Step Up to fostering
Our offer: training, support and pay
Training and support
We will offer you extensive training and 24-hour support, every day of the year.
Our training and support package includes:
- A Supervising Social Worker who is trained in Dyadic Developmental Practice (DDP)
- 24-hour telephone support should you need it
- Foster Carer Supervision every four weeks; with individual support, as and when required
- Bi-monthly group supervision with other Step Up Foster Carers and a DDP trained worker
- Training in Dyadic Developmental Practice (DDP)
- Training in residential services, including de-escalation training
- Training around County Lines, Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE), Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy (PACE) caring technique and Prevent safeguarding strategy.
Pay and allowances
We recognise that the Step Up fostering scheme may require you to leave your current employment. That’s why we’re making sure that you won’t need to worry about your finances when you Step Up.
We are offering a generous professional fee of:
- £756 per week per child in placement. This equates to a salary of £39,312 per annum when a child is in placement
- A child maintenance allowance which is appropriate to the child’s age to cover their daily needs