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 roleYou 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 professionalsPlease 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.ukAdam McVeighty – Senior Placement Officer adam.mcveighty@birminghamchildrenstrust.co.uk
