Mobile Support Worker

Wraparound Therapeutic Support Worker

📍 West Midlands | Full-Time | Therapeutic Fostering Service

Are you someone who thrives on variety, relationship-building, and making a genuine difference in young people’s lives?

This is not your typical support worker role.

We’re recruiting for a Wraparound Therapeutic Support Worker to join a specialist fostering service delivering trauma-informed support to children and foster families across the West Midlands.

The key part of this role?
You must be confident working in a truly mobile capacity — travelling across the region to different foster homes, supporting young people in a range of environments, and becoming a consistent, trusted presence during the moments that matter most.

One day you could be supporting a young person before school to help regulate emotions and routines. The next, you may be travelling to another placement to assist a foster carer through a difficult transition, support contact arrangements, or help a young person access education or activities. No two days are the same.

This is an incredibly rewarding opportunity for someone who enjoys autonomy, flexibility, and therapeutic relationship-based work.

The Role

You’ll work as part of a supportive therapeutic team, providing practical and emotional support to children and foster carers through:

* Trauma-informed interventions

* Emotional and behavioural support

* Placement stability work

* Educational and transport support

* Community activities and events

* Therapeutic relationship building

* Structured routines and emotional regulation support

The service operates flexibly around the needs of young people, so this role includes:

* Early mornings when required

* After-school support

* Occasional evenings/weekends

* School holiday support patterns

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for individuals who are:

* Passionate about supporting children and young people

* Confident travelling independently across the West Midlands

* Emotionally resilient, adaptable, and calm under pressure

* Comfortable working across multiple foster placements and environments

* Able to build trust quickly with both young people and carers

* Experienced within children’s residential care, fostering, SEMH, education, youth work, or similar settings

Desirable Experience / Qualifications

* NVQ Level 3 in Children & Young People

* Therapeutic parenting, PACE, DDP or trauma-informed training

* Experience supporting children with complex trauma backgrounds

What’s On Offer

* A genuinely therapeutic and supportive team culture

* Flexible working arrangements

* TOIL for additional hours worked

* Ongoing development and reflective supervision

* The opportunity to make a lasting impact on children’s lives every single day

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants more than a static support role and enjoys being out in the community, building meaningful relationships, and helping foster placements succeed