Recruitment Officer

4 weeks ago


Bristol, United Kingdom South Gloucestershire Council Full time

**How you'll make a difference**:
The Recruitment and Assessment team is a new service which is part of the Fostering team and wider People department. The aim of this team is to ultimately promote and recruit new foster carers within the local authority.

You will make a difference to looked after children in South Gloucestershire by supporting prospective foster carers become foster carers, from their first enquiry to being approved.

The team are currently hybrid working, which is a mixture of working remotely at home and in the office.

**What will you be doing?**
- You are the first point of contact for all enquiries and hold responsibility for progressing potential foster carers who meet the criteria.
- With the support from social workers and foster carers, you will lead on the foster carer’s pre-approval training course, including organisation, co-ordination and delivery of the course.
- You will organise, plan and host information events to a range of stakeholders.
- Working closely with the marketing officer, you will be jointly responsible to ensure a strong and consistent social media presence for South Gloucestershire Fostering.

**What we need from you**:

- We require you to hold or be working towards a relevant professional qualification such as children and families, youth and community or charity sector or be able to demonstrate an equal level of experience in working within the social care sector or in a similar role.
- You will be able to undertake assessments with the ability to communicate and justify reasons for recommendations clearly.
- Ideally, you will have previous experience of writing reports, collating and analysing information, running data reports, and presenting findings in different formats.
- You will have proven experience of event organising such as conferences, networking, and charity events.
- You are required to travel widely within the authority, so you must either have a current driving licence and provide a car or have access to appropriate means of travel.
- Although not essential, you may have previous knowledge of children’s services and fostering and adoption.

Be able to work flexibly in response to service needs including weekends and evenings.

Please note that due to the nature of this role it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained for this post.

**How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different**:
We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives and we offer genuine **flexibility **to help them achieve that **work/life balance.**

We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our **training and development** offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.

What’s special here is the strength of the **team ethos**. We are a relatively small local authority, so managers know staff well. They can plan their services to ensure teams have **manageable caseloads** and have effective supervision so **feel supported** to make decisions which are right for the children and young people they work with.

We are **committed to safeguarding** and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Ensuring all our staff are given right skills, knowledge and support to recognise and respond effectively to potential abuse or neglect.

As part of our benefits package you will receive **generous annual leave** (pro rata), employee **wellbeing support** and you will have access to a range of **staff discounts**, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities.

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.
- We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of
- We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life
- We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.

We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.

**We’re** making a difference, be part of it**

Salary pro rated to hours worked.

Interviews will be held on Monday 3rd July 2023.


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