Senior Home Finding Officer

The **Home Finding Team **required a forward thinking individual to join their and fast paced service.

We play a pivotal role in sourcing and commissioning high quality care services, that support children and young people to have a stable home where possible. As corporate parents, we share the goals for the children we look after as of every good parent; to see our young people flourish, to enjoy good health, to be safe and happy, to do well at school and to grow towards adulthood equipped to lead independent lives and to make their way as happy, healthy, adults.

As a **Senior Home Finding Officer **your role is to support the Placement Officers to find the best home environments, that are competently matched, cost effective and that will meet assessed needs to ensure each child or young person is supported to the highest level and able to fulfil their potential. You will be working with a range of internal staff and external providers to identify high quality care arrangements and homes for our looked after children, care leavers and other young people in need of support and accommodation. The Senior Placements Officer will support and deputise for the Team Manager, attend and present at various Social Care Funding and Care Planning Panels regarding costs and quality of homes.

Your will be enthusiastic, proactive and confident with the ability to prioritise work, meet deadlines under pressure and deliver on your commitments. You will be skilled in positive negotiation skills and not be put off by a little challenge in the process. You’ll need to work well with other people, promoting positive relationships with staff and colleagues at all levels while ensuring that all information is recorded with a high levels of accuracy and attention to detail the Councils defined processes and systems.

Ultimately you will be commitment to working towards achieving the best outcomes for the Children and Young people we look after. Herefordshire is on a journey and we would like you to be part of our next chapter. This is an exciting opportunity to have a genuine impact on the local authority and help improve and protect the children and young people within it.

We Offer
- A competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement, and access to our contributory pension and staff benefits scheme, which includes:

- **Basic Salary **of £30,000 - £34,000
- **Pension **Scheme Enrolment in the Local Government (LGPS)
- **Generous Annual Leave**: 25 days’ annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays. After five years’ continuous service, this increases to 30 days (pro rata) plus bank holidays. You can also purchase an additional 10 days per annum
- **Flexible working**:flexi-time, job-share, part-time hours and, in some instances, home working
- **Employee Assistance Programme**:24/7 access to support and counselling
- Payment of **professional membership fees**
- **Pick your perks **- our benefits include access to a range of retail, leisure, holiday and health benefits. This includes savings, cash back and discounts.

About Us

Herefordshire is a beautiful, historic county located in the heart of the Marches on the border with Wales. We are one of the most rural and sparsely populated counties in England with a wealth of unspoilt countryside, distinctive heritage, and lively and attractive market towns.

Our priority in Herefordshire is to keep children safe and give them a great start in life. It’s the priority for the council, our partners and for all of us who work with Children & Young People.

How do we do this? By having dynamic, dedicated, passionate and professional staff who work in a culture that focuses on what we can achieve with children, what they can achieve themselves, and the relationship we build with families and partners to enable this. We have invested heavily in training and developing staff in our single practice approach which is Signs of Safety and it's is an exciting time to join Herefordshire - we believe in investing in you so you can be the best you can be

Herefordshire has a really strong team ethos. Our teams are passionate about the work they do and the positive difference they and the teams they are in make to people’s lives. This is all underpinned by the focus and support from their managers and the council as a whole.

We’re realistic about the scale of the challenges ahead and understand what has held us back in the past. Inequalities in some of our neighbourhoods are stark and struggling communities need extra support. We will deliver better support to our most vulnerable children and their families, develop stronger relationships with partners across the region, and beyond, to help us tackle the challenges our county faces.

Come to Herefordshire and join the journey.

**Salary**: £30,000.00-£34,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Flexitime
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Hereford