Fostering Recruitment Coordinator LBHF625297 in London

Salary range: £41,739 - £43,014 pro-rata, per annum (actual salary £24,346 - £25,090 per annum)

Work location: 145 King Street, Hammersmith, London, W6 9XY

Hours per week: 21.00

Contract type: Temporary until 30 March 2027

Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check

Closing date: 25 November 2026

Interview date: We will be shortlisting and interviewing as we receive applications and we reserve the right to close the advert early.

About the role:

Are you highly organized, customer-focused, and passionate about improving outcomes for children? Foster with West London (FWL) is a regional fostering recruitment service working across eight Local Authorities: Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster, Brent, Hillingdon, Harrow, Hounslow and Ealing. Our vision is to ensure more children can live with high-quality foster carers in their local communities, improving outcomes and increasing placement choice across West London.

We are looking for a Fostering Recruitment Coordinator to join our regional fostering team on a part-time basis. This is a key coordination role supporting prospective foster carers through the assessment process, with a particular focus on Stage One checks, training arrangements, panel preparation and applicant support. You will work closely with applicants, social workers, partner agencies and local authority colleagues to ensure assessments progress smoothly and efficiently. The role includes coordinating training and panel activity, managing records and statutory checks, maintaining databases, monitoring performance information, and providing a high standard of customer service.

We are seeking someone with excellent organizational and communication skills, strong attention to detail, confidence using IT systems, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Experience within fostering, children's social care, or a similar operational setting would be advantageous.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an innovative regional service and play an important role in helping prospective foster carers progress through their journey, ultimately supporting more children to remain within their local communities.

Please refer to the Role Profile for more information.

How we act defines who we are. At the heart of our organisation is a common approach to defining ‘who we are’. We are looking for people who can build this into everything they do.

• We are fair: We treat everyone with compassion, dignity and fairness. We value the views and opinion of others, and promote benefits and opportunities for all.
• We are caring: We care about our borough and doing things well. We focus on standards and continuous improvement; learning from our mistakes and celebrating success.
• We are collaborators: We work together for a better society. We work with our residents, businesses, schools, third sector and others for better outcomes for everyone.
• We are driven: We will only settle for the very best. We seek to continually improve and put our residents, customers and businesses at the heart of everything we do.

Our commitment to you:

At H&F you will have access to a comprehensive total reward package as well as joining a flexible working employer and as such all staff can request flexible working. We believe an inclusive workplace is about the visibility and representation of our local diverse community - it is about open and transparent decision making co-produced with staff and residents. It is about respect for diversity and a shared identity that seeks to encourage fair and transparent recruitment, retention, and career progression. We take a proactive approach to equity, diversity, and inclusion so that it is part of the fabric of the Council with a shared understanding of the role all colleagues play in realising the inclusivity of the workplace. At H&F, our workplace ensures that everybody has equitable access to opportunities.

In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equitable access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of their age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification (GOQ) applies.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

To explore more about the work we do towards being an inclusive employer and our commitments to achieve this please contact us.

Asking for Adjustments:

We are committed to removing barriers in the workplace and this includes adjustments throughout the recruitment process. If you would like to discuss any adjustments or request the application form in a different format, please contact us.

Hammersmith & Fulham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

Corporate Equalities Employment Policy: In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification (GOQ) applies.

We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.