3 month contract with a local Authority

Job Purpose

• To develop and provide a flexible and high quality Placements Service with the purpose of: improving placement choice and stability for children in care; improving the experience of social workers, foster carers and children in identifying suitable placements; delivering the best possible value to the Council in terms of cost and quality of placements.
  

Key Duties/Accountabilities

• work proactively within the Placements Team to ensure all children are placed in suitable placements, monitoring referral patterns and use of Independent Fostering Agencies (IFAs), and ensure that senior managers are alerted to any risks or threats in relation to sufficiency.
  
• Help develop and manage systems that track all referrals, placements, placement moves and endings, and ensure that high quality management information is available to assist in the planning and review of the service.
  
• Deliver a responsive and efficient service alongside the Fostering Service: ensure that all parties involved in the referral and placement process are kept fully informed when placements are made, and that children’s views are taken into account
  

Essential Experience Required

• Experience of developing and managing information systems and using data to monitor and evaluate performance is essential.
  
• Experience of working with foster carers and a commitment to achieving placement stability through the development of placement support service
  
• Experience of interpreting performance data from a complex database to ensure sound strategic management of the service.
  

Essential Qualifications Required

• Must hold a recognised social work qualification or equivalent child care equivalent qualification
  

Additional information to note

• This role is 36 working hours per week.
  
• This role requires an Enhanced DBS.
  
• This Role is Hybrid.
  

The role closes on 07/05/25