Placement Officer

Job description

Contract Terms

Contract Type: Full -Time, Permanent

Salary: SO1 £35,577 – £36,567 per annum

Closing Date: Monday 1st April 2024

About Haringey

Haringey Council is one of 32 in London. Haringey is an extremely diverse borough, and the Council has set clear ambitious objectives through its borough plan to make Haringey a better place to live, encourage investment and create opportunities that all can share. Haringey’s vision for the future is one of sustainable growth, in housing and jobs and on helping our residents and businesses take advantage of that growth. We have got huge ambitions for Haringey. As the shape of local government continues to change, we are determined to rise to the challenge and find new ways to ensure thatour residents enjoy the best opportunities in life. Working at Haringey gives you the opportunity to play a part in meeting those ambitions on behalf of everyone who calls the borough their home.

About the role

The Placement Brokerage Team in Haringey Children’s Services is looking for a Placement Officer to join with a focus on securing placements for children in care, alongside sourcing temporary accommodation for families with NRPF and family support services.

You will work closely with our social work, commissioning and finance teams, internal/external fostering, residential and supported accommodation and TA providers to explore suitable placement /accommodation options.

Essentially you will be responsible for sourcing and matching suitable placements for children. Participate in a duty rota system dealing with all placement queries and requests, ensuring placement referrals contain sufficient and relevant information, managing and progressing a placement finding case load. Negotiating packages, completing Individual Placement Agreements and ensuring services are updated on the Children’s Services data base.

About you

We are looking for a approachable, resilient, flexible person to join an established team, who is able to work with the team but also be able to work independently and use their own initiative. Ideally they will have experience of working in a brokerage/ placements team or demonstrate proven transferable skills and understanding of the needs of children and young people in care.

Excellent communication and partnership working to develop and maintain relationships at all levels. Alongside good IT and negotiation skills.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.

Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and well-being support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.