Placement and Resources Officer - Worcester, United Kingdom - Novax Recruitment

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Placement and Resources Officer

Worcester

£11+ per hour

Full Time Contract
Novax Recruitment is actively seeking a Placement and Resources Officer based in Worcester. This is a temporary role working full time hours.


Your principal duties will be to support placements searches processes from start to finish by collaborating with staff within the service to identify suitable placements for vulnerable children in care to enable the best outcome for children, young people and their families.


You will be expected to follow up placement offers with providers to ensure that the placement requested matches the placement being provided and actively challenge when anomalies exist and to undertake cost negotiations with providers to ensure optimum value for money and as a result, reducing the overall expenditure for placements within the service.


Additionally, the job will include quality assuring forms, setting up finance packages, setting up contracts and assisting with other key placement related duties as required.

Part of the role will involve covering duty at least 1 day per week which involves dealing with same day placement searches until they are resolved.


Skills and experience required:

  • Experience working in an office environment or in an administrative capacity
  • Basic experience working in finance preferred
  • Strong communication skills and IT skills required
For more information, please contact Euan at Novax on or follow the job advert to apply.

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