An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Fostering Recruitment and Assessment Social Worker to join our team at Hampshire County Council. Hampshire Children''s Services is rated outstanding by Ofsted. Hampshire County Council''s Fostering Service recruits and supports foster carers for children who are unable to live with their own families, either until they can return home or, sometimes, until adulthood. There are approximately 480 fostering households registered with Hampshire County Council. Hampshire has a large community of foster carers, but we need more foster carers to join us, to offer children the chance to live in families that means they stay close to family, friends and school. Together, we hope to inspire people to take the step to foster and help us achieve our aims to grow our community of foster carers to meet the needs of our most vulnerable children and respond to an increased demand for foster homes. You will be part of a team aiming to build on the excellent reputation that Hampshire already has, driving continuous improvement, reaching new sectors of the community and business world. You will be joining at a time when Hampshire County Council is working with neighbouring Local Authorities as part of the Department of Education''s initiative in forming the South East Regional Fostering Hub. The Hub supports a regional recruitment strategy with shared resources and promotes shared learning and the harmonisation of practice in the Recruitment and Assessm