Carer Recruitment Officer

National Fostering Group; Epping Forest; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fostering organization in the Essex area is seeking a Carer Recruitment Officer. You will engage with the community to encourage foster carer applications, manage a database, and maintain contact with potential applicants throughout the process. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential. The role offers a permanent, full-time contract with a salary between £29,000 and £32,000, alongside generous benefits including up to 40 days of annual leave and a robust pension plan.

Benefits

Up to 40 days annual leave

Minimum 9% pension contributions

Life Assurance

Flexible benefits platform

Qualifications

• Passion for growing the foster carer community.
• Self-motivated with excellent organizational skills.
• Full driving license and access to a car.

Responsibilities

• Source and encourage enquiries through local engagement.
• Maintain contact with potential foster carers throughout the application process.
• Manage the database of potential carers and provide weekly reports.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Customer experience/service

Flexibility

Basic Excel database management

Job description

Job Title: Carer Recruitment Officer

Location: Essex area

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £29,000 - £32,000 dependent on experience

About National Fostering Group

Its official, we have been rated as a Great Place to Work 2025!

83% of employees at National Fostering Group say it is a great place to work, compared to 54% of employees at a typical UK based company! Please read more about why our employees love working here: https://www.greatplacetowork.co.uk/certified-company/1574411

With over 20 years experience, National Fostering Group is the largest independent children's fostering group in the UK with a community of over 2,500 foster carers.

As a Group, we work with Local Authorities to provide the highest quality of care for children and young people. All of our fostering agencies are officially recognised by Ofsted, Welsh and Scottish regulators as either ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’ which we are extremely proud of.

We also offer a 4 day working week - this means 80% of the hours for 100% pay! This will be given following a successful 6 month probationary period and is a performance based benefit.

About the Role

We are looking for a Carer Recruitment Officer to help grow our family of foster carers. You will source and encourage enquiries through local engagement, undertake initial visits in the homes of our applicants and accurately record applicant information on our database.

The focus of the role is to raise awareness of fostering across local communities to help generate and nurture enquiries, keeping our database up to date. The role requires excellent time management, coordination and strong IT skills.

You will be comfortable engaging with the public and existing foster carers, attending events to raise awareness of fostering and help exceed the local recruitment target. You will be creating opportunities to engage with existing foster carers to promote ‘word of mouth/carer referral’ recommendations. You will also collate evidence of local recruitment activity and carer referral activity analysing your success in this and the subsequent outcomes to inform future strategy.

You will maintain contact with potential foster carers through the journey from enquiry to approval, sensitively gathering information from prospective foster carers at the early stages and providing information about the fostering task. You will then maintain regular contact and support the initial training and assessment process undertaken by your social work colleagues, managing the database of potential carers, and keeping colleagues and management updated with relevant information and weekly reporting. You will also be supporting other agencies in the area when deemed necessary.

Who are we looking for?

Evidence in providing great customer experience/service or having worked in recruitment would be an advantage however more important are strong communication skills, and a friendly and flexible approach which will be beneficial in enabling you to build rapport with members of the public, current and potential foster carers.

You must be proficient in basic excel database management and diary management, as well as demonstrating excellent spoken and written communication. Experience in marketing or working with databases would also support your application.

Essential Criteria

• A passion for growing our foster carer community
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Self-motivated homeworker
• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends when required
• Excellent organisational skills
• Full driving licence and access to car

Why work for us?

At National Fostering Group, our employee’s health and wellbeing are important to us. We offer an exceptional rewards package as well as access to our flexible benefits platform - so you can choose extra benefits that are suited to you. Below includes some of our offerings:

• Up to 40 days annual leave each year (26 base entitlement + 1 One moment in time + 8 bank holidays + ability to buy up to 5 extra days)
• You will also get 1 extra days holiday per year of service up until 5 years
• Minimum 9% pension contributions
• Life Assurance
• ‘The Hub’ – a discount marketplace
• Tech Scheme – tax and interest free retail vouchers
• Plus so much more physical and mental health benefits for you to choose from!

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the children and young people in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer.

Job ID: 300218