Job ref: RO-91647
Location: Fashion Corner, 57-59 Drake Street, Rochdale
Salary: £38,223 to £44,428 per annum
Grade: 8
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 18th April 2024
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Interview Type: In person
Rochdale is delighted to have been selected as the Host Local Authority for the Greater Manchester Fostering Recruitment and Support hub. This is a DFE funded scheme and we are one of ten pathfinder locations across the country.
This programme is in response to the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, the government published ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’ giving a commitment to delivering a regionally focused programme for fostering recruitment and retention.
The fostering recruitment hub is part of a DfE-funded fostering recruitment and retention programme, which includes:
• Implementing a regional foster recruitment support hub
• A foster carer recruitment communications campaign
• A foster carer retention programme.
The regional hub will work closely with colleagues across the ten LA’s in the development and delivery of the hub for Greater Manchester. This is a really exciting fast paced programme of work and we are seeking to establish an innovative and creative team with a strong fostering knowledge base and a passion for fostering recruitment.
The aims of the fostering recruitment hub are:
• To improve the journey from enquiry to application and approval
• To boost the number of quality enquiries and build evidence of effective marketing strategies
• Establish a pan-local authority approach to fostering recruitment
• Provide a central 'landing page' for the communications campaign, ensuring a good user journey through the system.
There will be a regional focus on communications, building on what we know works in foster care recruitment. Adverts will direct prospective foster carers to the recruitment support hub.
For internal staff, secondments are welcome, please speak to your line manager if you are interested in this position, as a secondment, before you apply.
What we offer:
- In Rochdale we are passionate about relational practice and this underpins all of our work and practice. Relational practice is key in the recruitment and support of foster carers, so this will be a key area of focus for us.
- Flexible and agile working arrangements, so you can balance your work and home commitments.
- Bespoke leadership learning programme & Advance Practitioner Group.
- Regular supervision and a visible and supportive leadership team.
- Continual professional development, underpinned by a strong training and development offer.
- Additional retention payments and professional fees paid.
- Rochdale is a well-connected location with good access from Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire.
- In Rochdale we love to innovate! We have successfully implemented both No Wrong Door and Mockingbird within the Cared for Children Resources service, so we have a strong track record of success to build on.
To apply for these roles, please submit your CV with a covering letter outlining your skills and experience pertinent to the role and you motivation for applying. Please state clearly which role you are applying for.
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The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects staff to share this commitment.
Casual User Car Allowance is payable
Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced DBS including a barred list check child workforce
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