https://jobs.co.uk/job/fostering-recruitment-officer-25hrs-per-week-permanent-hays-social-care--c788f284-0153-48e9-a874-b1e2839de6ff RSS feed for Fostering Recruitment Officer - 25hrs per week - Permanent at Hays Social Care. en-gb Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:22:41 GMT https://jobs.co.uk/job/fostering-recruitment-officer-25hrs-per-week-permanent-hays-social-care--c788f284-0153-48e9-a874-b1e2839de6ff https://jobs.co.uk/job/fostering-recruitment-officer-25hrs-per-week-permanent-hays-social-care--c788f284-0153-48e9-a874-b1e2839de6ff Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMT Location: Southend-on-Sea | Salary: £29064 - £32597/annum £29,064-£32,597 | Type: Permanent | Your new role Southend City Council are looking to appoint a permanent, part-time Recruitment Fostering Officer. The salary is pro rata''d to 25hrs. The Recruitment Fostering Officer''s role is to attract, engage and convert potentially interested foster carers. The main goal is to increase the number of approved foster carers by promoting the fostering department and guiding applicants through the early stages of the fostering recruitment process. Within this post, you will be key in developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating the recruitment strategy for Fostering. Producing and distributing promotional material, developing relationships with the press, media, community groups and organising recruitment events. You will be the first point of contact to all prospective foster carers, as well as organising pre-approval training for them.There will be the need to provide accurate information and advice about the different fostering schemes operating in Southend. This will involve dealing effectively with visitors and telephone callers to the service. As well as this, you will be required to collect information and complete initial enquiry forms as appropriate and subsequ... Permanent