The role
The Role:
To manage the marketing and recruitment of foster carers, and drive Southwark’s sufficiency and recruitment/marketing strategy. To create digital and physical marketing campaigns, coordinate and manage events, volunteers and social media platforms. To manage the team of social workers and end to end process of assessment from enquiry to approval and training to increase in house foster carer capacity and quality to meet the needs of Southwark’s children.
About You
We are looking for someone with the motivation and drive to support our campaigns and strategies whilst providing excellent management and leadership to the team. You will have knowledge, experience and interest in fostering regulations and national minimum standards as well as marketing and recruitment strategies to increase our carer cohort.
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.
Additional salary details
Additional Information:
Full or Part-time applications welcome
Benefits and more information:
https://www.jobsatsouthwark.co.uk/why-us/
Recruitment timetable
Application closing date: 4th April 2024
Interviews will take place in the week beginning: 19th April 2024
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
- Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
- If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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