Job title: Children & Young People Support Worker
Salary: Up to £25,000
Location: Birmingham
Working Pattern: 37.5hrs a week, flexible to include evenings and weekends
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Children & Young People Support Worker to join the team at Nexus Fostering. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated support worker to be based at our South Midlands office, which covers Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley and Walsall.
The Role
As Children & Young People Support Worker you will be supporting the fostering household and children/young people in placement, according to their needs as defined by the Placement Plan.
You will work closely with the Supervising Social Worker and Area Manager to enhance placement stability and to build positive relationships with the children/young people and fostering household.
As Children & Young People Support Worker you will support a child/young person’s progress in the Nexus Fostering 360 foster placement by working with them in the community, in leisure activities or at school, within a therapeutic framework. Specifically, to provide one to one support to children/young people and provide necessary respite for carers. You will also contribute to planning activity days for foster carer families and children/young people.
The successful candidate will also attend and participate in events aimed at recruiting prospective foster carers and complete initial visits to households expressing an interest in fostering.
For this role, willingness to travel and use of a car is essential as the successful applicant will be required to support foster carers and visit placements across the Birmingham and the South Midlands.
What we’re looking for…Willing to work flexible hours, including non-office hours and at weekends
Why work for us?
Everyone is welcome
Diversity and inclusion are the principles for how we build our teams and Unity Foster Care strives to create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity are valued and celebrated. We want a workforce which represents the communities we serve and work, to ensure no applicant or employee is treated unfairly on the basis of race, gender, age, disability, religion or identity. We recognise and value the individual differences and contributions of all employees and believe that by working together we can achieve equality for all.
*Nexus Fostering is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and vulnerable people in our care. Successful applicants will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.