Support Workers
FFI’s Support Worker Service is integral to providing a range of effective needs-led services.
FFI Support Workers are part of the multi-disciplinary team that supports and sustains placements by identifying and meeting the needs of individual children and young people and their foster carers.
Through partnership with others, support workers provide focused practical inputs to help sustain childrens' placement stability and deliver positive outcomes.
FFI Support Worker Services
The range of services offered by our Support Workers includes:
- Day support to maintain a placement – this could be an educational programme or structured activities because a child or young person is not attending school, support provided within a classroom setting, or support to meet an unforeseen emergency in a foster home
- Where appropriate, transport for a child or young person and/or their foster carer to attend contact visits or FFI activities (please note: all FFI foster carers are required to have a Full Driving License as FFI transport is of limited availability)
- Supervision of contact between a child or young person and their birth family
- Organisation of FFI social activities and creating newsletters and forums for children and young people
- Out of hours support in response to crises or other emergencies
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Venue: Waterford
Date: 29th Sep, 12:00am
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