Five Rivers Child Care

Five Rivers is Recruiting Foster Carers In the West of England

Are you looking for a career with life-changing potential? If you could offer a vulnerable child a safe place to stay, foster care could be for you.

We are currently seeking Foster Carers in Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire. By fostering with Five Rivers, you will benefit from a close network of local support staff and Foster Carers who live in your local area. Support workers based nearby are always on hand to help, day or night.

Five Rivers is a Social Enterprise, which means we value people above profit. We go the extra mile, investing in our people, projects, research and training.

Our Social Enterprise reinvestments help us provide…

• Enhanced Support for Foster Carers

Our local, experienced staff offer 24/7 personalised support to our Foster Carers, 365 days a year. We know this round-the-clock support is crucial, and it’s not something other fostering agencies always offer. In addition to this, our Social Workers are therapeutically trained to understand the impact of trauma and adverse childhood experiences. This means they can provide compassionate, trauma-informed support to our foster families.

• Access to Therapists

An important part of our Social Workers' jobs is advocating for our Foster Carers, ensuring that their voices are heard when times get tough. This involves working closely with our team of in-house Clinicians so that difficulties can be addressed promptly. From there, our Clinicians, Social Workers, and Foster Carers create an agreed plan of support. This personalised therapeutic response, funded by our Social Enterprise reinvestments, is what makes Five Rivers stand out from other fostering agencies.

• A Research-Informed Approach to Training

Our research-based training is unique to Five Rivers Child Care and provides our Foster Carers with a strong foundation in therapeutic care.

Working in partnership with University College London and the Anna Freud Centre, we have carried out studies to understand the impacts of childhood adversity. As a result, we have developed the Attachment and Trauma-Informed Care Model™ (ATIC) - a pioneering model of therapeutic care that we embed across the whole organisation.

Delivered by an in-house team of clinicians, our ATIC training helps Foster Carers to become trauma-informed, enabling them to better support children and minimising the risk of placement breakdown.

Interested in fostering with us? Book a call to find out more, or call 0333 0603 962. Find out more about fostering at five-rivers.org.uk

About Five Rivers

Five Rivers is a Social Enterprise that looks after children who need specialist care and education. Our incredible teams of Foster Carers, education and care staff provide safe, nurturing environments for children nationwide. Our purpose is to help children recover from neglect, abuse, trauma or family breakdown, turning their lives around so they can flourish and fulfil their potential.

In addition to Fostering, our childcare services include: Education, Residential, Assessment & Therapy and Crisis Intervention. As a Social Enterprise, we are a dynamic, ethical organisation committed to giving back. We measure our success by the positive impact we have on lives, rather than the profit we make for shareholders. 

Established in 1989, we are one of England’s most experienced providers of children’s social care. Visit our website to find out more: www.five-rivers.org