Care Placement Officer

2 weeks ago


Newbury, United Kingdom West Berkshire Council Full time

Vacancy Summary
- Employer:

- West Berkshire Council
- Salary:

- From £25878 to £32020 per annum (Grade G)
- Location:

- Council Offices, Market Street, Newbury
- Contract:

- Permanent
- Working Pattern:

- Full Time
- Hours:

- 37 hours per week.
- DBS Check:

- No
- Closing Date:

- 13/03/2023 at 23:59
- Reference:

- V5103

Vacancy Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our busy Care Placement team as a Care Placement Officer. You will be supporting the Commissioning and Adult Social Care Services to commission care to including but not limited to: care homes, respite, Day Services, domiciliary care and other services from the private and voluntary sectors.

The role entails you to liaise with providers to ensure care needs are meet and that agencies are aware of WBCs policies to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all West Berkshire residents.

You will need to insure robust mechanisms are in place to promote effective partnership working with a range of provider organisations, specifically limited to Adult Social Care services.

You will need to identify and achieve efficiencies in commissioning and opportunities for cost savings by working closely with service areas and external provides.

There is potential development within the role as this provides the opportunity for continued learning through a supported qualification programme and on the job training working with a rapidly changing and complex service area.

To be successful in this role you will need to have a good telephone manner and be computer literate with a strong emphasis on Excel.

West Berkshire Council offer excellent employment benefits such as flexible home working, access to a wide range of relevant training, local government pension scheme, family friendly policies, a range of local discounts and much more. You will also be entitled to a generous annual leave entitlement of 28 days per annum rising to a maximum of 33 days.

For an informal discussion please contact Thomas Bailey, Category Manager Social Care, on 01635 519021

**Equal Opportunities**

How to apply

This role has been identified as public facing in accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016; the requirement to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in English applies.



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