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12 months fixed-term contract (or Secondment opportunity) | 37 hours per week | £41,173 to £45,442 per annum (Scale K) | County Hall (travel will be required within the Eastern Region and you will be required to work occasional evenings and weekends with time back in lieu)
2024 is a very exciting year for the Eastern region with the launch of our new Regional Fostering Hub, led by Norfolk County Council. Our aim is to create a regional centre point to enable a more streamlined approach to fostering recruitment, working together to increase the number and diversity of foster carers to meet the needs of all children. We have ambitious plans to increase the number of Foster Carers to transform the lives and outcomes of children in care across the region.
The key features of the Hub are:
- To improve the journey from enquiry to application and approval.
- To boost the number of quality enquiries and build evidence of effective marketing strategies.
- Establish a pan-local authority approach to fostering recruitment.
- Provide a central 'landing page' for the communications campaign, ensuring a good user journey through the system.
- There will also be a regional focus to the communications, building on what works in foster care recruitment. Adverts will direct prospective foster carers to the recruitment support hub.
Before you apply please see the full job description and person specification in the below link – this will help you to shape your application to demonstrate how you meet the criteria for the role.
To apply please visit Regional Fostering Hub Communications and Engagement Lead - Norfolk County Council Careers
For more information about this role please contact Louise Bettinson (Business Design and Change Manager) on 01603 224269 or Louise.Bettinson@norfolk.gov.uk.
What will you be doing?
Working closely with the East Fostering Region, Communications, and wider business, you will lead, develop and implement a strategy to increase our engagement with and uptake of new foster carers across the Region, acting as the face of the business with regards to foster care and responsible for targeting, sourcing, educating, securing and retaining new and existing foster carers.
About you
- Excellent interpersonal skills who can engage, develop and manage positive and collaborative relationships with many partners and stakeholders with different perspectives and interests.
- Experience in designing, implementing, and delivering effective recruitment marketing strategies.
- Extensive recruitment, marketing experience ideally in fostering or another relevant shortage area.
- A degree in a related field.
