Job: Family Support Worker
We are looking for a Family Support Worker based in Gloucester or Lancaster
Job Location: Gloucester or Lancaster (with regular travel to surrounding counties)
Pay scale: £25,433.01 - £29,110.44 FTE
Hours: Part Time - 37.5 hours per week
Closing date: 24th April 2025
We ask that anyone who wants to apply for this role, please contact staceyh@communityfostercare.co.uk or call 01452 849301.
As a Family Support Worker, you will at all times:
Work consistently with Community Foster Care’s values and contribute to achieving its mission.
Seek to develop and enhance good working practice (to include suitable levels of work performance) for yourself and your colleagues.
Promote Community Foster Care’s reputation and protect its ability to achieve its mission.
What we believe
Our Purpose
To enable all children to grow up in a loving family.
Our Mission
To work in and with communities to grow the potential of people who can provide nurturing care through therapeutic foster parenting.
Key drivers of considerations
As a Family Support Worker, you will at all times:
Adhere to Relevant Legislation and Regulation including The Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011, Fostering Services: National Minimum Standards and the Care Standards Act 2000
Work consistently with Community Foster Care’s values and contribute to achieving its mission.
Seek to develop and enhance good work practices for yourself and for others.
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.
You will need to be able to drive and have regular access to a car.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Work directly with the foster family and in particular, all children to provide purposeful, outcomes-led interventions in line with their assessment of need and in line 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 relationship-building visits with children when they join 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.
What We Require From All Our Employees
A commitment and alignment with Community Foster Care’s Values.
A commitment to make effective use of critical reflection, utilizing the various fora to do this with others.
A tenacity and commitment to resolve and develop our ability to enable children to thrive.
A willingness to embrace challenges and actively seek constructive feedback.
A willingness and ability to be a highly functioning team player.
A commitment to anti-oppressive practice, underpinned by an understanding and promotion of equality and diversity.
It is the nature of work of Community Foster Care, that tasks and responsibilities are unpredictable and varied. All staff are therefore expected to work in a flexible way when the occasion arises where tasks are not specifically covered in the Job Description and have to be undertaken.
Community Foster Care is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosures Barring Service clearance at enhanced level.
CVs will not be accepted under any circumstances; all applicants must complete an application form. CVs will not be accepted in any circumstances; all applicants must complete an application form and send it to staceyh@communityfostercare.co.uk