Job Opportunity with St Christopher's: Fostering Support Worker Bank - Eastern Region Chelmsford

Location: Fostering Eastern Region

Salary: £11.95 per hour

Contract Type: Zero Hours

Specific Hours: Variable hours (Zero hours Contract)

Closing Date: 18 April 2025

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Are you looking for a job working with children and with flexibility that could fit alongside you work and family commitments? 
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If so, this job could be for you.  

We are looking to recruit individuals who have the desire to support looked after children and their foster families. 

As a Fostering Support Worker (Bank) you would work closely with the supervising social workers, local authorities and other professionals to support foster placements.  

You would have the ability to manage your availability.

The role will involve:

• Planning and implementing appropriate activities to meet the individual needs of looked after children
• Running support groups, both for looked after children and birth children
• Providing support sessions during the day, evenings or weekends
• Transporting young people to activities and appointments and supervising family contact sessions
• Appropriate training will be provided to assist in this role.
• Applicants should have
• Experience of working with children and young people in a paid or voluntary capacity
• Experience of administrative work including data entry and report writing
• Ability to work with challenging behaviour and resolve conflict
• Ability to maintain personal and professional boundaries
• Good communication and administrative skills and the ability to build and sustain sound professional relationships

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