Fostering Support Worker - Level 3
Fostering Support Worker - Level 3
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Job Description
Contract Type: Fixed Term (18 Months)
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is 31586 (Level one) rising to 34314 (Level Four) per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Location:Loxley House Station Street Nottingham NG2 3NG
Weve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity youve been looking for Read on to find out more
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme we strive to create an innovative inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.
About the Role
To promote the Councils vision values aims objectives and priorities actively and effectively putting our citizens first through the delivery of best value services. To act as a key worker and Lead Professional for foster carers children and young people with a range of needs. To work as part of the Fostering Service to provide direct support to NCC Foster Carers to help to stabilise and maintain placements through direct work across the fostering household. To work within the Fostering Minimum Standards 2011 legislative and statutory planning frameworks Government guidance and strategic aims. To engage in training as required to increase knowledge and understanding of Therapeutic Parenting and PACE.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
- Direct experience of working with children young people and families.
- Knowledge skills and experience of how to work therapeutically with Children & Young People with experience of developmental trauma.
- Ability to formulate action plans and the ability to produce high-quality written records and reports.
- Experience of effectively using a range of therapeutic theories and models when working with foster carers children and young people to prevent escalation and placement breakdown.
- Ability to build good working relationships with foster carers children and young people and overcome barriers to their engagement.
- Ability to demonstrate a solution-focused approach that will give confidence to foster carers children and young people.
- Sound knowledge of safeguarding issues and experience of applying legislation policy and procedure to practice.
- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
- The role requires you to participate in the on-call Out of Hours Rota.
You can find the job description for this post here
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements depending on the role including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional informationfor applicants page.
For informal enquiriesplease contact Rebecca Hill Team Leader by telephone onor by email at
Closing Date: 10th July 2025
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
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Employment Type
Full Time
