Placement Officer

Spencer Clarke Group are seeking a Placement Officer (Children's) for a local authority based in Berkshire.

In this role you will secure and manage cost-effective, high-quality placements for children in care by overseeing data, negotiating fees, and liaising with multi-agency partners.

Key Duties:

• Source, match and secure cost-effective placements by responding to referrals and negotiating fees.
• Maintain placement databases (e.g., Mosaic) and produce management information on capacity, costs and sufficiency.
• Build and sustain relationships with social workers, local providers and multi-agency partners to develop in-borough placement options.
• Ensure all placements comply with safeguarding, health & safety standards and Council policies.

Qualifications and Experience:

The successful candidate will have the following skills / experience:

• 2+ years coordinating placements for looked-after children, including fee negotiation with tools like the Care Funding Calculator.
• Proven experience managing and reporting placement data in systems such as Mosaic.
• Building and sustaining partnerships with social workers, in-borough providers and multi-agency stakeholders.
• Applying safeguarding, health & safety and local government financial frameworks; familiarity with Ofsted inspection requirements.

What's on offer:

Salary: £22+ph

*may negotiate higher for exceptional candidates, based on experience*

Contract type: 3-6, months minimum, with a high likelihood of extension

Hours: Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week

How to apply:

• Once your CV is received, if you are successful, you will be contacted.
• Due to the extremely high number of applications, it may not be possible to contact every applicant. As such, if you are not contacted, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.
• For any further questions, please contact Taylor Kirkham on 01772 954200.

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