Job Description

Location: Harrogate.We very much promote flexible working. Whilst your base will be identified within a specific location, you may at times, be required to work from other bases across the county.



Salary: 30,559 to 33,366 per annum, pro rata



Grade: H



Contract Type: Permanent



Vacancy Hours: 18.5 per week





North Yorkshire Council have a national reputation for excellence, and we are looking for an Fostering Family Support Worker with a variety of experience and skills to join our Fostering Team. We also welcome those who are looking to relocate.







You will be joining a highly motivated team seeking to deliver high quality foster care in line with the National Fostering Regulations and National Minimum Standards for both family and friend foster carers and unrelated foster carers. You will be part of a highly acclaimed, supportive service that has a comprehensive programme to ensure all staff have a thorough induction, receive ongoing support from managers and have the opportunity to progress in your career. We value staff development and offer a wide range of training opportunities, including trauma informed practice models and approaches that enhance the service delivery to our children and foster carers.






Working in the fostering team is an exciting, challenging, unique and rewarding job. As a Family Support Worker, you will be a team player, completing pieces of work including direct work with children and families, leading initiatives for supporting families, such as parenting support, maintaining relationships between fostered children and their birth family and working alongside the social workers to deliver support to our children and families.





As a service, we are committed to creating a positive and supportive team culture where Children's Social Care staff feel that they have a forum to their views about the organisation and environment in which they work. We clearly demonstrate that the voice of the child and family shape the service we provide, and this is evidenced throughout our practice. If you are an enthusiastic, hardworking and committed team player that is interested in making a positive difference to the lives of children in foster care and to foster families, we would love to hear from you.





We welcome interested applicants to contact Karen Forrester, Fostering Team Manager- West, via email at karen.forrester@northyorks.gov.uk, for more information about the role.

Key Dates:

Closing date: Sunday 22nd June 2025


Interview Date: TBC

Key Documents:

Total Rewards Brochure

Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.

Fostering Family Support Worker

Salary:

30,559 - 33,366

Posted:

06/06/2025

Closing date:

22/06/2025

Closing time:

23:59