Placements Officer

Dudley Business First; Brierley Hill; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is recruiting a Placements Officer to support high-quality care placements for children in care. You will secure, coordinate and monitor placements, working with social workers, providers and partner agencies to ensure safety, suitability and cost-effectiveness.

The role requires experience in social care or related settings, strong negotiation and decision-making skills, and the ability to work in fast-paced environments.

Qualifications

• Experience in social care, commissioning, placement finding or related setting.
• Ability to evidence strong negotiation skills, effective decision-making and experience of working in fast paced environments.
• Willingness to challenge poor practice and support colleagues and providers.
• Dynamic, solution focused and committed to achieving positive outcomes for children.

Responsibilities

• Securities, coordinates and monitors placements for children in care.
• Works closely with social workers, providers and partner agencies to ensure placements are safe, suitable and cost-effective.
• Ensures placements respond to assessed needs and comply with statutory duties, policies and procedures.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Decision-making

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Job description

Employer

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

Location

Cable Plaza, Waterfront West, Brierley Hill, Dudley

Closing date

Wednesday 28th October – closing date for applications.

This is an exciting and rewarding time to join Child Friendly Dudley as we strengthen our approach to delivering high-quality, safe and sustainable placements for children and young people.

Social Care Placements Officers will play a pivotal role in securing, coordinating and monitoring placements for our children in care. You will work closely with social workers, providers and partner agencies to ensure that placements are safe, suitable, cost-effective and responsive to the assessed needs of children and young people.

You will have experience of working in a social care, commissioning, placement finding or related setting, with the ability to evidence strong negotiation skills, effective decision-making and experience of working in fast paced environments. You will be confident in challenging poor practice, supporting colleagues and providers, and helping to ensure that Dudley’s children receive the highest standard of care.

You will be dynamic, solution focused and committed to achieving positive outcomes for our children. You will demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills, with an ability to build strong relationships while ensuring compliance with statutory duties, policies and procedures.

Interview date

Thursday 5th November 2026.

Workplace Attendance: Working in the office 3+ days a week (pro-rata) or Onsite full time

So that we can demonstrate Dudley’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates. Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process, please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application.

Online application forms will only be accepted for this vacancy, online facilities for jobs are available at public libraries within the Dudley Borough.

All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.

Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK.

Dudley Council will check the information that you have provided against any details already held for accuracy and completeness. The Council will check, share and cross match your information both internally within the council and with external organisations to protect public funds and prevent or detect crime, only where the law allows us to do so.

The Council’s full Privacy and Disclaimer Statement can be accessed on the website at https://www.dudley.gov.uk/privacy-disclaimer-statement/

N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications

Attached documents

• Job Description and Person Specification - Placements Officer.pdf
• Employee Benefits List.pdf