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Salary: £21,600 for 30 hours
Full Time Equivalent £27,000
Hours: 30 hours per week, permanent contract
Flexibility with working hours is desirable as the role works with mostly school aged children, so some work will take place in the early evening after their school day has finished, up until approximately 1800. Most work will take place on weekdays but there will be some weekend work required, approximately one Saturday a month.
Location: Home-based with travel across Hampshire, West Berkshire, Wiltshire, Reading and surrounding areas (mileage will be paid). A driving licence is required for this role together with business class vehicle insurance and access to a vehicle.
Reporting to: Fostering Service Manager
We offer a workplace that genuinely cares about people, both our staff and the young people we support. Alongside a meaningful role, you will receive:
Step by Step Fostering is a not-for-profit fostering agency dedicated to providing safe, nurturing, and supportive foster homes for children and young people across South Central England. We are committed to helping children and young people thrive, reach their potential, and experience the stability and care they deserve.
Established in 2021 by the Step by Step charity, our fostering service builds on more than 35 years of experience supporting vulnerable young people. Approved by Ofsted, we provide foster placements for children and young people aged 0–18, including sibling groups and those with more complex needs.
As part of the Step by Step Partnership, we benefit from the expertise and resources of a charity that supports over 1,300 young people each year through accommodation, personal development opportunities, and specialist support services. This unique connection enables us to take a holistic approach to supporting children, young people, foster carers, and families.
Our team is passionate, professional, and dedicated to making a lasting difference in the lives of children and young people. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting their welfare and expect all employees, foster carers, and volunteers to share this commitment.
Through compassion, expertise, and strong relationships, we help create positive futures for the children and young people in our care.
To provide practical, emotional and social support to foster carers and children and young people within fostering households. The post holder will help carers fulfil their fostering responsibilities by delivering respite support, supervising and transporting children, supporting parenting specifically PACE parenting, encouraging positive experiences, and promoting the safety, wellbeing and development of children who are looked after.
To provide Therapeutic PACE parenting (for which training will be given) and support with the delivery of training for foster carers.
The role also supports fostering recruitment activities, engaging with prospective foster carers representing the organisation at events across the region.
Flexibility with working hours is desirable as the role works with mostly school aged children, so some work will take place in the early evening after their school day has finished, up until approximately 1800. Most work will take place on weekdays but there will be some weekend work required, approximately one Saturday a month.
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A driving licence is required for this role together with business class vehicle insurance and access to a vehicle.
Across Hampshire, West Berkshire, Wiltshire, Reading, Salisbury and surrounding areas (mileage will be paid)
Please submit your application as soon as possible. We reserve the right to close this advert and application process early if we receive enough candidates.
There will be two interviews, the first interview being online, if you are successful at the first stage interview you will be invited in for a face to face interview.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff are expected to share this commitment. As part of our safer recruitment process, we will complete reference checks, a DBS check and confirm your full employment history as well as other pre employment checks.
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role therefore, you must have the right to work in the United Kingdom
We are not working with recruitment agencies for this vacancy and ask agencies not to send unsolicited CV's
To apply for this role, please complete the Application Form and Equality Monitoring Form.