Foster Carer

**What is a Foster Carer?**

A foster carer provides a safe, nurturing, and supportive home environment for children and young people who are unable to live with their birth families. Foster carers play a crucial role in helping these children through challenging times, offering them stability, care, and a chance to thrive. As a full-time foster carer, you will be part of a dedicated team working to improve the lives of vulnerable children, guiding them towards a brighter future.

**What Do Foster Carers Do?**

Foster carers are responsible for the day-to-day care of children and young people placed in their homes. Their duties include:

- **Providing a Safe Environment**: Creating a secure and welcoming home where children can feel safe and valued.
- **Emotional Support**: Offering empathy, understanding, and encouragement to help children process their experiences and emotions.
- **Daily Care**: Attending to the child's physical needs, including feeding, clothing, and ensuring they have a healthy routine.
- **Education and Development**: Supporting the child’s educational needs by helping with homework, attending school meetings, and encouraging participation in extracurricular activities.
- **Health and Wellbeing**: Ensuring the child’s health needs are met, including attending medical appointments and promoting a healthy lifestyle.
- **Advocacy**: Representing the child’s interests in meetings with social workers, educators, and other professionals.
- **Family Contact**: Facilitating and supporting contact between the child and their birth family, where appropriate, in line with the child’s care plan.
- **Record Keeping**: Maintaining accurate records of the child’s progress, daily activities, and any significant events or concerns.

**What are the Benefits of Fostering with The Fostering Team?**

Fostering with The Fostering Team offers numerous benefits and support systems to ensure you can provide the best care possible:

- **Comprehensive Training**: Receive high-quality training and development opportunities to equip you with the skills and knowledge needed for fostering.
- **24/7 Support**: Access to a dedicated support team available around the clock, providing guidance, advice, and practical help whenever needed.
- **Generous Financial Allowance**: Competitive fostering allowances to cover the costs of caring for a child and to recognize your commitment and hard work.
- **Professional Development**: Opportunities to attend workshops, seminars, and further training to enhance your fostering career.
- **Peer Support Network**: Be part of a community of foster carers, with regular support groups, events, and peer mentoring programs.
- **Child-Matched Placements**: Careful matching process to ensure that the children placed with you are a good fit for your family, maximizing the potential for a successful placement.
- **Health and Wellbeing Support**: Access to services that support both your mental and physical wellbeing, ensuring you are at your best to care for the children.
- **Recognition and Rewards**: Regular recognition of your efforts and achievements, with opportunities for awards and additional benefits based on your fostering journey.

By fostering with The Fostering Team, you join a supportive, caring, and professional community dedicated to making a difference in the lives of children and young people. Your role as a foster carer will not only change their lives but will also be a rewarding and fulfilling experience for you.

**Please note**: Foster Parents are not employees and therefore only receive their professional allowance when they have a child placed with them. It is therefore important that you are able to financially support yourself during periods of no placements.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Zero hours contract

Pay: Up to £65,373.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- On-site parking
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Night shift

Application question(s):

- Do you have a spare room in your home?
- Do you understand that being a foster carer involves providing a full time home for a young person in your home?
- Why would you make a good foster carer?

Work Location: Remote