Foster Carer

Foster Carer

Job Type: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible / Respite

Do you have a background in health, education, or social care? Your professional skills could give a vulnerable child the stable, trauma-informed support they urgently need.

Whether you want to offer weekend respite that fits right alongside your current career, or step in for short breaks, emergency, and short-term or long-term placements, you can provide the stable, trauma-informed support a vulnerable child urgently needs.

As a Foster Carer, you will:

• Full-Time & Specialist Therapeutic Placements:
  Provide dedicated, long-term care and intensive trauma-informed support for children with complex needs.
• Short-Term & Emergency Care:
  Offer immediate, temporary safe housing for children in urgent situations.
• Weekend Respite Care:
  Provide short-break support on weekends-allowing you to fit fostering seamlessly around your current career.

• Financial Package:
  Receive a weekly payment of £490-£1055 to cover the costs of caring and recognise your professional skillset.
• Specialist Training:
  Access fully funded, continuous professional development in trauma-informed care and clinical practices.
• Clinical & Psychological Support:
  Work alongside a dedicated team of therapists and social care professionals.
• 24/7 Guidance:
  Benefit from a round-the-clock emergency advice line so you are never left to handle challenges alone.

• Age: 21 or older
• Home: A suitable, permanent spare bedroom in your home
• Residency:
  Full-time UK residency (or indefinite leave to remain)
• Background:
  Prior experience in health, social care, education, nursing, youth work, or a related field is highly desirable.

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.

experience

Fostering & Adoption

skills

be able to manage challenging situations