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SalarySalary: £49,498 - £51,515 per annum
Hours per week: 37 hours
Temporary/Fixed term: 12 months
Interview date: Thursday 11 April 2024
Fostering Regional Recruitment and Retention Hub - Transforming Young Lives
Lead our innovative virtual Fostering Recruitment and Retention Hub! This remote role includes occasional travel within the Southwest Region, with flexibility for evening and weekend work.
Join the new Southwest Regional Fostering Hub led by Wiltshire and Cornwall County Councils. This hub streamlines foster care recruitment across the region, bringing local authorities together to increase foster carer numbers and improve the lives and outcomes of children in care across the region.
The key features of the Hub are to:
- Enhance the journey from enquiry to application.
- Provide a streamlined journey to allocation to a local authority application, and approval.
- Amplify enquiries and establish an evidence base for impactful marketing strategies.
- Introduce a regional approach to support local authority Fostering Recruitment.
- Co-produce the design ensuring a good user journey through the system.
We seek a candidate with exceptional interpersonal skills to foster positive relationships with diverse partners and stakeholders. Ideal candidates will bring experience in Fostering Recruitment or related fields, along with Social Work Degree/Dip/CQSW/CSS or equivalent social care related degree or extensive working experience in this field.
If you would like to be part of this exciting and transformative project, then apply today!
Why us?
Wiltshire Council is a friendly, welcoming place to work, with a 'One Council' ethos. That’s why we focus on getting the things that matter to our people right.
Please download and read the role description and person specification carefully before you apply as well as Our Identity .
For more details, contact Michele Llewellyn, Service Manager Children in Care, at michele.llewellyn@wiltshire.gov.uk , or call 01249 709430.
This role may be subject to certain successful security checks; please see the role description for more information.
We are firmly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and to the principles of inclusion and diversity in both employment and the delivery of services. Read our statement of commitment to equality and inclusion .
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