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Available positions at AFA Fostering:

Why work for AFA?

All our employees have the opportunity and are actively encouraged to develop their skills and expertise through ongoing training, support and development. We have a training program tailored to the needs of all the staff group, to enhance the skills of our office support staff through to the social work team.

Employees of AFA have access to the company’s reward platform that provides over 200 exclusive perks and discounts, from great price cinema tickets, to money off meals out. The Employee Support Hub built into the reward platform provides confidential emotional support which includes access to a phone line that connects them with qualified therapists.

We host annual company events including away days, staff nights out and an annual Summer Ball that allow everybody to come together and socialise as a team.

If you have submitted an application to us, we shall only use the information provided by you (including sensitive personal data) within the recruitment process for the post applied for, we will not retain Applications and CVs on file for future positions.

Meet some of the fostering social workers who support our foster parents

Want to hear from some of our own? Meet Jag and Nikki, two of our fostering social workers, and learn more about what fostering with AFA is like. 

“Foster parents do well if they have a fun, open and committed personality, and if they are resilient so they don’t give up on the first hurdle. Fostering is going to be hard; it’s not going to be easy, but the rewards are huge, literally huge!”

Jag, a social worker for 22 years, joined AFA 11 years ago after experiencing understaffing and overworking in a local authority. She currently manages 11 families with 13 children across Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, and Northampton. Now a senior fostering social worker, Jag provides emotional support and reassurance to her foster families, treating them the way she would like to be treated. She encourages her families to contact her whenever they need support to prevent sleepless nights!

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“For those children who need it, fostering makes a real difference and has positive outcomes. In my experience, fostering offers a more balanced life.”

Nikki, a social worker since 2012, joined AFA six years ago, attracted by our approach in providing support that best meets the needs of children and foster families. Now an assistant social work manager, Nikki says that good foster parents are approachable, respectful, polite, honest, kind, caring, and strong advocates for children, while a good sense of humour is also a plus! For those considering fostering, Nikki suggests speaking to current foster parents for a better understanding of the role beyond reading and watching adverts.

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