Salary: £28,014 - £42,861pa (pro rata) Dependent upon experience
Actual Salary: £16,341.50 - £25,002pa Dependent upon experience
Hours: 21 hours per week
Location: Flexible
The Fostering Network is the UK’s leading fostering charity. We are dedicated to creating a better future for fostered children and young people. We bring together everyone who is involved in their lives, leading, inspiring, motivating and supporting them to make foster care better. Together with our members and supporters we are a powerful catalyst for change, and we’ve been shaping and influencing the fostering agenda for more than 40 years.
We’re looking for an outstanding individual to join our well-established team of Practice Support Consultants, based regionally across England. You will be the lead contact for members of The Fostering Network across the South West of England, liaising with fostering services in the region and providing our members with high quality practice support and advice. You will be experienced in working independently and able to engage with stakeholders both virtually and in person. You will have a strong experience of children’s social care, especially fostering, likely developed through a career in social work, as a foster carer, or care experience. You will have a proven understanding of practice issues in relation to foster care, and demonstrable knowledge of fostering legislation and guidance in England. You will have the skills needed to deliver high quality practice support across the fostering sector.
You will be an excellent communicator; able to produce high quality written reports and able to represent The Fostering Network to a range of audiences – locally, regionally and nationally. Based from home, you will work independently and flexibly, engaging with fostering services and those they support across the South West of England.
If you are a qualified social worker, or equivalent experience, and have an in depth knowledge, significant experience and sound understanding of fostering services and fostering related issues we want to hear from you.
Closing date: Wednesday 08 June, 10.00a.m
Interview date: Tuesday 21 June 2022
Interview location: Remote
To apply please go to our job vacancies website and email your completed application form to recruitment@fostering.net. CVs will not be accepted.
The Fostering Network is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community and especially encourage applications from groups which are underrepresented. All applicants are treated equally and selected on the basis of individual merit and ability to meet the requirements of the role.
Additionally, we consider family-friendly flexible working arrangements within the role descriptions.
The Fostering Network is a registered charity in England and Wales 280852 and in Scotland SC039338.
