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Salary Annual Fee: £50,000 + up to £13,453.96 in Weekly Allowances

Could this be your most rewarding role yet?

Could this be your most rewarding role yet?

Job Title: Specialist Foster Carer (Ideal for Nannies & Childminders)
Location: Within 20 miles of Haslingden & Rossendale, Lancashire
Organisation: Foster Wales Flintshire
Salary: £50,000 annual support package + additional allowances (see below)
Contract Type: Full-time (Flexible, home-based)
Sector: Childcare / Early Years / Families & Wellbeing

You’ve already helped children feel safe, cared for, and confident in their early years. Now, you can use your experience to support a child who needs more than short-term care—they need a real home.

Foster Wales Flintshire is looking for warm, committed individuals near Haslingden and Rossendale to provide stable, full-time care to children who are already beginning to thrive in school and the community, but need a consistent and loving home to truly flourish.

If you’ve worked as a nanny, childminder, au pair, or in home-based childcare, you’re already familiar with the routines, patience, and emotional insight needed to foster.

This role involves offering a child or young person a full-time place in your home—helping them move forward from previous disruption or residential care.

These children are often already settled in school and routines, but need the emotional warmth and stability of a home environment. You’ll be supported every step of the way by a dedicated fostering team to help them (and you) thrive.

Have experience in home-based childcare or nannying

Can offer a safe, nurturing, full-time home

Have a spare bedroom

Hold a full UK driving licence

Are warm, resilient, and open to training

Ideally do not have children under 16 living at home (though each situation is reviewed individually)

£50,000 annual support package

Weekly fostering allowance up to £258.79 (approx. £13,453 per year)

Additional annual allowances up to £1,035 for birthdays, holidays and Christmas

Practical & Emotional Support:

A dedicated social worker from Foster Wales Flintshire

Access to a “buddy” foster carer for daily support

Therapeutic and trauma-informed training

Peer groups and well-being resources

Blue Light Card for discounts nationwide

Membership to The Fostering Network

Mockingbird support model (where available)

CareFriends rewards and recognition app

We’re a not-for-profit fostering service, part of your local authority. That means our priority is always children—not profits. Everything we do supports real, long-term change for children and the families who care for them.

As a Nanny or Childminder, you already create calm, structured, and loving environments every day. Now you can offer that to a child who truly needs a home they can count on.

You’ve built trust with children and families. Now be the reason a child feels safe enough to grow.
If you live near Haslingden or Rossendale and want to explore this life-changing opportunity, we’d love to hear from you.

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