Foster Hub Home Carer

Are you looking to take on a new and exciting challenge in your fostering career?

We are looking for experienced foster carers to become part of our new Fostering Hub Home.

Our 'first of its kind' Foster Hub Home launched in March 2025.

Children (aged 9-15) will move to the Foster Hub Home for a period of 3 - 6 months where interventions / programmes of work will take place in partnership with the matched foster carers.

Children will move to their new foster placement and remain linked to the Foster Hub Home for the duration of the placement.

We are always looking for new carers to be a part of this ground breaking model

Our package to Foster Hub Home carers:

Payment at Level 4

Sleepovers for respite care, planned andunplanned

Telephone support and outreach

Rewarding, ensuring children have familyplacements

A comprehensive training package alongsidethe residential workers

Support network for the entirety of placement

Build a relationship with the child 3 – 6 monthsbefore the transition

Use of the hub including meeting room,education room, sensory room and trainingkitchen

In addition to the support provided by the hub home and hub home staff, Foster carers matched with children in the hub will continue to benefit from a package of Supervision and Support from the Fostering Team.

This includes:

Regular and robust supervision with their named Supervising Social Worker

Additional support visits and calls whenever needed

Access to a Fostering Duty worker during office hours and access to out of hours telephone support if needed

A named experienced ‘Foster carer buddy’ to provide mentoring and advice from carer to carer

Access to a varied Foster Carer training offer

Access to 7 different Foster Carer support groups across the district and a online support group

A competitive financial offer and free access to Independent Foster Carer Support Service Foster Talk

Interested?

For more information on fostering for Wakefield and to arrange an informal chat please contact [email protected] quoting ‘HUB HOME’ in your email or visit www.wakefield.gov.uk/fostering and complete one of our enquiry forms....[more details]

• Location:

Wakefield

• Salary:

Payment at Level 4

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