Placements Officer

3 days ago

Palmers Green, United Kingdom Cleantech Full time

**What's involved with this role**:
**Ref number**:Enfield RQ1360090**

**Enhanced DBS disclosure required**

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Play an active role as a member of the Integrated Children’s Commissioning Service
- Develop and maintain a work programme that ensures the appropriate tasks and processes are completed to agreed timescales and standards
- Assist in the design and implementation of working systems, electronic and other information flows.
- Participate in corporate groups where appropriate, representing the Access to Resources Team as agreed.
- Ensure that the Council’s financial policies are implemented and that financial arrangements are adhered to.
- Play a key role in safeguarding the external placements budget by directing operational social work staff on the most cost effective placement options
- Contribute to the development of a team plan and associated monitoring and reviewing processes.
- Maintain and update the approved lists and contracts for children’s agency placements and all related records and documentation.
- Attend organisational meetings on the most complex cases, to determine best outcomes for Looked After Children in external provision.
- Any other duties reasonably requested by management
- Carry out all accountabilities in compliance with the Council’s Policies and Procedures

**Qualifications**:

- Relevant degree/ qualification

**Knowledge**:

- Knowledge of the range of complex needs of Looked After Children and an understanding of the most appropriate interventions to meet those needs
- Knowledge and experience of systems for meaningful engagement with young people in planning, delivering and reviewing services - desirable

**Experience**:

- Experience in partnership working with statutory sector partners
- Experience in contract monitoring and performance management
- Experience of market management and working with external providers
- Experience within a statutory children’s setting - desirable

**Skills & Abilities**:

- Excellent organisational skills including the ability to manage competing demands, respond to emergency situations and manage your workload effectively

**Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.**

**To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF.**

**If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.**

ALD **Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please

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