Family Matching Co-Ordinator

Full Time         Fixed-Term - 12 month contract (July 2024 - July 2025)

FosterCare UK is a small, established therapeutic fostering agency with our own Multi-Disciplinary Assessment & Treatment Team, setting us apart from other providers. We provide safe, secure, loving homes to the children in our care and the very best training and support services to our foster carers.

As part of the Capstone Foster Care Group, FosterCare UK is owned by our employees, as an Employee Ownership Trust. Employee Ownership Trusts result in improved employee wellbeing, staff engagement and a sense of achievement. We are able to invest more in Learning and Development and pay all our staff dditional salary increments annually.

As a Family Matching Co-ordinator, you will work in partnership with other team members in order to provide  a highly effective, efficient and responsive Family Matching Service . At FosterCare UK, we pride ourselves on the quality of our thoughtful family matching.

Responsibilities of a Family Matching Co-ordinator:

• To receive, process and co-ordinate incoming referrals from local authorities of children needing fostering families
• Working together with internal and external colleagues to match children and young people with FosterCare UK's foster carers
• Creation and maintenance of family matching records
• Weekly and monthly reporting
• Following up any open referrals
• Promoting to local authorities our foster carer availiability
• To develop and exercise an understanding of the customs, traditions, culture and religions when dealing with children and foster families and matching fostering arrangements

A Family Matching Co-ordinator needs to have:

• Confident communication and strong negotation skills.
• A background in a similar position or Children's Social Care experience.
• Excellent IT skills are a must 
• Attention to detail, ensuring all files are maintained accurately

In return we offer:

• Home based working
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Holidays starting from 27 days plus Bank Holidays and also your birthday off!
• Additional holiday purchase scheme
• Westfield Cash Health Plan
• Wellbeing and fitness app Human OS
• Employee Assistance membership
• Paid charitable work/ volunteer opportunities

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people is enshrined within FosterCare UK’s policy and practice. We expect our employees to share this commitment with us. This position will be subject to a DBS application.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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