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As a Placement Officer you will make a difference by working with the Fostering Team, identifying placements for Children and Young People with Foster Carers where they are unable to remain with their parents and or family.
What will you be doing?
- You will conduct the identification of in-house foster placements for children needing to come into care and who need support from our Looked After Children team.
- It will be your duty to check referrals for placements for children needing to be looked after for completeness and anonymity, identifying placements which best match identified needs.
- Daily you’ll clarify information on referrals and discuss this information in detail with potential foster carers. You will identify and co-ordinate all placement moves, including identifying respite carers for children needing respite from their current carers.
- Within this role you will undertake the administrative duties in relation to running the duty system within the Family Placement Team as well as with internal and external colleagues.
- You will maintain effective records to monitor placements and key information, including referrals, risk assessments, matching forms and liaison with all relevant parties.
What we need from you
- You will hold a degree or working towards a relevant social care qualification or have suitable relevant experience.
- You will have relevant knowledge and experience of working in an organisation that commissions and issues contracts including community engagement, service user engagement in social care or similar services. in Social Care, Health or the Voluntary Care Sector?
- Good interpersonal skills to establish a positive relationship with a wide variety of stakeholders, including effective influencing and persuasiveness.
- Experience of working in a small team to effectively deliver a commissioning and contract function for social care services.
- Proven IT skills in using spreadsheets, word processing and e-mail.
- The ability to demonstrate clear and logical thinking in assessing challenges and problem solving.
- Well organised with excellent time management skills.
- Experience of using computerised databases and monitoring systems.
- You will be capable of collating and presenting information.
- You’ll have good communication skills, with experience of liaising professionally with others.
- Ideally you will have experience of producing written reports.
Please note that due to the nature of this role it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained for this post.
How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different
- We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.
- We trust our team to work in the way which allows them to make the biggest difference and we continue to invest in technology to help staff do their jobs to the best of their ability and celebrate innovation.
- We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Ensuring all our staff are given right skills, knowledge and support to recognise and respond effectively to potential abuse or neglect.
- We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.
Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.
- We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of.
- We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life.
- We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.
We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.
We’re making a difference, be part of it!
Salary pro-rated to hours worked, (hours to be worked Wednesday afternoon, Thursday , Friday )
For further information please contact Lucy Robinson via email: lucy.robinson2@southglos.gov.uk
This role is an LTC – Limited Term Contract for 12 months ending 30.04.2025 ( Mat Leave Cover)
Interviews will take place week commencing 18.03.2024
