Foster Carer - Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner

Step-Forward Foster Carer - Support Children Transitioning from Residential Care

Location: Conwy

Salary: £1000 per week per child, plus additional payments for the child (child allowance, holidays, birthday and other religious celebrations)
Employment Type: Full-time | Self-employed
Sector: Social Care | Education | Healthcare

A Role That Truly Changes Lives

Step-Forward Fostering is a highly rewarding role that supports children leaving residential care to move into a stable and nurturing family home.

As an approved Step-Forward Foster Carer, you would welcome a child or sibling group into your home and provide the care, stability, guidance, and consistency they need at a pivotal time in their lives.

Many of these children have experienced trauma, disruption, or separation. By fostering with Foster Wales Conwy, you can help children stay connected to their community, schools, friends, and extended family while helping them to develop the confidence and skills to move forward.

Whether you've worked as an Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner-supporting children and young people with their emotional health and resilience- then you may already have many of the qualities that make an excellent Foster Carer.

This role allows you to apply your professional or personal skills in a truly meaningful way, providing a caring and supportive home where children can feel belonging and value as part of a family - your family.

Who Can Apply to Become a Step-Forward Foster Carer?

We welcome enquiries from individuals and/or couples who:

* Are aged 21 or over (with no upper age limit)
* Have the legal Right to Work in the United Kingdom (see definition below)
* Can provide full-time care for a child or children in their home (at least one carer must be present full-time if applying as a couple)
* Have a spare bedroom or bedrooms dedicated to fostering
* Have experience supporting children, young people, or adults, particularly those with complex needs or challenging behaviours

People from many different backgrounds can become successful Foster Carers. What matters most is having patience, empathy, and the ability to provide a caring and dependable home environment for a child or young person who needs it.

Do You Have the Right to Work in the United Kingdom?

Before you can apply to be a Foster Carer, you must first prove that you are able to work in the United Kingdom. This can be defined as:

* British or Irish citizens
* People settled or pre-settled under the European Union Settlement Scheme
* Those with certain visas or indefinite leave to remain
* Anyone with the legal right to live and work in the United Kingdom

Please Note: You will need to show original documents before you can begin your application to foster.

What the Role Involves

* Full-time care for a child or sibling group moving from residential care
* Offering continued stability, routine, and reassurance
* Support the child's emotional, behavioural, and social development
* Working closely with social workers, therapists and other professionals
* Keeping clear records and provide therapeutic, nurturing support
* Ensuring that the child can maintain important links to their wider family

Why Choose Step-Forward Fostering with Foster Wales Conwy?

* Enhanced fee of £52,000 per annum (equivalent to £1,000 per week)
* Weekly age-related fostering allowance for the child*
* Payments for birthday, holiday and religious/cultural celebration*
* Retainer payment paid from date of approval until child placed and between fostering placements and £500 referral via Care Friends App

Additionally, you will receive access to:

* Therapeutic training tailored to your experience
* Support from a dedicated fostering team
* Other benefits and discounts such (up to 100%) Council Tax reduction, Conway Council parking permit, FfIT membership and access Blue Light Card for nationwide discounts

*In-line with age related DFE rates and weekly payment increased annually in line with inflation

Take the First Step into Fostering with Foster Wales Conwy

Apply today to learn more about becoming a Step-Forward Foster Carer.

Please Note: Progression is subject to background checks, assessment, and full fostering panel approval.

Gofalwr Maeth Camu Ymlaen - Cefnogi Plant sy'n Symud o Ofal Preswyl

Lleoliad: Conwy
Cyflogwr: Maethu Cymru Conwy
Cyflog: £1000 yr wythnos fesul plentyn, a thaliadau ychwanegol ar gyfer y plentyn (lwfans plentyn, gwyliau, dathliadau pen-blwydd a dathliadau crefyddol eraill)
Math o Gyflogaeth: Llawn amser | Hunangyflogedig
Sector: Gofal Cymdeithasol | Addysg | Gofal Iechyd

Swydd sydd Wir yn Newid Bywydau

Mae Maethu Camu Ymlaen yn waith sy'n llawn gwobr, yn cefnogi plant sy'n gadael gofal preswyl i symud i gartref teuluol sefydlog.

Fel Gofalwr Maeth Camu Ymlaen a gymeradwywyd, byddech yn croesawu plentyn neu grŵp brodyr a chwiorydd i'ch cartref a darparu'r gofal, sefydlogrwydd, arweiniad a'r cysondeb maent eu hangen ar amser allweddol yn eu bywydau.

Mae nifer o'r plant hyn wedi cael profiad o drawma, tarfu, neu wahanu. Trwy faethu gyda Maethu Cymru Conwy, gallwch helpu plant i gadw'r cysylltiad â'u cymuned, ysgol, ffrindiau a theulu estynedig wrth eu helpu i ddatblygu'r hyder a'r sgiliau i symud ymlaen.

Os oes gennych brofiad o gefnogi plant, pobl ifanc, neu oedolion, yn arbennig y rhai sydd ag anghenion cymhleth neu heriol, yna efallai y bydd gennych eisoes nifer o'r nodweddion sy'n gwneud Gofalwr Maeth gwych.

Mae'r gwaith yn caniatáu i chi ddefnyddio eich sgiliau proffesiynol neu bersonol mewn ffordd hollol ystyrlon, gan ddarparu cartref gofalgar a chefnogol ble gall plant deimlo eu bod yn perthyn ac yn cael eu gwerthfawrogi fel rhan o deulu - eich teulu chi.

Pwy all Wneud Cais i Ddod yn Ofalwr Maeth Camu Ymlaen?

Rydym yn croesawu ymholiadau gan unigolion a/neu gyplau sydd:

* Yn 21 neu hŷn (heb unrhyw uchafswm oedran)
* Yn meddu ar Hawl Cyfreithiol i weithio yn y Deyrnas Unedig (gweler y diffiniad isod)
* Yn gallu darparu gofal llawn amser i blentyn neu blant yn eu cartref (rhaid i o leiaf un gofalwr fod yn bresennol yn llawn amser os gwneir cais fel cwpl)
* Ag ystafell wely neu ystafelloedd gwely sbâr yn benodol ar gyfer maethu
* Profiad o gefnogi plant, pobl ifanc neu oedolion, yn arbennig y rhai sydd ag anghenion cymhleth neu ymddygiad heriol

Gall pobl o nifer o gefndiroedd gwahanol ddod yn Ofalwyr Maeth llwyddiannus. Beth sydd bwysicaf yw bod ag amynedd, empathi a'r gallu i gynnig cartref gofalgar a dibynadwy i blentyn neu unigolyn ifanc sydd ei angen.

Oes Gennych yr Hawl i Weithio yn y Deyrnas Unedig

Cyn i chi wneud cais i fod yn Ofalwr Maeth, rhaid i chi brofi'n gyntaf eich bod yn gallu gweithio yn y Deyrnas Unedig. Gellir diffinio hyn fel:

* Dinasyddion Prydeinig neu Wyddelig
* Pobl sydd â statws sefydlog neu cyn-sefydlog o dan Gynllun Preswylio'n Sefydlog yr Undeb Ewropeaidd
* Rhai sydd â fisas penodol neu ganiatâd amhenodol i aros
* Unrhyw un sydd â'r hawl cyfreithiol i fyw a gweithio yn y Deyrnas Unedig

Sylwer: Bydd angen i chi ddangos dogfennau gwreiddiol cyn i chi ddechrau eich cais i faethu.

Beth mae'r Gwaith yn ei Olygu

* Gofal llawn amser am blentyn neu grŵp brodyr a chwiorydd sy'n symud o ofal preswyl
* Cynnig sefydlogrwydd, trefn a sicrwydd parhaus
* Cefnogi datblygiad emosiynol, ymddygiadol a chymdeithasol y plentyn
* Gweithio'n agos gyda gweithwyr cymdeithasol, therapyddion a gweithwyr proffesiynol eraill
* Cadw cofnodion clir a darparu cefnogaeth therapiwtig, meithringar
* Sicrhau bod y plentyn yn gallu cynnal cysylltiadau pwysig gyda'u teulu ehangach

Pam Dewis Maethu Camu Ymlaen gyda Maethu Cymru Conwy?

* Ffi uwch o £52,000 y flwyddyn (cyfwerth â £1,000 yr wythnos)
* Lwfans maethu wythnosol yn gysylltiedig ag oedran ar gyfer y plentyn*
* Taliadau ar gyfer dathliad pen-blwydd, gwyliau a chrefyddol/diwylliannol*
* Taliad cadw o'r dyddiad cymeradwyo nes bod y plentyn yn cyrraedd a rhwng lleoliadau maethu a £500 am atgyfeiriad trwy Ap Care Friends

Hefyd, byddwch yn cael mynediad at:

* Hyfforddiant therapiwtig wedi ei deilwra i'ch profiad
* Cefnogaeth gan dîm maethu pwrpasol
* Buddion a gostyngiadau eraill megis (hyd at 100%) o ostyngiad yn Nhreth y Cyngor, trwydded barcio Cyngor Conwy, aelodaeth FfIT a mynediad at Gerdyn Blue Light ar gyfer gostyngiadau cenedlaethol

*Yn unol â chyfraddau DFE yn gysylltiedig ag oedran a thaliad wythnosol yn cynyddu'n flynyddol yn unol â chwyddiant

Cymerwch y Cam Cyntaf at Faethu gyda Maethu Cymru Conwy

Gwnewch gais heddiw i ddysgu mwy am fod yn Ofalwr Maeth Camu Ymlaen.

Sylwer: Mae symud ymlaen yn amodol ar wiriadau cefndir, asesiad a chymeradwyaeth lawn y panel maethu.