Fostering Hub Home
What is the Fostering Hub Home?
The Fostering Hub Home is more than just a residential space. It’s a dedicated hub that addresses some of the most pressing challenges in foster care today. It will provide a stable home for our young people as they transition into foster care. Giving them time to build relationships with their foster carer. Improving their experience and increasing the longevity of the placement.
For the foster carer, it will provide an opportunity for them to grow professionally. And get the built-in support of the other carers and residential staff.
Creating a close-knit network of carers, residential staff, and young people. All working together to ensure better outcomes for everyone.
The purpose of the Hub Home
The Hub Home has three main goals:
- address the placement shortage by offering a new way of supporting children
- fewer children will need to stay in children's homes for long periods of time
- bring together foster carers, residential services staff, and young people, so they can work as a team and create a unique community
Why the Hub Home model?
This new model offers a unique opportunity for foster carers to develop new skills. It promises lasting benefits for both foster carers and the young people they care for. Through:
- improved matching processes and quality care ensure smoother transitions for children
- our carers will have a dedicated space with residential staff, share best practices, and receive tailored support
Interested in becoming a Hub Home carer?
The potential for national impact makes this an exciting project to be involved in. By becoming a Hub Home carer, you’ll play an integral role in shaping the future of foster care in the UK.
Requirements to join the Fostering Hub Home
We are looking for experienced foster carers who:
- have experience working with older children (aged 10 to 15)
- are skilled in building strong and collaborative relationships
- are open to working alongside residential care staff to support children in care
We offer a comprehensive support package, including:
- a tailored training program to prepare you for this unique role
- you’ll receive a six-week induction alongside the residential staff
- access to respite care to support your own well-being as a carer
- this includes a financial incentive and a 70% reduction in council tax for the Hub Home carer
If you’re interested in finding out more about becoming a Fostering Hub Home carer, contact our Fostering Team at fostering@wakefield.gov.uk.