Contracts, Commissioning and Placements Officer[Bury] Ref 000A 13C6 / 1

Essential Employment; Bury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in children's care is seeking a Placements Officer to join their Children's Commissioning Team. The position focuses on securing foster care and accommodation placements for children and young people in need, ensuring high-quality support at the best value. The role includes setting up agreements with service providers and managing invoices during the interim recruitment period.

Responsibilities

• Find and secure foster care, residential, and supported accommodation placements for children.
• Identify high-quality care to meet children's needs and negotiate provider agreements.
• Process provider invoices.

Job description

We are looking for a Placements Officer to work in the Children's Commissioning Team. The primary focus of this role will be to find and secure foster care, residential and supported accommodation placements for children and young people who need our care as well as other types of packages of support. You will need to identify care to meet the needs and outcomes of the child which is high quality and the best value for money.

The Placements Officer will also set up the individual agreement with the provider and process the provider invoices.

We are currently going through a service review and will require this role to be covered by agency staff until permanent recruitment is completed.