Job Opportunity with FFP Member, Fair Ways Fostering: Fostering Support Worker

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: 18 November 2023

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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 hours 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:

• Having fun and making memories! - Providing daytime and evening respite to Foster Carers by taking the child/young person into the community for 1:1 support sessions.
• Planning exciting and appropriate activities – Planning sessions engaging with the young persons interests. These could be a wide range of things - football in the park, exploring nature, cinema visits, climbing sessions, library visits etc
• Documenting and recording findings – You will be asked to attend meetings to provide updates around your engagement with the children and young people evidencing positive, well boundaried relationships. 
• Keeping Young People Safe - Using your clear understanding of safeguarding (provided to all staff as part of our onboarding training), you will know when and how to intervene and work in a way that prioritises the needs of children.
• Providing real respite for our fantastic foster carers - Staff will need to collect children from carers homes and in some cases from school. All children that have support have been risked assessed as safe to lone work.
• Feeling truly secure and supported in your role - All staff will be supported by an amazing team and provided an information sheet and risk assessment specific to the child/young person before any shift. Staff will always have a clear picture of the child/young person’s needs and how best to support them and keep them safe.

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!

• Previous experience of working with young people and/or adults with health/social care/educational needs
• A Level 3 qualification in childcare/social care

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.

• Free Staff lotteries (including prizes such as £1000 holiday vouchers, weekends away, luxury hampers and vouchers) 
• Holiday Accrual Scheme and additional Holiday Purchase (up to 5 days) 
• Health Shield (Health cash plan) 
• Early Pay – The ability to withdraw an amount of your salary early each month to assist with any unforeseen circumstances.
• Employee Assistance Scheme (Application based emergency financial assistance for employees) 
• Education Grant – (funding up to master’s level accreditation) 
• Wellbeing Initiatives - Team Building Days, Summer Festival, Wellbeing boxes 
• Employee Assistance Programme (24/7 counselling service) 
• Highstreet discount platform, Discounted Gym Membership 
• Cycle to Work Scheme 
• Leadership Courses 
• Free Parking 
• Annual Staff Awards/ Long Service Awards 
• Pension Scheme 
• Eligibility for a Blue Light Card 
• £250 Refer a Foster Carer Scheme

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