We’ve had some news recently at CFC that we are so excited to share with you all! After our most recent assessment from Ofsted, we’re proud to announce that Community Foster Care has been officially confirmed as OUTSTANDING provider of support for our carers and young people (read the full report here)! 

We’re unbelievably filled with not only pride, but also appreciation as we look back on the journey we’ve been on as an organisation to get to such a momentous point. 

It has us reflecting on our early days as an agency. When Community Foster Care was set up back in 1999, our founders had a simple mission statement: do fostering differently. 

It was a simple idea, but not necessarily an easy one to bring to life, but what worthwhile mission is ever easy?  In 1999, our social workers immersed themselves in the local communities and challenged prevalent ideas about who could foster. The aim was to support communities, provide local foster families for local children, working in areas of economic deprivation providing employment and improving skills.

And we are still operating in this way over two decades later!

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We are currently recruiting for a Supervising Social Worker or Senior Supervising Social Worker (depending on experience) to join our team in Lancaster.

The Supervising Social Worker or Senior Supervising Social Worker at Community Foster Care will be driven to promote the Child or Young Person’s Ambitions or Dreams. They will do this by recruiting, enabling, and enhancing foster families to provide safe, stable, loving, nurturing family homes. Children and Young People seeking to live within these families will have often experienced significant trauma and abuse.

Enabling Children and Young people to thrive in our foster families will therefore require a number of special ingredients, which you will need to develop and nurture. Community Foster Care is a therapeutic fostering agency; we are developing a reflective culture where our community is encouraged to be curious about themselves and each other and are helped to be so. It is critical that workers are committed and prepared to actively engage in this approach.

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Role Summary
You will work closely with foster families and social workers to seek families for children referred, supporting a successful effective transition.  You will ensure there are clear agreements between all parties and clarity about the CFC Service offer and partner expectations.  You will monitor the achievement of these and report on this.  Alongside this, you will monitor on behalf of CFC to ensure that we are compliant for children in our care in terms of fostering regulations, GDPR and H&S to assure a safe service and positive outcomes for the child. 

Key drivers of considerations
As a Family Finding & Compliance Officer, you will at all times:

• Work consistently with Community Foster Care’s values and contribute to achieving its mission.
• Promote Community Foster Care’s reputation and protect its ability to achieve its mission.
• Good understanding and ability to work to the policies and procedures of the Agency.

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​As a Team Manager (Fostering) at Community Foster Care you will promote the ambitions and dreams of children, by leading and enabling our team of Supervising Social Workers and Family Support Workers, whilst reporting to the Registered Manager.  You will do this by recruiting, enabling and enhancing foster families to provide safe, stable, loving, nurturing family homes.  You will harness CFC resources and therapeutic approach to achieve this. 

We have two Team Manager posts, one based in Lancaster and one in Gloucester. Each will take a lead on managing and developing a specialist area.  Therapeutic and Practice Development or Recruitment and Retention of Foster Carers.

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 Location: Gloucester
Pay scale: £46,067.19 - £49,956.72 (plus Out of Hours) 

Hours: Full Time - 37.5 hours per week in Gloucester

Closing Date: 9th June 2025 

​As a Team Manager (Fostering) at Community Foster Care you will promote the ambitions and dreams of children, by leading and enabling our team of Supervising Social Workers and Family Support Workers, whilst reporting to the Registered Manager.  You will do this by recruiting, enabling and enhancing foster families to provide safe, stable, loving, nurturing family homes.  You will harness CFC resources and therapeutic approach to achieve this. 

We have two Team Manager posts, one based in Lancaster and one in Gloucester. Each will take a lead on managing and developing a specialist area.  Therapeutic and Practice Development or Recruitment and Retention of Foster Carers,

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You will need to be a flexible and versatile marketer who will be wholly responsible for Community Foster Care’s Marketing Strategy, leading the way in growing the number of Foster Families in our community. You need to take a strategic lead in the promotion of Community Foster Care’s brand and fully embed yourself into Community Foster Care’s values and approach.  You will develop and lead diverse marketing and communication activities, (traditional and digital marketing and social media,) with responsibility for the entire marketing proposition including designing and implementing marketing strategies.  Ultimately you will be responsible for telling Community Foster Care’s stories and supporting others to do this, so that likeminded individuals are drawn to us and want to work together with us.

Critical to success in the role and to Community Foster Care will be the ongoing successful recruitment and retention of foster carers, in which your Marketing Strategy will support with the potential to grow skilled and resilient therapeutic parents, who are able to provide, a safe loving and nurturing home to the children in our care.  You will need to be tenacious, ambitious and creative in these endeavors.

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We are seeking a Family Support Worker to join our team.

As a Family Support Worker, your role is to provide direct work with the foster family, working in partnership with the foster parents and within the professional team.  Your interventions will be purposeful, outcomes-focused and informed by the assessment of need. You will be able to understand, communicate and implement relevant aspects of our therapeutic approach.  You will ensure you are driven to ensure the community works to the highest standards.  You will need to be resilient, confident and creative to resolve challenges within the care system and enable foster families to also believe that they can overcome the many challenges children face.  

CFC provides flexibility to staff working arrangements; however, being available to work directly with children outside of school days is essential.  Work is typically Mon – Fri, but some weekend work will be required.

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As a Family Support Worker, your role is to provide direct work with the foster family, working in partnership with the foster parents and within the professional team. Your interventions will be purposeful, outcomes-focused and informed by the assessment of need. You will be able to understand, communicate and implement relevant aspects of our therapeutic approach. You will ensure you are driven to ensure the community works to the highest standards.  You will need to be resilient, confident and creative to resolve challenges within the care system and enable foster families to also believe that they can overcome the many challenges children face.   

Main Duties and Responsibilities 

• Work directly with the foster family, and in particular, all children, to provide purposeful, outcomes-led interventions in accordance with their assessment of need and with CFC’s Care Plan. 
• Provide emergency support to foster families as and when required. 
• Plan and provide group-based interventions and activities, including a residential experience for children, young people, carers or families. 
• Undertake introductory and maintain relationship-building visits with children when they join and remain with CFC’s foster families.    
• Promote and facilitate the participation of children & young people in decision-making affecting their lives as well as views regarding CFC. 
• Support Children and Young People to express their views and promote their views and voices in relevant forums and processes, such as reviews. 
• To contribute to the ongoing assessment of the child/ren within the foster family including contributing to specific assessments (e.g. What’s my Story and outcomes assessments). 
• To undertake and compile with Risk Assessments to promote positive engagement in line with CFC policy, such as Activity Risk Assessment. 
• To undertake unannounced visits of foster families in line with agreed expectations. 
• Maintain case files and other records in line with CFC’s Policy and Practice 
• Deliver appropriate training to foster families to meet their needs (such as Safer Care training).  
• To attend and contribute to other meetings as required, i.e. strategy meetings, foster family supervision, case reviews, working parties and training courses. 

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The Longevity Games is supporting our fostering charity in raising awareness of the vital work we do and the need for more foster carers in our community.

What is The Longevity Games?
The Longevity Games is an exciting fitness event dedicated to promoting health, well-being, and longevity. It features endurance, strength, and explosive exercise activities, all aimed at enhancing quality of life.

Our Involvement
Thanks to the generous support of event organiser Tim Howe, our charity has been given the fantastic opportunity to spread awareness by including our leaflets in all competitors’ goody bags. With 143 participants at this indoor event at Delta Tennis Centre, Swindon, that means 143 opportunities to reach people who may be interested in making a difference in a child’s life.

Additionally, members of our fostering community will be actively taking part. Our very own CFC foster carer, Charmaine, will be competing at the event. Our Senior Supervising Social Worker Jenny will also be volunteering while her husband takes part alongside Charmaine. 

Looking Ahead
This is just the beginning! The Longevity Games will return in May, July, and September, moving back to an outdoor setting with greater capacity. This will allow us to have a dedicated stand helping us reach even more people who may be interested in fostering.

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A Senior Supervising Social Worker at Community Foster Care will be driven to promote the Child or Young Person’s Ambitions or Dreams. They will do this by recruiting, enabling, and enhancing foster families to provide safe, stable, loving, nurturing family homes. Children and Young People seeking to live within these families will have often experienced significant trauma and abuse. Enabling Children and Young people to thrive in our foster families will therefore require a number of special ingredients, which you will need to develop and nurture. Community Foster Care is a therapeutic fostering agency; we are developing a reflective culture where our community is encouraged to be curious about themselves and each other and are helped to be so. It is critical that workers are committed and prepared to actively engage in this approach.

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