Could this be your most rewarding role yet?
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Job Title: Transitions Foster Carer
Location: Based within 20 miles of Haslingden & Rossendale, Lancashire
Organisation: Foster Wales Flintshire
Salary: £50,000 annual support package + allowances (see below)
Contract Type: Full-time (Flexible, home-based)
Sector: Children & Families / Education / Care / Wellbeing
To foster in the UK, you must meet all of the following requirements:
Important Visa Status
We are unable to accept applications from individuals who hold:
Fostering requires permanent residency status in the UK.
If you do not meet all of the above criteria, please do not apply, as your application will not be progressed
Could you support a child to build meaningful connections in Lancashire?
Some children in care are already settled - in their schools, their routines, and their friendships. What they need now is a home that helps them stay right where they are.
Foster Wales Flintshire is looking for Transitions Foster Carers living in or near Haslingden and Rossendale to provide care for young people who are already thriving in those communities.
If you ve supported children or young people in roles like teaching, youth work, criminal justice, residential or health care, then this could be the next step in your career.
We are looking for individuals who can use their skills to provide continuity, belonging, and stability for a young person who just needs the right home to keep moving forward.
About the Role
Transitions Fostering supports young people who are stepping down from residential care or other high-support settings. These children have often faced disruption but are now beginning to settle into education and community life.
We are seeking carers within 20 miles of Haslingden and Rossendale to ensure these children can remain in their current schools and support networks.
This is not a shift-based carer role - you ll be welcoming a young person into your own home, becoming their full-time foster parent.
You will need to be committed to offering consistent support, stability, and care as part of family life and you ll be supported every step of the way by Foster Wales Flintshire.
What We re Looking For
We re looking for individuals or couples who:
We generally ask that you don t have children under 16 living at home, though every situation is considered individually during the matching process.
What You ll Receive
Financial Support:
Practical Support:
Extra Benefits:
Why Foster with Foster Wales Flintshire?
We re not a private agency. We re a local authority fostering team. That means we focus on what matters, children, families, and community. Every penny and every decision go into doing what s right by those we support.
You ll be joining a close-knit team that values relationships, trusts your experience, and supports you as you build a brighter future for a young person leaving residential care.
Apply Now
You ve already made a difference. Now, make it last.
If you live in or near Haslingden or Rossendale and want to explore whether Transitions Fostering with Foster Wales Flintshire is right for you, we d love to hear from you.
