Fostering Support Worker - Level 3

Nottingham City Council; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottingham City Council recherche un professionnel engagé pour soutenir les familles d'accueil et les jeunes. Vous travaillerez en étroite collaboration avec les familles afin de stabiliser les placements, tout en contribuant à une culture de travail innovante et inclusive. Ce poste offre une rémunération compétitive, une grande variété de congés et un environnement de travail hybride.

Benefits

Pension généreux

Congés attrayants

Qualifications

• Expérience directe en travail avec les enfants, jeunes et familles.
• Connaissance des théories thérapeutiques appliquées à la pratique.
• Capacité à établir des relations de travail solides.

Responsibilities

• Agir comme professionnel clé pour les familles d'accueil et les jeunes.
• Soutenir les familles d'accueil et stabiliser les placements.
• Former des plans d'action et rédiger des rapports de qualité.

Skills

Travail avec des enfants

Thérapie

Rédaction de rapports

Relations interpersonnelles

Approche axée sur les solutions

Job description

Contract Type: Fixed Term (18 Months)

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £31,586 (Level one) rising to £34,314 (Level Four) per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Location:Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG

We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here .

About the Role

To promote the Council's vision, values, aims, objectives, and priorities actively and effectively, putting our citizens first through the delivery of best value services. To act as a key worker and Lead Professional for foster carers, children and young people with a range of needs. To work as part of the Fostering Service to provide direct support to NCC Foster Carers, to help to stabilise and maintain placements through direct work across the fostering household. To work within the Fostering Minimum Standards 2011, legislative and statutory planning frameworks, Government guidance and strategic aims. To engage in training as required to increase knowledge and understanding of Therapeutic Parenting and PACE.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Direct experience of working with children, young people and families.
• Knowledge, skills and experience of how to work therapeutically with Children & Young People with experience of developmental trauma.
• Ability to formulate action plans, and the ability to produce high-quality written records and reports.
• Experience of effectively using a range of therapeutic theories and models when working with foster carers, children and young people to prevent escalation and placement breakdown.
• Ability to build good working relationships with foster carers, children and young people and overcome barriers to their engagement.
• Ability to demonstrate a solution-focused approach that will give confidence to foster carers, children and young people.
• Sound knowledge of safeguarding issues and experience of applying legislation, policy, and procedure to practice.

- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

- The role requires you to participate in the on-call Out of Hours Rota.

You can find the job description for this post here

At Nottingham City Council, we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries,please contact (Rebecca Hill, Team Leader), by telephone on 07974 881150 or by email at [e-mail]

Closing Date: 10th July 2025

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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