Foster Carer

Salary: £505.2 per week

Become a Foster Carer with Five Rivers

Transform the lives of children and young people, whilst working from home as part of a professional team in your role as a Foster Carer.

As a Foster Carer with Five Rivers you will benefit from excellent benefits which include:

* Professional support 24/7

* Training and Development opportunities

* Fostering Allowance in excess of £505.2 per week

* Benefits including 14 days holiday allowance, with additional days accruing to reward longevity of service.

Five Rivers is able to offer its Foster Carers all of the above because it is a Social Enterprise which has been in existence since 1989. This means that the organisation invests heavily in its services it provides to Foster Carers and the children in their care, rather than paying dividends or other reimbursements to share-holders as is the case with many Independent Fostering Agencies.

The transformational changes for children and young people our Foster Carers are able to achieve, and the service they receive in this role is recognised by Ofsted with all our services being judged as Outstanding or Good.

If this inspires you to want to become a Foster Carer with Five Rivers please continue reading.

We recruit Foster Carers who:

* Come from different cultural, religious or ethnic backgrounds;

* Are heterosexual or LGBTQ+

* Are living as a couple, regardless of marital status;

* Live on their own

* Have, or do not have, children living at home.

* Have existing employment which can accommodate the needs of a foster child;

* Are prepared to be subject to a family assessment and agree to us taking a range of checks, including medical and employment history, all of which will take at least four months to complete.

Being a Foster Carer with Five Rivers is both challenging and rewarding as you will be responsible for changing the life, or lives, of children and sometimes their families from extremely difficult backgrounds.

To undertake this role, you will need to provide a stable and caring home environment, and be prepared to work as part of a team of professionals to bring about this change.

Foster Carers are involved in every aspect of the planning for children and young people, and before a placement is made the Foster Carer will have the final say about whether a child or young person will come to live with them.

You do not need to have experience of working or caring for children, but people from a professional background in Teaching, Social Care, Nursing or other related discipline are encouraged to consider becoming a Foster Carer.

To be considered as a Foster Carer with Five Rivers Fostering Service, you will need to meet the following criteria:

* Be over the age of 21.

* Have a furnished spare room that is not used by anybody else.

* Be able to communicate effectively in English.

* Be computer literate and have access to a PC or Tablet

If you wish to enquire about becoming a Foster Carer with Five Rivers, please Call the number below.