Job Description

Job Title: Placement Officer

Full

Silver Lining Fostering is an Outstanding rated Independent Fostering Agency based in Brentford.

We provide a full range of fostering placements to our foster carers, from short term care to long term care, to more specialist services such as parent and child fostering. Each young person we are asked to find foster carers for is unique and has individual needs, so they match carefully with our foster carers to ensure long-term stability for the foster child. We do not believe in placing a young person with a foster carer just because they have a vacant bedroom.

For us, fostering is not a numbers game, it is about placing the right young person with the right family.

The Placements Officer will respond to placement requests and identify placement and service solutions. In addition, you will develop relationships with Local Authority Placement Teams, promote vacancies, undertake associated administration and contractual functions, to ensure the highest possible standard of appropriate placements for children and young people referred to Our client.

Key responsibilities include:

As a member of the Placement Team, you will manage incoming referrals of children; circa 100 per day. In most cases this will involve the reading, dissecting, obtaining additional information and screening of child information with the ability to quickly identify needs and risks to enable the safe placements of vulnerable children.

In consultation with the Manager ensure that each child or young person placed is carefully matched with a carer capable of meeting their needs

Ensure matching reports and risk assessment are completed at the time of placement matching to highlight any gaps in the match and identify support available to minimise those gaps.

Maintain a database of information relating to referrals, customers, children, young people and foster carers

Liaise with all stakeholders regarding the placement of children and young people

Obtain funding agreements and complete Local Authority Contracts, Pre-Placement and Individual Placement Agreements. This includes financial negotiations with commissioning teams.

Liaise with Local Authority Customers to promote the services of Silver Lining Fostering Agency.

Proactively market vacancies, additional services and seek new business opportunities and generating leads.

Develop relationships with customers, staff and foster carers - combined with an ability to influence decision making.

Ensure that the protection of children and the promotion of their welfare is given absolute priority in all activities

Maintain the system for recording Local Authority details.

What you will need:

Confident, organised and motivated with a desire to succeed and make a positive difference to a child's life. Has a positive 'can do' attitude whilst having the ability to work under pressure in a demanding environment with a high and manageable workload

Empathy and understanding is a must alongside an impeccable telephone manner.

Some sales experience would be advantageous although it is not about the hard sell more about professional relationship building - promoting Silver Lining Fostering as an agency of choice and maximising opportunities

Ability to work to Key Performance Indicators to monitor developments in line with the agency's vision for maximising growth opportunities

Demonstrate experience in producing clear, accurate and concise reports and correspondence using IT software packages

A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Word & Excel

Ability to work with a degree of autonomy, in a flexible and creative manner, whilst observing policies and procedures

Job Types

: Full-time, Permanent

Experience

:

Placing children: 1 year

Work remotely

:

No
Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 25,000.00-35,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Canteen Free parking On-site gym Sick pay
Experience:

Placement Services: 1 year (required)
Language:

English (required)
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Brentford TW8 9DW

Reference ID: PO0925