Fostering Family Support Worker

North Yorkshire Council; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Le North Yorkshire Council recherche un Fostering Family Support Worker passionné pour rejoindre une équipe motivée. Vous aurez l'opportunité de contribuer significativement au soutien des enfants en famille d'accueil et à l'amélioration des services offerts aux familles. Un programme complet de formation et développement est fourni pour garantir une induction réussie et un soutien continu.

Benefits

Opportunités de formation continues

Induction complète et soutien continu

Culture d'équipe positive

Qualifications

• Expérience dans le soutien aux enfants et familles.
• Compétences en accompagnement parental.
• Capacité à travailler avec les travailleurs sociaux.

Responsibilities

• Effectuer un travail direct avec les enfants et les familles.
• Soutenir les relations entre les enfants et leur famille biologique.
• Collaborer avec les travailleurs sociaux pour livrer un soutien.

Skills

Travail d'équipe

Soutien familial

Intervention directe

Résolution de conflits

Education

Diplôme en travail social ou domaine connexe

Job description

North Yorkshire Council have a national reputation for excellence, and we are looking for an Fostering Family Support Worker with a variety of experience and skills to join our Fostering Team. We also welcome those who are looking to relocate.
You will be joining a highly motivated team seeking to deliver high quality foster care in line with the National Fostering Regulations and National Minimum Standards for both family and friend foster carers and unrelated foster carers. You will be part of a highly acclaimed, supportive service that has a comprehensive programme to ensure all staff have a thorough induction, receive ongoing support from managers and have the opportunity to progress in your career. We value staff development and offer a wide range of training opportunities, including trauma informed practice models and approaches that enhance the service delivery to our children andfoster carers.

Working in the fostering team is an exciting, challenging,uniqueand rewarding job. As a Family Support Worker, you will be a team player, completing pieces of work including direct work with children and families, leading initiatives for supporting families, such as parenting support, maintaining relationships between fostered children and their birth family and working alongside the social workers to deliver support to our children and families.

As a service, we are committed to creating a positive and supportive team culture where Children’s Social Care staff feel that they have a forum to share their views about the organisation and environment in which they work. We clearly demonstrate that the voice of the child and family shape the service we provide, and this is evidenced throughout our practice. If you are an enthusiastic, hardworking and committed team player that is interested in making a positive difference to the lives of children in foster care and to foster families, we would love to hear from you.

We welcome interested applicantsto contact Karen Forrester, Fostering Team Manager- West, via email at [e-mail], for more information about the role.

Key Dates:

Closing date: Sunday 22^ndJune 2025

Interview Date: TBC

Key Documents:

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