Team Support Worker

Job Title: Team Support Worker 

Location: Regional based covering Sussex, Surrey and Kent

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Part Time/ Monday-Friday may include some weekends

Salary: up to £29,000 pro rata (this includes a car allowance)

About National Fostering Group

Its official, we have been rated as a Great Place to Work 2025! 

83% of employees at National Fostering Group say it is a great place to work, compared to 54% of employees at a typical UK based company! Please read more about why our employees love working here: https://www.greatplacetowork.co.uk/certified-company/1574411 

With over 20 years experience, National Fostering Group is the largest independent children's fostering group in the UK with a community of over 2,500 foster carers.

As a Group, we work with Local Authorities to provide the highest quality of care for children and young people. All of our fostering agencies are officially recognised by Ofsted, Welsh and Scottish regulators as either ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’ which we are extremely proud of.

We also offer a 4 day working week - this means 80% of the hours for 100% pay! This will be given following a successful 6 month probationary period and is a performance based benefit. 

About the Role

Our office base is Crawley, West Sussex, and we would require you to attend the office for meetings and workshops but otherwise you will be home based or out in the community. 

This role is predominantly to support children through direct work, therefore flexibility to work your hours around children’s availability is essential. The job description is for a 3 day/22.5hour week. 

We would like you to be available during after school hours, school holidays, and potentially some weekend work. Our foster carers are located in Sussex, Surrey and Kent.

 You would mostly be working with children and carers in Sussex and Surrey but may also travel to Kent. Your role will be working alongside another Team Support Worker, sharing out tasks and working and supporting one another.
 

Who we are looking for

A key part of your role will be responding flexibly and quickly to support foster carers with the challenges of care experienced children and young people. We want someone who places a focus on the positive outcomes of our children and takes responsibility for helping improve the lives of our young people. You will also support children and young people participating in Duke of Edinburgh.

You will be able to work closely and cooperatively with colleagues, have good communication skills, a professional approach to working with children, young people and foster carers, openness to extending your knowledge and skills – and a genuine desire to fulfil the responsibilities of the support worker role.

You will also need to be IT literate, have a full driving licence and your own transport. 

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.

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