Fostering Solutions North West 

Location: Home based / Regionally covering Merseyside & Wirral, Liverpool

Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time 

Hours: 37.5, Monday - Friday

Salary: up to £39,000 per annum (plus £3000 car allowance)

Fostering Solutions North West works with more than 290 foster carers and over 390 foster children across the whole of the North West, from Cumbria down to the Staffordshire borders including Lancashire, Manchester, Cheshire East and West, St. Helens, Halton, Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, The Wirral and The Welsh Borders.

About the Role

This is an amazing opportunity to join the National Fostering Group as a Advanced Practitioner with Fostering Solutions North West.

Advanced Practitioners are responsible for supporting the Team Manager in the overall management of the region and be an active member of the regional management team in order to develop practice and growth of the fostering service, ensuring a ready supply of safe, caring foster placements that offer protection to a wide range of children and young people.

Advanced practitioners will manage staff to lead projects and develop the service. They will supervise a small number of foster carers as required and support foster carers with children who have more complex needs. It is anticipated that the carers that will need supported will be in the Wirral. Interviews will take place on the 2nd October.

About the Group

We are part of the National Fostering Group – the UK’s largest independent fostering family.

Our highly skilled and dedicated fostering community supports Local Authorities by providing short or long-term foster placements for thousands of vulnerable children and teenagers throughout the UK. Almost all of our 32 regional fostering agencies are officially recognised by Ofsted, Welsh and Scottish regulators as either ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’, it is perhaps not surprising that more people choose to foster with our fostering agencies than any other fostering provider in the UK.

Who we are looking for

You will need to have Social Work Registration and possess a good working knowledge of relevant legislation and their impact on fostering services. Participation in an evening and weekend on call rota is expected and is reflected in the salary. 

You will be keen to develop your management skills and take a leadership role in specific areas and projects.

You will be a strong communicator, both written and verbal, have good IT skills and be flexible and able to travel throughout the area. 

Essential Criteria

Car driver and access to a vehicle
Current registration with the relevant Social Work regulatory council (e.g Social Work England/Wales, NISCC, SSSC)
Recent experience in services for children
But what else is in it for you? Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

Up to 39 days annual leave each year (25 base entitlement + 1 One moment in time + 8 bank holidays + ability to buy up to 5 extra days)
Life Assurance
Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
“Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
Cycle to Work Schemes
Electric Car Purchase Scheme
Critical illness cover
And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the children and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer