Placement Officer

3 weeks ago

Maidstone Kent, United Kingdom Kent County Council Full time
Placement Officer - Total Placement Service Role Responsibility

Role Responsibility

Do you want to be instrumental in delivering a service that will make a difference to the lives of our some of our most vulnerable children and young adults? If you do, this is an exciting opportunity to join the Total Placement Service (TPS) in our work finding homes for our children in care and care leavers.

TPS is a key element of the children’s services strategy to meet the authority’s sufficiency duty in ensuring that homes for children, young people and adults provide stability, meet their individual needs, and help them to achieve their aspirations. If successful, you will be part of a diverse team, receiving regular supervision to aid your professional development along with a range of training opportunities.

The post is varied and interesting providing specialist advice and support on a variety of home options, resolving some complex issues, collaborating with colleagues in children’s social care and commissioning and managing liaison between key stakeholders. To be eligible for the post you will need to possess the following skills/experience:

  • Highly motivated, excellent organisational, administration and communication skills and an eye for detail;
  • Ability to meet strict deadlines and targets, prioritise and plan your work effectively;
  • Good negotiation skills and high level of interpersonal and communication skills at all levels;
  • Excellent knowledge of IT systems including Excel, Word and Outlook;
  • Awareness of Data Protection and confidentiality issues.

Kent County Council is committed to a hybrid working model with a flexible working offer. Please note regular attendance to work from our Maidstone office will be required.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Interviews are scheduled to take place at Invicta House in Maidstone on 21 st and 22 nd May 2024 .

If you have any questions regarding this post, please contact:

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county’s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.

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