Intensive foster carers will receive a £40,000 salary as part of the scheme, which is designed to reduce the number of young Islanders being placed in residential care in Jersey or the UK.
Intensive foster carers will also receive a maintenance allowance, as well as travel and other expenses.
They would not be able to undertake other employment while working in the role.
Children’s Minister Sam Mézec previously announced that he hoped ten intensive foster parents would be recruited by 2022 – four this year, four in 2021 and a further two in 2022.
The minister said: ‘Current foster carers in Jersey provide invaluable care to our looked-after children.
‘But we have been unable to provide enough foster homes for some children and young people with exceptionally complex needs who require therapeutic care off-Island, which can cost more than £200,000 a year for each child.
‘We would like people from all cultural backgrounds and ethnicities to consider a career as an intensive foster carer, so that children and young people can be matched with carers who they can identify with.
‘Intensive fostering is a specialist fostering service for children and young people who need to live in a nurturing family environment with foster carers who have the knowledge, understanding and skills to care for and support them until they can return home, live independently or access other family settings provided by Children’s Services.’
Prospective foster carers will undergo assessment and will undertake comprehensive training so they can support the child in the care. They will have regular contact with a support worker and access to specialist support groups.
They will receive 28 days holiday and be asked to support other carers by providing respite and short break care.
Information events are being held and those interested should register their interest by 31 March, with home visits being undertaken in April.
Events are at St Peter’s Parish Hall on 4 March from 6pm to 8pm, St Martin’s Public Hall from 10am to 12pm on 7 March and at St Paul’s Gate, in St Helier, from 10am to 12pm on 14 March.
