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Referral and Placements Officer
37 hours per week Fixed term - 12 months
About Us & The Role
As Referral and Placement Officer your primary role will be to lead and support social care colleagues in sourcing good quality placements that can meet the needs of Warwickshire's looked after children.
You will be part of a team, working directly alongside two other Referral and Placement's officers in the placement hub, and will be an integral part of the wider placement hub's functions and processes. Working in a busy office environment you will need to have excellent communication skills and be able to prioritise efficiently to ensure information shared with social care colleagues is accurate and up to date.
Key features of the role will see the applicant being responsible for reviewing referrals to ensure they are strengths based, accurate and balanced whilst offering support and guidance to colleagues where amendments can be made to enable Warwickshire to source the right placement, first time.
Other requirements of the role will be to work closely with social care colleagues in understanding need and subsequently negotiating packages of care for children in placement.
As part of the commissioning team you will also work closely with Commissioners within the Accommodation Based Support Team to support contract management functions applicable to the role as well as keep them abreast of changes in placement activity including needs of children and young people.
For further information please see the Job Description & Person Specification.
Additional Information
For further information about the role please contact Rachael Boswell on rachaelboswell@warwickshire.gov.uk
Closing date: 24th November 2019
To apply for this vacancy please click on the 'Apply' button.
Our method of application is online. Please note, CV's should not be submitted unless asked to do so.
If you are unable to apply using the 'Apply' button please contact the Recruitment Centre on recruitment@warwickshire.gov.uk, including your contact details and any relevant screenshots.
You will be notified of our shortlisting decision via email, so please check your email on a regular basis after submitting your application.
As part of being a Disability Confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. By 'minimum criteria' we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required for each competence, as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification.
Should you require application forms in an alternative format/language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact recruitment@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce and would particularly welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from the BAME community, disabled people and people from the LGBT+ Community.