Staff Vacancies

  • Duty and Recruitment Officer

    Salary: £28,000 - £35,000 depending on experience

    Location: London & Manchester Office

    Role Description

    We seek a full-time Duty and Recruitment Officer to join our team in the London & Manchester Area, United Kingdom. In this role, you will be responsible for various duties, including recruiting foster carers, coordinating placements, and ensuring the welfare of children in our care. This on-site role requires strong organisational and interpersonal skills and a passion for supporting vulnerable children.

    Qualifications

    Experience in recruitment or a related field

    Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

    Strong organizational and multitasking abilities

    Knowledge of child welfare and safeguarding practices

    Ability to build and maintain relationships with foster carers and external stakeholders

    Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and database management

    Educated to degree level or equivalent (preferred)

    We are looking for a motivated individual who is passionate about making a positive difference in the lives of vulnerable children. We would love to hear from you if you are dedicated, compassionate, and ready to join a supportive team.

    How to Apply: Please email your CV and covering letter to BusinessSupport@rainbowfostering.co.uk.

    *Please note that we recruit on a rolling basis. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, if you do not hear from us within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.

  • Supervising Social Worker

    You will manage approved Foster Carers in an allocated area, recruiting potential carers, assessing, supervising, training and supporting Foster Carers with their placements whilst working within the legislative and regulatory framework. This includes promoting the company values, qualities and standards to ensure a professional service with the aim of achieving outstanding outcomes for children. The supervising social worker will work with current Safeguarding and Child Protection Legislation, Fostering Regulations and National Minimum Standards and Guidance.

    Type: Full-Time

    Location: London, Birmingham, Manchester, Portsmouth, Southampton, Kent, Midlands

    Salary: Up to £45k

    How to Apply: Please email your CV and covering letter to BusinessSupport@rainbowfostering.co.uk with the subject: ‘Application: Supervising Social Worker’.

    *Please note that we recruit on a rolling basis. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, if you do not hear from us within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.

  • Form F Assessor

    We are looking to identify skilled and experienced social workers to undertake fostering FORM F assessments with us. Your role would be to safeguard the outcomes for foster children by carrying out assessments of prospective foster families with whom children and young people will be placed.

    In order to achieve this, you need to be able to produce and present high-quality, evidence-based, analytical fostering assessments and have a sound knowledge of child care legislation which includes the Children Act 1989, Fostering and Adoption Act 2002, the National Minimum Standards for Fostering Services, and Fostering Services Regulations.

    How to Apply: Please email your CV and covering letter to BusinessSupport@rainbowfostering.co.uk with the subject: ‘Application: Form F Assessor’.

  • Fostering Panel Member

    You will attend and participate in the Fostering Panel whilst working within the legislative and regulatory framework to support in making recommendations of approval and continued approval for foster carers for the Agency Decision Maker. This includes promoting the company values, qualities and standards to ensure a professional service with the aim of achieving outstanding outcomes for children.

    All Fostering Panel Members will work with current Safeguarding and Child Protection Legislation, Fostering Regulations and National Minimum Standards and Guidance.

    Type: Full-Time

    Location: Hybrid

    Salary: Negotiable

    How to Apply: Please email your CV and covering letter to BusinessSupport@rainbowfostering.co.uk with the subject: ‘Application: Fostering Panel Member’.

    *Please note that we recruit on a rolling basis. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, if you do not hear from us within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.