Fostering Recruitment Officer

Fostering Recruitment Officer - London - Brent

£39,264

Permanent - Full Time - 5 Days per week - 36 hours 

Duties/Responsibilitie

• To maximise the department's ability to recruit foster carers for looked after children in Brent.
• To maintain the Fostering website pages ensuring they are updated as well as finding opportunities to increase usage.
• To plan and organise recruitment events internally and externally with support from social workers and other team members.
• To engage with foster carers to develop participation in recruitment campaigns to aid retention. 
• To work with other Brent services and community groups to promote fostering within hard to reach groups.
• To undertake surveys and research that will inform the recruitment strategy and aid retention of foster carers, in the form of customer service surveys and exit surveys on resignation. This also includes the collation of data and evaluation of marketing activities and events.
• To produce monthly newsletters for fostering recruitment, including the gathering of information, article writing and production of audio-video assets.
• To organise and coordinate events for carers such as Foster Carers Support Group and the monthly Fostering Information Evening.
• To attend supervision, appraisals, team and section meetings.
• To attend regular meetings with senior officers and, when needed, councillors to seek their views on campaign development and share regular updates.
• Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and all employees are required to act in such a way that at all times safeguards the health and well being of children and vulnerable adults.
• Undertake any other duties commensurate with the general level of responsibility of this post.

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