Placements Officer (Children’s Placements Team – Permanent)

Working 36.5 hours per week, the Children’s Commissioning Team is offering the role of a full-time Placements Officer within the Children’s Placements Team.

As a Placements Officer you will provide a placement finding service for Children in Care. You will promote the wellbeing of children while also working on the principle of Best Value.

You will have responsibility for managing and organising a caseload of children who require planned & emergency placements into residential, fostering or supported accommodation provisions.

You will be familiar with, and can work within the legislation and guidance governing the placements of children in care, preferably as a social worker, residential worker or in a previous safeguarding role

You must be proficient in the use of IT, be able to interrogate multiple applications, able to multi-task and work under pressure.

You will be required to maintain effective and concise case recording and update various information systems, relating to placements.

Experience with the Trust’s main operating system – Eclipse, would be beneficial.

You will have the ability to negotiate appropriate levels of service provision considering best values principles and promote good working relationships with internal & external professionals

Please note that this role requires participation in a duty system. This role is hybrid working, with a requirement to be office based when required.

Informal enquiries to: -

Cordella Powell -Team Manager -cordella.powell@birminghamchildrenstrust.co.uk.

Michelle Bett - Senior Placement Officer - michelle.bett@birminghamchildrenstrust.co.uk

Adam McVeighty – Senior Placement Officer adam.mcveighty@birminghamchildrenstrust.co.uk

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