Salary: £28,014 - £42,021 pro rata
Location: Flexible, South / East England
Hours: 28 hours per week
Status: Permanent
The Fostering Network is the UK’s leading fostering charity. We are dedicated to creating a better future for fostered children and young people. We bring together everyone who is involved in their lives, leading, inspiring, motivating and supporting them to make foster care better. Together with our members and supporters we are a powerful catalyst for change, and we’ve been shaping and influencing the fostering agenda for more than 40 years.
Would you like to work with the UK’s leading fostering charity? Do you have experience of working with multi professionals, including foster carers, social workers and managers in fostering services? Do you have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of foster care in England and the skills needed to deliver high quality practice support across the fostering sector? A unique opportunity has arisen for a motivated and driven individual with a passion for shaping and improving fostering practice to join our well-established team of practice support consultants.
You will be an excellent communicator; able to produce high quality written reports and able to represent The Fostering Network to a range of audiences – locally, regionally and nationally. Based from home, you will work independently and flexibly, engaging with fostering services and those they support across the South & East of England.
If you are a qualified social worker, or equivalent experience, and have an in-depth knowledge, significant experience and sound understanding of fostering services and fostering related issues we want to hear from you.
Closing date: 12 noon on Tuesday 13 July
Interview date: Monday 19 July 2021 on Zoom
To apply please see the 'How to apply' section and please email your application form to recruitment@fostering.net.
Please note: CVs are not accepted.
The Fostering Network is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community and especially encourage applications from groups which are underrepresented. All applicants are treated equally and selected on the basis of individual merit and ability to meet the requirements of the role.
Additionally, we consider family-friendly flexible working arrangements within the role description.
