Reflective Carers (Foster Wales Powys)

Reflective Carers will provide care to a child/young person for a maximum of 28 days. Each carer is to provide up to 47 weeks of foster care per year. Reflective Carers will be entitled to 5 week's paid resting fee.

You will need:

• significant experience of working directly with or caring for young people who present a range of behaviours
• to be open-minded and have the commitment to make a difference to a young person's life
• patience, time and commitment to meet the individual needs of the child young person
• the ability to support young people through times of transition and change

What will you receive in return?

• You will be paid a weekly fee of £380 plus fostering allowances when you have a child in placement
• You will have the support of a dedicated fostering social worker and family support worker.
• You will have the support of a team of professionals who are working with the young person in your care and who can offer you one to one advice and support.
• You will have access to a specialist training programme, some of which will start during your assessment period.
• When the office is closed, you will have access to 24-hour support via the foster care support line and emergency duty team.

**The tasks undertaken by reflective foster carers are fostering tasks and do not go beyond anything that would be expected of them in their fostering role.

For more information or to request an expression of interest form please contact:

fostering@powys.gov.uk

0800 22 30 627

https://powys.fosterwales.gov.wales/contact-us/