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- work as part of the placements team in identifying and maintaining suitable placements for children and young people coming into the care of the local authority.
- have the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including Social Care and Health colleagues, providers of residential children’s homes, fostering and 16+ semi-independent accommodation.
- manage competing priorities and work in a demanding but rewarding role within Barnsley’s established children’s placements team.
- be part of a team responsible for processing referrals for Looked After Children and Young people who require a placement/setting to live.
- liaise directly with a range of providers to secure appropriate and suitable placements for Barnsley children and young people.
- Process referrals for Looked After Children and Young people who require a placement/setting to live
- Liaise directly with a range of providers to secure appropriate and suitable placements for Barnsley children and young people.
- Work with the lead commissioner for Children’s placements and support working with existing and developing new providers as part of the approach in managing placement sufficiency.
- Identify suitable placements to meet assessed need in consultation with other internal stakeholders and managers.
- Support and maintain the development and updating of systems for the compilation of statistical data.
- Support the process of contract completion, compliance and monitoring in respect of independent fostering and residential placements.
- Support the lead commissioning officer on quality assurance and the contract completion and compliance processes.
- Support the payment process for independent providers to ensure prompt and accurate payments are made.
- Attend meetings as required and undertake any identified actions. Provide support as required to the outcomes of any relevant panels which may be identified for the support of children’s placements.
- Provide information from the data-bases to assist with internal reports, external enquiries and any other appropriate data requests.
- Extensive experience in delivering either administrative support to children’s services or direct work with children and families such as family support work or youth work.
- Demonstrable experience of working with digital payment or performance systems.
- Experience working in children’s services or a related field.
- Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
- Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including Social Care and Health colleagues, providers of residential children’s homes, fostering and 16+ semi-independent accommodation.
- An enhanced DBS
- 24 hour one on one specialist consultant based within your geographical area
- 4Recruitment Services Employee Benefits Programme
- Our own dedicated payroll support ensuring you get the full benefits of your payment
