Job Description

Job profile

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The job requirements are detailed below. Essential qualifications, skills and experience are listed in the s/Person Specification which can be found under the attachments section below.

Job details

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Job reference

REQ001825

Date posted

02/10/2025

Apply by

16/10/2025

Salary

31,022

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full Time

Job category/type

Social Care - Children and Young People

Regional Recruitment and Retention Officer

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Job description

Temporary Regional Recruitment & Retention Officer (Ext funded until March 2027)

Foster Wales Regional Recruitment Team - 37 Hours

Ty Catrin, Uni 1 Martitime Industrial Estate, Pontypridd, CF37 1NY

You could help us increase the number of foster carers for children in your local area.

A role you can be passionate about. You can make a difference for children who need somewhere safe, local, welcoming - somewhere to call home.



Finding more local foster carers can give children a family home environment rather than residential care, stay local rather than moving far away from everything that's familiar.



As a Fostering Recruitment & Retention Officer you can play your part in improving the lives of so many.



Local people interested in becoming a foster carer want to talk to someone who can answer their questions and understand their way of life. Using your knowledge of children and the local area, you can reassure them, sharing real stories of children in care (especially if you've already worked within social services, been a foster carer, care experienced or been part of a fostering family) you can explain things concisely in an easy-to-understand way, without jargon.





By being motivated, organised and methodical, you can make a good first impression via phone, email or in person, to make people feel that they've chosen the right people to foster with and to trust their family with.



Having a flexible working pattern, whether that's sometimes at home, in the office or out and about meeting people face to face within your local area, you'll be available - to ask the silly things. You can take the time to talk, without any pressure - we don't do pushy sales techniques.



A real people person with the ability to listen and build a relationship with, encouraging people from all backgrounds (who may feel judged or daunted), to relax, be themselves and keep a conversation going. A person who can follow their fostering journey and work with the local Foster Wales team to provide on going support, organise social events and other engagement activities for all local authority foster carers.



A warm friendly welcome can make all the difference, to people who might be talking themselves out of fostering. Your support, a friendly face and a chat could be the difference in finding more foster carers for children in the local area. As the first point of contact for your local Foster Wales team, you can guide people on their journey to be great foster carers.



If you would like to find out more about the post or have an informal discussion plase contact Amy McArdle at Amy.McArdle@rctcbc.gov.uk.



Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.

In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.

An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

As part of the Council's longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.



In support of the Council's voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.