Commissioning Officer - Bournemouth, United Kingdom - BCP Council

BCP Council

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Bournemouth, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Introduction

Role Purpose

My job improves the quality of life for the children, young people and families of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole by ensuring the Council secures the right placements for Children In Care at the time they are needed to ensure they can flourish and reach their potential.

Main Responsibilities

To contribute to achieving improved outcomes for Children in Care and Care Experienced Young People by coordinating and identifying quality placements, that are matched, cost effective and that will meet their assessed needs, to ensure the child or young person is supported to achieve the highest level of independence.
To manage a range of placement data systems and to provide management information.
To liaise with other agencies, external providers and colleagues in relation to the placement of Children in Care.

Specific Qualifications and Experience

Experience of using a case management system, Microsoft Excel or other similar systems.
Ability to collect, collate, summarise and interpret information including statistical information to produce management reports which support and inform decision making.
Knowledge and experience of the specialist accommodation services available for children in care and care experienced young people and the legislation which governs such providers.

Personal Qualities & Attributes

Use effective interpersonal skills to develop solutions to complex or contentious problems where there are a range of options and the information is unclear or conflicting.
Work as part of a team and use excellent customer service skills to communicate with partners both internally and externally.
Ability to use own initiative to plan and organise workload within changing deadlines but to be able to recognise when appropriate to refer to matters to manager.
Highly developed analytical skills, numerical accuracy and negotiation skills with the ability to achieve best value for the Council.
Previous experience of handling potentially difficult situations with tact and confidence.
High level of resilience.

About BCP Council
BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services.

By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.

Our Benefits
We offer an excellent benefits package for further details see here

As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees.

It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right.

We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation and colleagues joining us will be included in these changes.

Expected to be in place 2024.

DBS

BCP Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the community and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment.

Applicants to this post will be required to complete the appropriate level of Disclosure & Barring Service Check. Please refer to the Job Description or Role Profile for more details.