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Recruitment Officer
Countywide (On-Site)
Permanent, Full time
£26,835 with the opportunity to progress to £30,060 per annum
Job Title: Recruitment Officer
Starting Salary: £26,835 with the opportunity to progress to £30,060 per annum pay award pending
Hours: 37.0
Location: Countywide
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Childrens Services
About the team
Do you have experience of working with Children and Families and would like to make a difference in Adoption and Fostering? If so, this could be the perfect social care role for you.
The Adoption and Fostering Recruitment team, part of Hertfordshire's Children's & Families Specialist Services sits within the Adoption Service, supporting people to make enquires to adopt and foster, the team is county wide, covers all of Hertfordshire and is rated an Outstanding Service. We are proud to be members of both Adopt East and Foster East.
About the role
As a Recruitment Officer in the team, you would be involved in processing enquiries and supporting applicants on their Adoption & Fostering journeys.
Be a point of contact for the Adoption and Fostering recruitment campaigns dealing with enquiries personally by answering the phone, replying to emails for enquiries from the public who are enquiring to foster or adopt.
Giving appropriate advice, guidance and information to potential applicants, including undertaking a variety of activities to promote adoption and fostering, increasing applications and approvals.
A typical day would involve:
Taking and acting-on referrals for people who are interested in adopting or fostering. That will include making home visits to assess suitability of applicants interested in fostering.
Supporting and looking after applicants who have started their adoption or fostering process.
Organising and attending recruitment events in the community to raise the need for adopters and foster carers, along with providing information at regular online and in person open events
About you
Essential:
This job role is within the Health and Social Care Services, level HSC7 job profile. Please locate this via:
Job profiles - Health and social care
To hear more about this opportunity please contact Michelle McLaughlin (michelle.mclaughlin@hertfordshire.gov.uk).
Interview Date: 2nd and 6th June.
Benefits of working for us
How to apply
As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.
Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.
Driving required
You'll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.
English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.
Starting Salary: £26,835 with the opportunity to progress to £30,060 per annum pay award pending
Hours: 37.0
Location: Countywide
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Childrens Services
About the team
Do you have experience of working with Children and Families and would like to make a difference in Adoption and Fostering? If so, this could be the perfect social care role for you.
The Adoption and Fostering Recruitment team, part of Hertfordshire's Children's & Families Specialist Services sits within the Adoption Service, supporting people to make enquires to adopt and foster, the team is county wide, covers all of Hertfordshire and is rated an Outstanding Service. We are proud to be members of both Adopt East and Foster East.
About the role
As a Recruitment Officer in the team, you would be involved in processing enquiries and supporting applicants on their Adoption & Fostering journeys.
Be a point of contact for the Adoption and Fostering recruitment campaigns dealing with enquiries personally by answering the phone, replying to emails for enquiries from the public who are enquiring to foster or adopt.
Giving appropriate advice, guidance and information to potential applicants, including undertaking a variety of activities to promote adoption and fostering, increasing applications and approvals.
A typical day would involve:
Taking and acting-on referrals for people who are interested in adopting or fostering. That will include making home visits to assess suitability of applicants interested in fostering.
Supporting and looking after applicants who have started their adoption or fostering process.
Organising and attending recruitment events in the community to raise the need for adopters and foster carers, along with providing information at regular online and in person open events
About you
Essential:
- You must have relevant experience with working with people in the community which could include within the social care sector or similar settings.
- Ability to communicate effectively with a diverse range of people
- Experience of assessing and completing written reports.
- Experience of using Microsoft Office, email, internet, web-based resources.
- Full driving licence and access to a car.
- Experience of working on projects, events and presenting to people.
- Basic awareness of recruitment and retention, best practice in the recruitment and retention of adopters and foster carers.
- Adoption and/or Fostering Experience.
- Ability to communicate effectively with a diverse range of people and to explain the process of adoption and fostering to people over the phone or in person.
- Experience of assessing and completing written reports with an understanding of needs and abilities of adoption and fostering applicants.
- Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload, management of a caseload maintaining detailed electronic case records.
This job role is within the Health and Social Care Services, level HSC7 job profile. Please locate this via:
Job profiles - Health and social care
To hear more about this opportunity please contact Michelle McLaughlin (michelle.mclaughlin@hertfordshire.gov.uk).
Interview Date: 2nd and 6th June.
Benefits of working for us
How to apply
As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.
Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.
Driving required
You'll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.
English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.
Closing date: Wed 07/05/2025 at 12:06
Job reference: HCC27863