Location: Multi-Site Salary: £10.65 - £13.16 per hour (range inc week day/evening and weekend rates) Contract Type: Part time Specific Hours: 20 Closing Date: 04 November 2023 Who are Fair Ways and what do we stand for?
Fair Ways is a great place to work. We are a team. We care about each other and are all committed to making a change to the lives of the young people and service users in our care. We will not apologise for calling our staff great, the best, or world-class. Our staff are at the core of our organisation and we celebrate them by shouting it from the rooftops! Where and when do we need you? Fair Ways Fostering Team are looking for motivated, caring and passionate individuals to support our amazing young people and their foster families. The role provides a great opportunity for applicants to work as part of an outstanding team, supporting vulnerable individuals with complex needs to achieve positive outcomes. You will develop positive relationships with our young people whilst supporting with fun and engaging activities, creating opportunities and experiences for them to thrive. We currently have a part-time opportunity available working 20 horus and shifts will be a mixture of week day, evenings and weekends. Candidates will need to be available for a mixed shift pattern (advance notice will be given) Working as a Fostering Support Worker you will be involved in exciting and engaging things like:
All candidates must have a full driving license and have access to the use of a car. Successful candidates will be required to provide an enhanced Disclosure (DBS). This disclosure cost will be met by Fair Ways. Due to the nature of the role all activity money and mileage will be covered Desirable…. but not Essential Whilst we value the knowledge and understanding that experience and qualifications can bring we also know that some of our best people have come to us from unrelated backgrounds. These people already held our core values at heart, and with the dedication of our amazing in house training and development team, we have supported the rest!
Let us look after you! Looking after our employees is important to us, and whilst our culture is central to our identity, we also offer a great set of benefits to ensure we are striving to provide the best support to our employees available in the sector.
Find your happy place – we can’t wait to meet you! Apply today and be a PART of something amazing - We encourage a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all communities. Full details and application documents here Location: Multi-Site Salary: £10.65 - £13.16 per hour (range inc week day/evening and weekend rates) Contract Type: Part time Specific Hours: 20 Closing Date: 21 October 2023 Who are Fair Ways and what do we stand for?
Fair Ways is a great place to work. We are a team. We care about each other and are all committed to making a change to the lives of the young people and service users in our care. We will not apologise for calling our staff great, the best, or world-class. Our staff are at the core of our organisation and we celebrate them by shouting it from the rooftops! Where and when do we need you? Fair Ways Fostering Team are looking for motivated, caring and passionate individuals to support our amazing young people and their foster families. The role provides a great opportunity for applicants to work as part of an outstanding team, supporting vulnerable individuals with complex needs to achieve positive outcomes. You will develop positive relationships with our young people whilst supporting with fun and engaging activities, creating opportunities and experiences for them to thrive. We currently have a part-time opportunity available working 20 horus and shifts will be a mixture of week day, evenings and weekends. Candidates will need to be available for a mixed shift pattern (advance notice will be given) Working as a Fostering Support Worker you will be involved in exciting and engaging things like:
All candidates must have a full driving license and have access to the use of a car. Successful candidates will be required to provide an enhanced Disclosure (DBS). This disclosure cost will be met by Fair Ways. Due to the nature of the role all activity money and mileage will be covered Desirable…. but not Essential Whilst we value the knowledge and understanding that experience and qualifications can bring we also know that some of our best people have come to us from unrelated backgrounds. These people already held our core values at heart, and with the dedication of our amazing in house training and development team, we have supported the rest!
Let us look after you! Looking after our employees is important to us, and whilst our culture is central to our identity, we also offer a great set of benefits to ensure we are striving to provide the best support to our employees available in the sector.
Find your happy place – we can’t wait to meet you! Apply today and be a PART of something amazing - We encourage a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all communities. Full details and application documents here Location: Multi-Site Salary: £10.65 - £13.16 per hour (range inc week day/evening and weekend rates) Contract Type: Part time Specific Hours: 20 Closing Date: 30 September 2023 Who are Fair Ways and what do we stand for?
Fair Ways is a great place to work. We are a team. We care about each other and are all committed to making a change to the lives of the young people and service users in our care. We will not apologise for calling our staff great, the best, or world-class. Our staff are at the core of our organisation and we celebrate them by shouting it from the rooftops! Where and when do we need you? Fair Ways Fostering Team are looking for motivated, caring and passionate individuals to support our amazing young people and their foster families. The role provides a great opportunity for applicants to work as part of an outstanding team, supporting vulnerable individuals with complex needs to achieve positive outcomes. You will develop positive relationships with our young people whilst supporting with fun and engaging activities, creating opportunities and experiences for them to thrive. We currently have a part-time opportunity available working 20 horus and shifts will be a mixture of week day, evenings and weekends. Candidates will need to be available for a mixed shift pattern (advance notice will be given)
All candidates must have a full driving license and have access to the use of a car. Successful candidates will be required to provide an enhanced Disclosure (DBS). This disclosure cost will be met by Fair Ways. Due to the nature of the role all activity money and mileage will be covered Desirable…. but not Essential Whilst we value the knowledge and understanding that experience and qualifications can bring we also know that some of our best people have come to us from unrelated backgrounds. These people already held our core values at heart, and with the dedication of our amazing in house training and development team, we have supported the rest!
Let us look after you! Looking after our employees is important to us, and whilst our culture is central to our identity, we also offer a great set of benefits to ensure we are striving to provide the best support to our employees available in the sector.
Find your happy place – we can’t wait to meet you! Apply today and be a PART of something amazing - We encourage a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all communities. Full details and application documents here Location: Multi-Site Salary: £10.65 - £13.16 per hour (range inc week day/evening and weekend rates) Contract Type: Part time Specific Hours: 20 Closing Date: 22 July 2023 Who are Fair Ways and what do we stand for?
Fair Ways is a great place to work. We are a team. We care about each other and are all committed to making a change to the lives of the young people and service users in our care. We will not apologise for calling our staff great, the best, or world-class. Our staff are at the core of our organisation and we celebrate them by shouting it from the rooftops! Where and when do we need you? Fair Ways Fostering Team are looking for motivated, caring and passionate individuals to support our amazing young people and their foster families. The role provides a great opportunity for applicants to work as part of an outstanding team, supporting vulnerable individuals with complex needs to achieve positive outcomes. You will develop positive relationships with our young people whilst supporting with fun and engaging activities, creating opportunities and experiences for them to thrive. We currently have a part-time opportunity available working 20 horus and shifts will be a mixture of week day, evenings and weekends. Candidates will need to be available for a mixed shift pattern (advance notice will be given) Working as a Fostering Support Worker you will be involved in exciting and engaging things like:
All candidates must have a full driving license and have access to the use of a car. Successful candidates will be required to provide an enhanced Disclosure (DBS). This disclosure cost will be met by Fair Ways. Due to the nature of the role all activity money and mileage will be covered Desirable…. but not Essential Whilst we value the knowledge and understanding that experience and qualifications can bring we also know that some of our best people have come to us from unrelated backgrounds. These people already held our core values at heart, and with the dedication of our amazing in house training and development team, we have supported the rest!
Let us look after you! Looking after our employees is important to us, and whilst our culture is central to our identity, we also offer a great set of benefits to ensure we are striving to provide the best support to our employees available in the sector.
Find your happy place – we can’t wait to meet you! Apply today and be a PART of something amazing - We encourage a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all communities. Full details and application documents here Location: Central Support (Portsmouth) Salary: £39,780 - £44,345 Contract Type: Full time, Part time Specific Hours: 37.5 (Could discuss a minimum of 30) Closing Date: 23 June 2023 Who are Fair Ways and what do we stand for?
Fair Ways is a great place to work. We are a team. We care about each other and are all committed to making a change to the lives of the young people and service users in our care. We will not apologise for calling our staff great, the best, or world-class. Our staff are at the core of our organisation and we celebrate them by shouting it from the rooftops! Where and when do we need you? Fair Ways Fostering Team are looking for a Deputy Fostering Manager to work alongside the Registered Manager and senior leadership team to ensure leadership and high quality service is delivered to foster families and the looked after young people. Working in the role of Deputy Manager you will be involved in a range of exciting and engaging things like:
This role is offered at 37.5 hours per week however we may be able to offer flexibility from 30 hours per week for the right candidate. All candidates must have a full driving license and have access to the use of a car as the role will require some travel throughout the Solent area. Successful candidates will be required to provide an enhanced Disclosure (DBS). This disclosure cost will be met by Fair Ways. You and your specialisms Management roles within our frontline services help achieve our mission of making a difference through passionate care, support, and education. To support this, you will be required to have, or be working towards a minimum of the following qualification levels:
Let us look after you! Looking after our employees is important to us, and whilst our culture is central to our identity, we also offer a great set of benefits to ensure we are striving to provide the best support to our employees available in the sector.
Find your happy place – we can’t wait to meet you! Apply today and be a PART of something amazing - We encourage a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all communities. Full details and application documents here Location: Central Support (Portsmouth) Salary: £39,780 - £44,345 Contract Type: Full time, Part time Specific Hours: 37.5 (Could discuss a minimum of 30) Closing Date: 23 June 2023 Who are Fair Ways and what do we stand for?
Fair Ways is a great place to work. We are a team. We care about each other and are all committed to making a change to the lives of the young people and service users in our care. We will not apologise for calling our staff great, the best, or world-class. Our staff are at the core of our organisation and we celebrate them by shouting it from the rooftops! Where and when do we need you? Fair Ways Fostering Team are looking for a Deputy Fostering Manager to work alongside the Registered Manager and senior leadership team to ensure leadership and high quality service is delivered to foster families and the looked after young people. Working in the role of Deputy Manager you will be involved in a range of exciting and engaging things like:
This role is offered at 37.5 hours per week however we may be able to offer flexibility from 30 hours per week for the right candidate. All candidates must have a full driving license and have access to the use of a car as the role will require some travel throughout the Solent area. Successful candidates will be required to provide an enhanced Disclosure (DBS). This disclosure cost will be met by Fair Ways. You and your specialisms Management roles within our frontline services help achieve our mission of making a difference through passionate care, support, and education. To support this, you will be required to have, or be working towards a minimum of the following qualification levels:
Let us look after you! Looking after our employees is important to us, and whilst our culture is central to our identity, we also offer a great set of benefits to ensure we are striving to provide the best support to our employees available in the sector.
Find your happy place – we can’t wait to meet you! Apply today and be a PART of something amazing - We encourage a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all communities. Full details and application documents here As Foster Care Fortnight draws to a close we wanted to take the opportunity to look back over all our activities from the past 2 weeks, and to say another thank you to our foster carers, for all their hard work and dedication in making a difference to the lives of the amazing children we look after. You can watch this video to watch a short recap.
You can read more about each of the activities below: We kicked off the week with a pizza and games night for our Fair Ways fostering family. We love being able to bring our community together to have fun and celebrate their achievements, in fact the team often say its one of their favourite part of their job. During this evening we had lots of snacks and pizza and played bingo and a memory game, as well as a family favourite beetle. We also asked people to fill in a little note to say why they liked being part of the Fair Ways community. It was great to see so many of our young people, foster carers, birth children and staff all having fun together. It’s hard to pick a highlight of the week, but if we had to, we think it might be this. We were so excited (and slightly nervous) to be asked to do an hours chat show on BBC Radio Solent to help celebrate Foster Care Fortnight. Natalie Merriman, Our head of fostering as well as Siobhan one of our amazing foster carers spoke to the lovely Lou Hannan about fostering. We want to take this opportunity to once again thank Siobhan for agreeing to share her story so publicly. Of course the show must go on even throughout the wonderful celebrations. On Wednesdays the team all get together for their weekly team meeting. This is a space for expertise to be shared which really helps all the young people and carers get the very best support we can offer. Can we pick another favourite moment? The Spinnaker Tower abseil was another amazing event which raised lots of awareness around the need for foster carers in Portsmouth and helped raised extra funds for our summer fun activities. Another one of our brilliant Foster carer’s, Andy and and his birth son took on the challenge. They were extremely brave and made it look pretty easy. Members of out team along with their family cheered them on from the ground. Every year the fostering network hold a foster walk so this year some of our team decided to take advantage of the beautiful surroundings at our office and walk around the the Lake at Lakeside north harbour. Members of the team also attended the Fostering Networks Recruitment and Retention of Foster carers seminar in London. This was a great event that gave them a deeper understanding of the newly released findings from the fostering networks recent report. Throughout the fortnight we held 3 awareness/recruitment stands in our local area to help spread the word about fostering and a career with Fair Ways. We met lots of lovely people and spoke about the amazing reasons to foster with Fair Ways. Members of the team also attended the Fostering Networks Webinars on the Recruitment and Retention of Foster carers. This gave them another chance to have a look at the data and findings from the latest research and hear how LA’s are implementing these findings. We also took the fortnight as a chance to post even more content on our social media. We find this a great platform to keep connected with our fostering community and also share information with people thinking about fostering. It was a busy couple of week, but we all had such a lovely time celebrating fostering and all the joy it brings to so many. We would like to end this blog with a big thank you to all our amazing foster carers and members of the fostering community for all the hard work they do, you really are making a difference to the lives of young people everyday and giving them a brighter future. Source: https://www.fairways.co/ What is foster care fortnight? Foster care fortnight is ‘The fostering networks annual campaign to raise the profile of fostering and show how foster care transforms lives’. The fortnight highlights the commitment, passion and dedication of foster carers along with everyone else involved in supporting young people in foster care. The fortnight also helps to raise awareness of fostering and the need for more foster carers in the UK. With a national shortage of foster carers across the UK, this is now more crucial more than ever. Fair Ways needs foster carers from various backgrounds that can offer children and young people a stable loving home. As an experienced charity fostering agency Fair Ways are looking forward to once again celebrating foster care fortnight with our young people, foster carers and fostering team. Each year the fostering network pick a theme for the celebration. This year the theme is #FosteringCommunities. Why is “communities” such an important theme in fostering? Fostering is a community effort, as many people quote “it takes a village to raise a child” and this is just as true in fostering. Fostering is a complex, but rewarding role that requires the support from an array of professionals working together to produce the best outcomes for the young people. Members of this community include foster carers, their families, LA social workers, supervising social workers, fostering managers, school’s and support workers along with any other significant person or agency involved in the young person’s life. At Fair Ways fostering we are lucky to also offer many pathways through care for our young people via the other Fair Ways services. More importantly a stable continuum of care sometimes starting within Fair Ways residential homes. The residential homes work closely with our fostering team to identify young people who are ready for foster care and work on finding them the very best match from our portfolio of foster care families, gradually transitioning the young person into the family. This has worked so well that 3 years ago Fair Ways set up a residential home specially to enable the transition pf younger children from residential care into fostering, this is now an Outstanding rated service. We also provide supported living homes, and our pathway intervention services in Wales. Our young people can also access our specialist schools and get expert therapy without the waiting times of the NHS through our therapeutic Hub. This community of people wanting to help our young people flourish into their best-selves results in stable, loving placements that provide a brighter future for our young people. Fair Ways are looking forward to celebrating Foster care fortnight and have a range of fun activities planned. We hope that with Local authorities and IFA’s across the UK coming together to show the positive side of fostering and all the good it can do, there will be a real boost to the UK fostering community which will encourage more people to come forward and foster Source: https://www.fairways.co/ Location: Multi-Site Salary: £10.65 - £13.16 per hour (range inc week day/evening and weekend rates) Contract Type: Part time Specific Hours: 20 Closing Date: 10 June 2023 Who are Fair Ways and what do we stand for?
Fair Ways is a great place to work. We are a team. We care about each other and are all committed to making a change to the lives of the young people and service users in our care. We will not apologise for calling our staff great, the best, or world-class. Our staff are at the core of our organisation and we celebrate them by shouting it from the rooftops! Where and when do we need you? Fair Ways Fostering Team are looking for motivated, caring and passionate individuals to support our amazing young people and their foster families. The role provides a great opportunity for applicants to work as part of an outstanding team, supporting vulnerable individuals with complex needs to achieve positive outcomes. You will develop positive relationships with our young people whilst supporting with fun and engaging activities, creating opportunities and experiences for them to thrive. We currently have a part-time opportunity available working 20 horus and shifts will be a mixture of week day, evenings and weekends. Candidates will need to be available for a mixed shift pattern (advance notice will be given) Working as a Fostering Support Worker you will be involved in exciting and engaging things like:
All candidates must have a full driving license and have access to the use of a car. Successful candidates will be required to provide an enhanced Disclosure (DBS). This disclosure cost will be met by Fair Ways. Due to the nature of the role all activity money and mileage will be covered Desirable…. but not Essential Whilst we value the knowledge and understanding that experience and qualifications can bring we also know that some of our best people have come to us from unrelated backgrounds. These people already held our core values at heart, and with the dedication of our amazing in house training and development team, we have supported the rest!
Let us look after you! Looking after our employees is important to us, and whilst our culture is central to our identity, we also offer a great set of benefits to ensure we are striving to provide the best support to our employees available in the sector.
Find your happy place – we can’t wait to meet you! Apply today and be a PART of something amazing - We encourage a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all communities. Full details and application documents here Location: Central Support (Portsmouth) Salary: £34,149 - £42,741 (inclusive of an on-call Rota) Contract Type: Full time Specific Hours: 37.5 Closing Date: 20 May 2023 Who are Fair Ways and what do we stand for?
At Fair Ways we believe in making a difference through passionate care, support and education. Together we aim to build an institution that makes a difference to society and leaves a legacy greater than ourselves and our contributions. Our values sit at the heart of everything we do; we measure our wealth by the difference we make, rather than the profit we make. Where and when do we need you? We are looking for a Supervising Social Worker to join our existing dedicated, passionate and professional team. Fair Ways Fostering is a division of Fair Ways, based in Lakeside North Harbour in Portsmouth. We are committed to employing experienced childcare practitioners who have a child-centered approach, are enthusiastic, self-motivated and are willing to undertake training to enhance and develop existing skills and knowledge. Fair Ways fostering team is a relatively small team with Social Workers overseeing smaller caseloads. This allows for relationship-based work, with Social Workers being available and able to respond quickly when needed. As a result, we are confident that our service maintains a family centered approach to ensure that our foster families and young people remain at the heart of our work. As a Supervising Social worker on our fantastic fostering team, you will be involved in:
The successful applicant will be working 37.5 hours per week working 9-5. This is generally 9-5pm however will involve some evenings and covering the monthly on call service for 1 week once a month. This is a hybrid working post, with an expectation to work from the office once a week on the team day. All candidates must have a full driving license and have access to the use of a car. Successful candidates will be required to provide an enhanced Disclosure (DBS). This disclosure cost will be met by Fair Ways. You and your specialisms Our community is core to achieving our mission of making a difference through passionate care, and support. The ideal candidate will possess a good understanding of relevant legislative frameworks – Children Act 1989/2004, Care Standards Act 2000 and Fostering Services Regulations 2011. To support this, you will have the following: Essential:
Desirable personal skills:
Let us look after you! Looking after our employees is important to us, and whilst our culture is central to our identity, we also offer a great set of benefits to ensure we are striving to provide the best support to our employees available in the sector.
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