Fostering Recruitment Support Worker

1 month ago

Kidlington, United Kingdom Oxfordshire County Council Full time
{"title": "Fostering Recruitment Support Worker", "description": "About Us

Oxfordshire County Council is embarking on an exciting transformation journey, Delivering the Future Together. We're seeking dedicated individuals to help us achieve our goals while embracing our value of daring to do things differently.

In our Children, Education, and Families Directorate, we strive to help children, young people, and families thrive. Our restorative, relational practice approach reflects our commitment to building relationships, empowering people, and focusing on strengths.

We've consistently been rated as good by Ofsted, but we're not content with that. Oxfordshire County Council is a financially stable local authority committed to investing in Children, Education, and Families to make a real difference in the lives of the families we work with.

About the Role

We have a fixed-term opportunity within the Countywide Fostering Recruitment Team for a Fostering Recruitment Support Worker. This is a temporary maternity cover, starting in October 2024, for 12 months. It's a part-time position (18 hours per week).

The role is central to our campaign to increase in-house carers and assist carers with the application and assessment process, as well as supporting our Fostering Recruitment Team Manager.

The role is based in our Kidlington office, Ron Groves House.

Key Responsibilities
  • Work alongside social workers in the Fostering Teams, particularly recruitment, contributing to service delivery.
  • Direct work with potential foster carers.
  • Provide performance data to evidence that we are meeting statutory timescales.
  • Any additional identified support to the fostering recruitment campaign.
About You

We're looking for someone who is:

  • Kind and caring, with an understanding of and respect for individuals' qualities, abilities, and diverse backgrounds.
  • Organised, and able to be a point of contact and provide assistance to prospective foster carers during the stages of the fostering process, while monitoring progress and timescales.
  • Able to support carers in registering for mandatory training.
  • An IT/LCS champion for the fostering processes.
  • Able to work with Managers regarding the collection and processing of data for information management systems and databases, ensuring accuracy, security, and compliance with statutory requirements.
  • Contributing to the development of the fostering service, for example, through fostering assessment support groups.
  • Able to support the county marketing manager with community and engagement events.
Rewards and Benefits
  • Competitive salary from £29,269 per annum (pro rata).
  • Annual leave starting at 30 days per year, plus bank holidays (pro rata).
  • A comprehensive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
  • Employee Assistance Programme including access to health and wellbeing support 24 x 7.
  • Range of family-friendly policies.
  • Childcare vouchers, cycle to work scheme, electric car scheme, range of staff discounts including travel, holidays, insurance, food, health & leisure activities.
  • Excellent learning and development opportunities.
Our Commitment

We're committed to:

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Oxfordshire County Council values diversity and promotes equality. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Guaranteed Interview Schemes

We guarantee an interview for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job. We also guarantee interviews to care leavers who have completed further education and who meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding

Oxfordshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect these commitments.

Flexible Working

We're open to discussions about flexible working, which can include flexi-time, part-time working, job sharing, nine-day fortnights and annualised hours, depending on the requirements of the role and the service.

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