Placement Officer

Placement Officer

Service care Solution are currently recruiting for a Placement Officer in Kensigton and Chelsea.

The Placement Officer will Work in a small team serving 2 councils sourcing private and voluntary placements for children & young people age 0-25, in a range of settings including foster care, residential children's homes, residential family assessment centre, and Semi-Independent Living accommodation.

Pay rate - £161.29 per day / £205.05 ltd (umbrella)

Main Responsibilities

As a Placement Officer, you will be responsible for:

• To assist the team and managers to: manage the children's placement budget; meet performance targets relating to the placement of LAC; utilising management information as required.


• Maintain IT (Mosaic) databases and be proficient in the use of ‘Word' applications.


• Undertake quality assurance (QA) of placements (via virtual and in-person) and complete written reports to evidence QA findings of residential, fostering and semi-independent provisions and these offer value for money.


• Take responsibility for financial management, including savings delivery; ensure placements provide value for money; and the placement is efficient use of resources.

Requirements:

• Enhanced DBS


• Experience in a similar role


• Educated to degree level or equivalent evidence of continuing professional development

Working with Service Care Solutions comes with many benefits, including:

• A specialist consultant within an experience and dedicated recruitment team


• Excellent rates of pay


• Payroll services twice a week

If you are interested in the Placement Officer role, or know of anyone who may be, please contact Emma at Service Care Solutions on 01772 208964 or email emma.petricco@servicecare.org.uk

Service Care Solutions also offers a £250 referral bonus! So if you know of anyone who would be perfect for this position and they are placed into work, you will receive £250 for the referral once their probationary period has been completed!