Salary: £24,000 PA
Hours: 36 hours per week
Location: Unit 22, 40 Montgomery Road, Belfast.
The Fostering Network is the UK’s leading fostering charity. We are dedicated to creating a better future for fostered children and young people. We bring together everyone who is involved in their lives, leading, inspiring, motivating and supporting them to make foster care better. Together with our members and supporters we are a powerful catalyst for change, and we’ve been shaping and influencing the fostering agenda for more than 40 years.
Would you like to make a difference in the lives of children, young people and their families?
Are you creative in how you would offer support and develop programmes for families.
Do you have a passion to work with kinship foster carers and the children and young people in their care?
If your answer is yes to all three then this could be the job for you!
The Kinship Care Support Programme is 1 year BBC Children in Need funded project. This will entail working with kinship fostering families in Northern Ireland, the focus will be on the provision of a programme to strengthen relationships, increase confidence and introduce new skills for children and young peoople living in kinship arrangements.
We are looking for someone with a third level qualification in youth or community work or equivalent and significant experience of developing and working within a community context. You will be highly self motivated, self directed individual with the ability to work on your own initiative.
Your excellent communication and engagement skills will ensure the project is developed in a inclusive and participative manner.
Closing date: 12pm Friday 10th June
Interview date: Wednesday 22nd June
Interview location: Remote/In person
To apply please go to our job vacancies page on our website and email your completed application form to recruitment@fostering.net. Please refer to the job advert and the job description when filling out your application form.
The Fostering Network is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community and especially encourage applications from groups which are underrepresented. All applicants are treated equally and selected on the basis of individual merit and ability to meet the requirements of the role.
Additionally, we consider family-friendly flexible working arrangements within the role descriptions.
The Fostering Network is a registered charity in England and Wales 280852 and in Scotland SC039338.
