Quality of Children's Placement Officer

1 week ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Akton Recruitment Ltd Full time

Quality Of Children's Placement Officer

Havering

£18/hr

Immediate Start

Main Purpose of the Job:

  • To assist in the day to day provision of a commissioning service for looked after children and children in need maintaining high professional standards at all times.
  • To locate and coordinate placement making and packages of care identifying and assessing, both for service quality and value for money, a range of placement provision and maintain relevant resource data base.
  • To ensure that provisions where placements are made meet quality expectations, through visits, reporting where deficiencies are evident
  • To input to the design of a market that is capable of responding to demand for children's placements
  • Visit providers and ensure that the quality of provision meets required standards
  • Report proportionately and effectively on quality of provision, raise issues immediately they are observed in relation to safeguarding
  • Ensure links to safeguarding are strong and effective
  • Work in partnership with Ofsted in maintaining quality services for children
  • Contribute to the development of a strategic response to the need for a vibrant and responsive market for children's placements

BROKERAGE EXPERIENCE

You will be required to:

  • Commission care packages for children and young people in care, leaving care or in need.
  • Commission, where appropriate, approved packages of care with providers, and ensure timely, safe and smooth transfer of those clients.
  • Commission Respite and Long Term Residential/IFA Placements for clients and ensure timely, safe and smooth transfer of those clients.
  • Work with the SEND and general transitions agendas to ensure there is an understanding of the demands and needs from both children's and adults services perspectives
  • Build market intelligence and document it so that there is an understanding of reasonable rates and quality of provision for others to access as well as building the knowledge of the post holder.
  • Work closely with the Placements team to ensure placements are recorded on all appropriate systems including establishment and monitoring of finance records aligned with appropriate IT systems.
  • Work closely with the Quality service where issues arise in relation to the quality of provision.
  • Build/ maintain a tangible and accessible record of services, people placed in them with data, such as, date of placements, reviews and costs.
  • Support the identification of placements where outcomes are not being progressed and to work closely with operational colleagues to challenge provision that is not as supportive or independence building as it could be.
  • Be aware of voids in locations and to link them to appropriate placements so that capacity is used as effectively as possible.

About you:

You should demonstrate experience of the following:

  • Working in a brokerage/ commissioning function.
  • Dealing with external providers for the provision of care services.
  • Working within Social Care.
  • Dealing sensitively with issues that can reach across many stakeholders, including providers, families and operational services.

Qualifications:

*To hold a current driving license and have a car available for work
*Enhanced DBS

Skills:

  • Good organisational & communication skills, written verbal and listening
  • Excellent negotiation skills
  • Ability to match placements with assessed need
  • Ability to advise senior managers and social workers on suitability of placements or packages of care
  • Ability to utilise supervision and attend training
  • Ability to contribute to the service development and maintain high professional standards
  • Ability to use computer technology (or willingness to learn)

Knowledge:

  • Knowledge of child protection and 'looked after' children procedures & legal framework, and a good understanding of the Children Act and associated guidance
  • Knowledge, understanding and commitment to quality standards
  • Knowledge of 'what works' in residential and fostering placements for looked after children

Working conditions/circumstances:

  • To demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Havering's Equal Opportunities Policy in both service delivery to the community, in relationships with colleagues and in employment practices.
  • Ability to abide by the council's confidentiality agreement

Additional Requirements:

  • The Council has a strong commitment to achieving equality of opportunity in its services to the community and in the employment of people. It expects all employees to understand, comply with and promote its policies in their own work, and to undertake anyappropriate training. Comply with Health and Safety Regulations associated with your employment.
  • Be aware of the council's responsibilities under the Data Protection Act 1984 for the security, accuracy and relevance of all personal data held on such systems and ensure that all processes comply with this.
  • You may be required to work at any Council site.
  • Demonstrate a flexible approach in the delivery of work within the service area. Consequently, the postholder may be required to perform duties not specifically identified in the job profile but which are in line with the general responsibilities of thepost.
  • Deal with any Safeguarding issues that might arise, in line with the Council's policies and procedures.

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