Children's Placement Officer - Coventry, United Kingdom - Lynx Employment Services Ltd

Lynx Employment Services Ltd
Lynx Employment Services Ltd
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Coventry, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Our client is looking to recruit a
Children's Placement Officer to work in the Coventry area. The Children's Placements Team is looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, individual to join our Placement Team.

The team are responsible for sourcing quality residential, fostering and supported accommodation placements for children & young people who are in need of protection and are not able to live with their families.

An
Enhanced DBS with Children's Barred List required

Duties of the role include:


  • Undertake searches to identify fostering and residential placements and supported accommodation services based on knowledge and understanding of the range of services available and the assessed needs of children and young people.
  • To liaise with Children's services staff from a variety of service areas, in particular Social Workers, to ensure the Team has good quality information to inform referrals and ensure good matching to meet the child/young person's needs.
  • Collate and assess information on the placement match in consultation with the child's Social Worker and the relevant Social Worker in Placements who is responsible for formal matching.
  • Support in ensuring that the health, education and care needs of children and young people are fully considered in the placement matching process, liaising with relevant professionals as needed and identify any gaps in how the child's needs may be met by the placement.
  • Support in ensuring that placement services safeguard and protect children and young people through robust checks and enquiries in the matching process and during the placement as needed.
  • Negotiate and confirm placement arrangements for individual children with Providers including introductions, provision of additional support where needed, contact between agency and social worker, transport and contact.
  • Where appropriate negotiate spot purchase fees for fostering, residential and supported accommodation services for individual children, working closely with Commissioning and highlighting opportunities for improved Value for Money in contractual arrangements.
  • Ensure that Individual Placement Agreements are completed and reflect contract and negotiated arrangements, with clearly specified outcomes and placement packages.
  • Ensure that quality and safeguarding concerns relating to children's placements or supported accommodation are communicated to the Team Manager or Senior Social Worker as a priority and assist with enquiries into those concerns as required by the relevant lead officer to safeguard children and young people.
  • Support operational panels and meetings relating to children's placements and supported accommodation as needed, including those which relate to accessing resources.
  • Support the provision of information on children's placements, supported accommodation and related services to Placements Team Manager, Social Work Teams, Heads of Service, Assistant Directors and Cabinet Members as required.
  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with Providers and other stakeholders.
  • To ensure that any contractual issues are communicated to the appropriate line manager and Commissioning, and to support in the resolution of any disagreements between the Council and the Provider that may arise, being aware of potential areas for complaint and liaising with relevant officers on matters arising through the complaints procedure.
  • Collate, interpret and present referral, monitoring, quality assurance and other statistical data to support contract management, performance review and evaluation of services.
  • To support continuous improvement in placement and supported accommodation services, processes, policies and procedures.
  • Contribute to the development and implementation of Improvement Plans in response to Value for Money reviews, inspections and other scrutiny, to ensure that policy and service developments respond appropriately to these plans. Monitor and evaluate progress.
  • Assist the Team Manager Placements and Service Heads in formulating, reviewing and updating strategies for the development of new policies and development across Children's Services.
  • Undertake special research projects as directed.
  • Contribute to reports, briefings and other responses for members, officers and departments, agencies and organisations with which the Directorate liaises.
  • Represent / deputise for the Team Manager on agreed matters.
  • To take responsibility for personal development including, participating in team meetings, supervision & identifying training and development needs.

Job Types:
Part-time, Temporary contract

Contract length: 3 months

Part-time hours: 18.5 per week


Salary:
£12.69 per hour


Benefits:


  • Flexitime

Schedule:

  • Day shift
  • Flexitime
  • Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Coventry,

West Midlands:
reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)


Education:


  • GCSE or eq
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