Pertemps are currently recruiting for Placement Officers for a well-known Children's Trust to support with their busy commissioning and placements team. The function of the team is commissioning external placements, liaising with the internal fostering team, and supporting the Placement and Procurement Officers on the duty rota.
The post holder will be responsible for:
Providing an immediate response to information or situations concerning risk to vulnerable children.
Assist in sourcing suitable placements for children in care.
Be responsible for contacting and liaising with our internal provisions and independent providers to identify a suitable placement match
Gathering and sharing information relating to the placing of children to support the best use of resources and support the development of tools and systems to track placement sourcing
Work collaboratively closely with various teams to source carer availability and suitability
Liaise with other Trust placements teams to gather local information when sourcing placements outside of Sandwell to identify any potential risk or vulnerabilities.
Be accountable for the quality of your work and take responsibility for maintaining and improving your knowledge and skills.Candidates will need to have:
NVQ Level 3
Experience of Children’s placements in a social care settingWorking 37 hours per week, £15-£16.50 per hour
The role with require a standard DBS, as the successful candidate will be working with sensitive information about young people.
If you are interested, please email your CV to (url removed) or call (phone number removed)