Decision Maker: Executive Director of Operations
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
A meeting has been held with Sue Harris, Emma
Appleby and Lorraine Jones to discuss the funding that is being
utilised in Fostering from the Transformation Fund. An agency
Marketing manager is currently being paid out of this fund.
Following a review of the Fostering Service it is now felt that the
next stage of the recruitment and marketing strategy to recruit new
foster carers would be to employ a level 6 recruitment assistant to
support the recruitment officer currently in post. This would be
cost effective and assist the service in promoting fostering in
Bury. An apprentice who is currently working for Bury and has been
interviewed as part of admin recruitment has been identified as a
potential candidate for the role. We are therefore seeking
permission to establish a recruitment officer post on a fixed term
contract for 1 year. This would not be at any additional cost to
the council.
Publication date: 07/10/2020
Date of decision: 18/09/2020
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