arrange activities, days out, and workshops for our looked-after and birth children, promoting their social and emotional development.
  • Forge close and productive working relationships with colleagues, foster parents, external professionals, and multi-agency networks, ensuring effective collaboration and communication.
  • Attend meetings with professionals from education, health, and social services sectors to support our children and young people's care plans.
  • Assess, review, and report writing, maintaining clear and accurate records.
  • Stay up-to-date with professional practice standards, legislation, and company policy, including confidentiality, GDPR, safeguarding, equality, diversity, and inclusion.
  • Support ACS staff with placements/education inputting key data information.
About You
  • You will have a passion for supporting children and young people to reach their full potential, with experience of working with vulnerable young people.
  • You will have an understanding of the challenges faced by children and young people in care, and be able to work effectively with them to promote their well-being.
  • You will be able to work and travel across the West Midlands region, with a full driving licence.
  • You will have professional childcare experience, preferably in fostering or a related sector, or be able to demonstrate significant knowledge and interest.
  • You will ideally possess a relevant qualification or evidence of formal training in childcare, childhood studies, education, social work, youth work, community work, and/or psychology.
  • You will be able to demonstrate previous experience of building strong relationships with adults and children with diverse needs and expectations.
  • You will be able to remain calm under pressure, in emotionally traumatic situations, and when dealing with difficult or confrontational behaviour.
  • You will have intermediate IT skills, including Microsoft Office and databases.
About Us

Active Care Solutions is a family of independent fostering agencies, each with our own areas of expertise, but sharing a common vision. We want to give children across the country who have had a difficult start in life the support they need to build a stronger and happier future. For our foster parents, we provide a close network of support that becomes like a second family.

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