Placement Finding

2 weeks ago

Bury, United Kingdom Bury Council Full time

**About the role**

The primary focus of this role is to find and secure placements and support services for children and young people who need our care and support. You will need to identify services to meet the needs and outcomes of the child which is high quality, best value for money and available when a child needs it.

You will need to build good working relationships with a range of professionals both inside and outside the Local Authority, including care providers, social care, education and health. You will work with professionals to understand the needs of the child and ensure that referrals are strengths based so that targeted searches can be completed to meet their needs and outcomes.

You will be pro-active, well-organised and be able to work with initiative in our busy team. You will need to have a flexible approach and the ability to sometimes work within short deadlines and find placements quickly will be needed.

The role is hybrid based at 3 Knowsley Place in supporting agile working. The position will require some working in the office to meet the needs of the service which will be at least 2 days per week.

Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.

**About Bury**

Please note we are unable to support with sponsorship at this time.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

**Benefits of working for Bury Council**
To hear about the benefits for working with Bury Council, please visit Bury - Home | greater.jobs
We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

**Next steps**

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Marie Thomson, Strategic Lead Commissioning - Children in Need on 0161 253 7633 or 07356 104802.

Interviews will be held week commencing 10th November 2025.

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