Fostering Recruitment Officer

Key Responsibilities:

Respond promptly and efficiently to fostering enquiries, managing them through the recruitment process with precision and care.

Conduct recruitment calls, visits, and pre-assessment viability checks to ensure potential foster carers are well-informed and prepared.

Collaborate with the Regional Marketing Officer to enhance our online presence and brand visibility through social media and website content.

Facilitate Stage 1 checks, ensuring all necessary evaluations are completed to ensure suitability.

Contribute to pre-approval training for fostering applicants, supporting their journey towards becoming foster carers.

Work closely with colleagues, local businesses, and stakeholders to raise awareness and foster positive relationships.

Qualifications and Skills:

Hold an NVQ Level 4 or equivalent in social work, health, social care, youth, or childcare.

Possess significant experience working with foster carers, looked after children, and a solid understanding of relevant principles.

Showcase exceptional organizational skills, record-keeping abilities, and proficiency in IT packages.

Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills, essential for building relationships and managing enquiries.

Why Choose Us:

Join a dynamic team dedicated to enhancing the lives of children and families. With opportunities to develop professionally, you'll play a pivotal role in supporting our foster care community. Your impact will be felt across the local authority as you contribute to important recruitment initiatives.

If you're a driven individual seeking to make a real impact, we encourage you to apply. Together, let's create a brighter future for children in our community.

Please refer to the job description above for more details on this vacancy and the person specification.

Employment Checks

This post is subject to a DBS disclosure check.

Where it is appropriate for your role and responsibility, the personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by visiting https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.

Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.

Please note that at this point, Pembrokeshire County Council is not accepting applicants who require a Skilled Worker visa as a prerequisite to a right to work in the UK. Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk is a high priority for Pembrokeshire County Council. We aim to support vulnerable children and adults at risk to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. We are committed to ensuring their safety and will take action to safeguard their well-being. The Council's Corporate Safeguarding Policy provides a framework for every member of staff and Service within the Council, setting out responsibilities in relation to safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk as well as the methods by which the Council will be assured that it is fulfilling its duties.

This policy applies to all Council employees and workforce, councillors, volunteers and also service providers that are commissioned by the Council. Safeguarding is everyone's business whether they work for, or on behalf of, the Council.

Support & Additional Info

• Please contact the HR Systems Team as early as possible if you're unable to apply online by emailing hrsystemsteam@pembrokeshire.gov.uk .
• Please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries relating to this vacancy by emailing Recruit@pembrokeshire.gov.uk .
• Local Government Employees on National Joint Council (NJC) terms are subject to national pay bargaining; all salaries currently stated in our adverts are as 01/04/2025.
• Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; therefore prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the person specification and are registered on our redeployment pool.

Welsh language skills are desirable. Applications may be submitted in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than applications submitted in English.