Senior Placements Officer, Adoption – closing date 23 October 2026

Reading Voluntary Action; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Pact Charity in Reading is seeking a Senior Placements Officer to join the Adoption team. You’ll provide the family finding service to match approved adopters with children and lead the Placement Officer team through induction and ongoing development.

This part-time, hybrid role requires experience in family finding, team leadership, and working in partnership with social services and agencies. Pro-rata salary £24,946–£30,489.

Qualifications

• Experience in a family finding role and an understanding of the adopter/foster carer role.
• Experience leading/motivating a small team and delivering targets.
• Experience working in partnership with statutory/voluntary groups/partners/agencies.

Responsibilities

• Assist potential adopters to find suitable matches and support at profile events.
• Coordinate with social workers and adopters, and maintain links with external agencies.
• Promote the adoption service and raise local awareness through networking with partners.
• Mentor direct reports and handle escalated queries.

Skills

Team leadership

Customer service

Networking

Partnership work

Adoption knowledge

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior Placements Officer to join our dedicated Adoption team.

We believe that every child deserves a loving, supportive home, we’re committed to providing the highest quality services to help make that a reality. We’re proud of our three successive Ofsted outstanding ratings.

Location: Reading, hybrid working (minimum one day/week in Reading, one day/month in our London office)
Hours: Part-time 30 hours/week over Mon-Fri

The role:
You’ll provide the ‘family finding’ service to find suitable children for approved adopters, and manage the Placement Officer(s) supporting induction/training, and ongoing development of team members

Responsibilities include:

• work with potential adopters enabling them to find a suitable match, supporting them at profile events
• work with social workers and approved adopters, creating/following up links with external agencies
• promote PACT’s adoption service, raising local awareness through networking opportunities, working closely with partner agencies/local authorities
• act as a guide/mentor to direct reports with escalated queries

As Senior Placements Officer, you’ll:

• have experience gained within a family finding role, an in-depth knowledge/understanding of the role of an adopter/foster carer
• be experienced leading/motivating a small team, maintaining a high standard of customer service, achieving set targets
• have experience working in partnership with relevant statutory/voluntary groups/partners/agencies

Pro-rata salary range of £24,946 to £30,489 per annum (Full time equivalent salary range £30,768 - £37,604 per annum).

If you would like to arrange an informal discussion about the role, contact Hannah Jennings, Enquiries and Placements Manager [e-mail]

Open for applications from

28 September 2026

Closing date for applications

23 October 2026

Will my application be acknowledged?

All applicants, successful or otherwise, can expect to receive a reply from us in due course