Placement Co-ordinator - Childrens Services

The Methodist Church in Britain; City of Edinburgh; Híbrido; GBP 30.000 - 40.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Cheshire East Council is looking for a Placement Coordinator within Children’s Social Care and SEND to manage placement requests, coordinate searches with internal and external providers, and ensure safe, value-for-money provision.

You will work closely with QA and commissioning teams to reflect risk, provider status and performance data, while maintaining records and supporting sufficiency planning. Hybrid working is available.

Formación

• Educated qualification (or equivalent) in health, social care or business administration.
• Experience of placement-finding or service co-ordination within children's services or related sector.
• Demonstrable understanding of children's social care, SEND systems, safeguarding principles and placement processes.
• Extensive working knowledge of safeguarding, confidentiality and information governance.
• Strong organisation skills and prioritisation under pressure.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Flexible approach to work.

Responsabilidades

• Act as the central point of co-ordination for placement requests across Children's Social Care and SEND.
• Match children and young people to suitable provision based on assessed needs, risk, location, availability and value for money.
• Co-ordinate placement searches with internal brokerage officers and external providers, including frameworks and spot purchasing.
• Work with Quality Assurance so placement decisions reflect QA intelligence, provider status and risk ratings.
• Ensure placements are identified, sourced and progressed in a timely, safe and cost-effective way that safeguards children's welfare.
• Monitor placement demand, capacity and market pressures, and update managers regularly.
• Maintain accurate placement records and contribute to performance reporting and management information.
• Manage placement demand and support sufficiency arrangements.
• Provide operational oversight of placement activities.
• Maintain close links with commissioning colleagues.

Conocimientos

Organisation

Communication

Flexibility

Safeguarding

Data governance

Value for money

Educación

Education in health, social care or business administration

Descripción del empleo

A Placement Coordinator post in Children's Social Care and SEND at Cheshire East Council, covering placement finding, brokerage and matching. The core work is matching children and young people to suitable provision by assessed need, risk, location and value for money, using frameworks and spot purchasing where needed. It is the central point for placement requests, working closely with Quality Assurance and commissioning, with hybrid working offered where possible. Candidates need a relevant qualification and experience of placement-finding or service co-ordination.

What the job involves

• Act as the central point of co-ordination for placement requests across Children's Social Care and SEND
• Match children and young people to suitable provision based on assessed needs, risk, location, availability and value for money
• Co-ordinate placement searches with internal brokerage officers and external providers, including frameworks and spot purchasing
• Work with Quality Assurance so placement decisions reflect QA intelligence, provider status and risk ratings
• Ensure placements are identified, sourced and progressed in a timely, safe and cost-effective way that safeguards children's welfare
• Monitor placement demand, capacity and market pressures, and update managers regularly
• Maintain accurate placement records and contribute to performance reporting and management information
• Manage placement demand and support sufficiency arrangements
• Provide operational oversight of placement activities
• Maintain close links with commissioning colleagues

Qualifications

• Educated qualification (or equivalent) in health, social care or business administration

Experience

• Experience of placement-finding or service co-ordination within children's services or a related sector

Skills & knowledge

• Demonstrable understanding of children's social care, SEND systems, safeguarding principles and placement processes
• Extensive working knowledge of safeguarding, confidentiality and information governance
• Strong organisation skills and prioritisation under pressure
• Excellent communication skills
• Flexible approach to work

Other

• Willingness and ability to travel throughout the borough

What's offered

• Guaranteed yearly pay increases
• 34 days annual leave including bank holidays from day one, rising to 39 days after five years
• Option to purchase up to 10 extra days of annual leave each year
• 37-hour standard full-time week with flexitime and hybrid/remote working where possible
• Salary sacrifice green car scheme
• Career average public pension at 1/49th of pensionable pay
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free employee assistance programme