Fostering Support Worker

1 week ago

Bradford, United Kingdom Capstone Foster Care Full time

**Salary is £12 per hour which is £23,500 as a full time equivalent.**

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.

Capstone Foster Care Group, is owned by our employees, as an Employee Ownership Trust. Employee Ownership Trusts result in improved employee wellbeing, staff engagement and a sense of achievement. We are able to invest more in Learning and Development and pay all our staff additional salary increments annually.

**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, flexible based working allowing a good work life balance
- Excellent CPD opportunities
- Annual salary increment
- Holidays starting at 25 days plus your birthday off (Pro rata for part time)
- Additional holiday purchase scheme
- FosterTalk membership
- Employee Assistance membership
- Wellbeing programmes

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 an Equal Opportunities employer.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 21 per week

**Salary**: £12.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

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

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- relevant working with children: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

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

Work Location: In person

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