Placements Officer - London, United Kingdom - Islington Council

Islington Council

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Islington is seeking to recruit a dynamic and conscientious individual to the role of Placement Officer within the Children's Placement Team.

The role works in partnership with a range of stakeholders including Social Workers for children 0 - 18, Youth Offending, Housing Providers and Adult Social Services and the teams under Safeguarding and Family Support to plan for and meet the housing and accommodation needs of Looked After Children and homeless young people aged 16 and 17.

The role will involve providing advice and guidance to social workers and managers on a range of regulated placement options, housing and accommodation options for young people and the commissioning of these placements.

The post holder will be responsible for end to end commissioning and contract management.

You will be outcome focused in your approach to purchasing services that offer value for money to the Council and achieve excellent outcomes for our children and young people.

You will also have strong negotiation skills as well as the ability to work in partnership with a range of professionals and providers.

Closing date:
Sunday 14th May 2023 at 23:59

Interview date:
week commencing 22nd May 202- To assess children and young people's placement needs and match these to available

To offer effective challenge to front line workers to ensure that care planning practice informs the purchasing of placements.
To deliver a customer focused duty service along with team colleagues, including the provision of advice and guidance on matching needs to services.
Quality assure the provision of information to enable suitable matches to be made between the identified needs of a child and potential
To offer commissioning advice at care / placement focused
To review and make recommendations for existing placements which have fallen below the regulatory standards set by Ofsted and/or where the local authority have received a notification of a significant event.
To review and monitor contracted provision for the cohort of children allocated in compliance with relevant regulation, policies and practice
To deliver the business aims of the service in terms of ensuring value for money (cost, quality and outcomes)