Mockingbird Hub Home Carers
- Employer
- Walsall Council
- Location
- Walsall, West Midlands
- Salary
- Foster Carers
- Closing date
- 23 Sep 2022
- Reference
- CH06222
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- Sector
- Local Councils, Charities / Voluntary, Health & Social Care / Work
- Job Type
- Childcare
- Contract Type
- Full time permanent
- Working Pattern
- See advert details
- Hours
- Full-Time
Job Details
Mockingbird Hub Home Carers
Looking for a new fostering challenge?
We are now recruiting for new Full-time Mockingbird Hub home carers
We are looking for experienced foster carers to support other fostering families as we expand and develop the Mockingbird programme.
As a hub home carer you will provide peer support to other foster carers, sleepovers for children in your constellation and group social activities.
We now have 5 constellations up and running in Walsall and are looking to establish 1 or 2 more constellations in the next year.
About the Mockingbird programme
The Mockingbird programme is an alternative method of delivering foster care which centres on the idea of an extended network of family support. It empowers families to support each other and overcome problems before they escalate, and offers children a more positive experience of care.
The programme uses the concept of a constellation, where six to ten satellite families live in close proximity to a dedicated hub home which provides peer support, planned and emergency sleepovers and regular social activities. The constellation also builds links with other adults important to children’s care plans and to resources in the wider community that can provide them with enhanced opportunities to learn, develop and succeed.
The Mockingbird programme is run by The Fostering Network, the UK’s leading fostering charity, in conjunction with Walsall Council and other fostering services across the UK. The programme has been running since 2015 and has the potential to improve placement stability, safety and permanency for children and young people in care and to improve support for, and retention of, foster carers.
To find out more about the role description and personal specification, please click here
Throughout all of this the Hub carer will receive a high level of support from the Mockingbird team. This includes monthly supervision, SSW support at constellation meetings and social events, access to additional training, Bi monthly hub huddles, networking opportunities with other Local authorities who are also involved in Mockingbird, FLASH consultations, access to a Fostering Network coach and payment at Specialist level.
Interested? For an informal discussion, please contact:
Mike Gregory (Michael.Gregory@walsall.gov.uk 01922 650889) or
Vicky Sparrock (Vicky.Sparrock@walsall.gov.uk 01922 650896)
To Apply
Suitably experienced foster carers will be considered. If this applies to you, please complete a supporting statement of up to 750 words against the role description and person specification, returning to Mike Gregory on or before the 23rd September 2022.
Interviews will be held in October 2022.
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- https://www.walsall.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 01922 650000
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Civic Centre
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Walsall
West Midlands
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