Recruitment and Engagement Officer

3 weeks ago


Wigan, United Kingdom Wigan Council Full time

**Social Care**

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- Fostering

**Wigan Council**

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**Wigan Life Centre South**

**College Avenue**

**Wigan**

**WN1 1NJ**

**Salary: Grade 6, £27,344 - £30,296 per annum.**

**37 hours per week**

**Your role**:
We are looking for a Recruitment and Engagement officer who will take a lead role on recruiting Foster Carers and raising the awareness of fostering in Wigan. Within this role, you will also be responsible for the engagement and communications with current Foster Carers in Wigan.

You will be responsible for developing, co-ordinating and delivering campaigns, which will support the agency and their marketing team with the recruitment of Foster Carers. You will represent Wigan Council and support potential Foster Carers to access the training and assessment process to becoming approved foster carers.

**About you**:
You will be a motivated and innovative individual who is passionate about ensuring that Wigan’s children and young people have the opportunity to live in and be cared for within family settings through fostering households. You will be creative in your approach to developing new ways to engage with potential carers including problem solving potential barriers to fostering. You will be confident and readily able to liaise with members of the public to encourage them to consider fostering in their homes and to understand the process that underpins approval.

**About us**:
Wigan Council has been voted ‘Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards and has recently published The Deal 2030, our ambitious plan for our borough. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

The fostering service has a large team of Social Workers, Support Workers and unique support roles to ensure that our foster carers are nurtured and supported to look after some of the most vulnerable children in Wigan. We are a busy and vibrant team who have been established for many years. Our experience and dedication to the service make this a motivating and rewarding place to work.

Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home (My Place), the office (Our Place) or the community (Your Place). We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits click here to find out more about working for #TeamWigan.

For further information please contact Claire Gardiner on 01942 487200.

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