Fostering Support Worker

3 days ago

Barnsley, United Kingdom Capstone Foster Care Full time

**Salary is up to £24,300 per annum. Full Time.**

**Home Based covering the Barnsley Region with some additional cover in Yorkshire required.**

Capstone Foster Care are expanding their Support Worker team who continue to provide an excellent standard of support to carers and young people looked after by Capstone’s foster carers.

**Responsibilities will include**:

- Visit foster carers in their own home and assist fosters carers to access other advice and social support for children in their area
- Carry out support plans with individual carers
- Attend carers meetings as appropriate
- Organise and support carers to attend social events and support groups
- Encourage and promote training events with carers
- Organise support and consultation groups for looked after and birth children.
- To report safeguarding concerns to line manager
- Accurately record work

**Applicants will have**:

- Experience of working with children and young people both in groups and one to one, preferably within independent, voluntary or statutory provision
- A qualification in child care
- A knowledge of the circumstances and needs of children and young people in care, which may include direct experience of having been in care, would be desirable
- You will have good organisational and time management skills, be confident and have the ability to build strong relationships with young people, key individuals and organisations
- Essentially, you must be an excellent role model for children and young people
- Flexibility will be needed to cover out of hours appointments both in the evening and at weekends
- Full and current driving licence, with access to transport

**In return we offer**:

- Home based, flexible working allowing a work/life balance
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Holidays starting from 27 days plus Bank Holidays plus an extra day for your birthday
- Additional holiday purchase scheme
- Company Health Cash plan
- Foster Talk membership
- Employee Assistance membership
- Pension
- Wellbeing and fitness app membership

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people is enshrined within Capstone Foster Care’s policy and practice. We expect our employees to share this commitment with us.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome and value individuals of all backgrounds and experiences, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

**Job Types**: Permanent, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: Up to £24,300.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Are you aware this is a fixed term contract?

**Experience**:

- relevant working with children: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- driving licence and access to transport (required)
- childcare qualification (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 18/10/2024

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