To be confirmed (On-Site)
Permanent, Part time
SO1 £37,068 - £38,058 Pro rata
JOB DESCRIPTION
Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest
Salary: SO1 £37,068 - £38,058 Pro rata
Contract Type: Part time
Working hours per week: 24
Application Deadline: 14/05/2025
Proposed Interview Date(s): TBC
Reference:1665
About Us:
Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.
We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.
London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London's Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.
The Council's preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.
Click here for further information on the Human Resources recruitment privacy notice.
About the role:
We are looking for a Placements Officer (24 hours/week) in our Childrens Access to resource team in a permanent role. The main responsibility of the position holder would be to identify placements and/or additional services which meet the needs of Looked After Children, Children in Need and Care Leavers.
The position holder will be expected to collaborate with social workers, providers and other stakeholders to achieve service delivery of the highest quality, on time and at the right cost to achieve the best outcomes for children and young people.
>> Click here to download the Role Profile <<
Key Responsibilities:
Search and identify suitable placements i.e. foster families, residential homes, semi-independent homes for children and young people in care of the Local Authority and independent homes/flats for care experienced young adults.
Commission bespoke care packages to meet the needs of each child/young person and negotiate with providers to achieve best value for the commissioned services.
Collaborate with internal and external agencies to monitor service delivery standards as required by the Terms & Conditions of the Contracts for all types of services (i.e. fostering, residential, semi-independent).
Organisational skills, good knowledge of budget and expenditure recording.
Provide advice and guidance to colleagues to assist them to complete referral forms accurately by presenting the strengths of the children/young people as well as the risks to enable providers to do appropriate matching.
Provide professional advice to social workers on service delivery expectations from providers to measure the outcomes achieved for each child/young person.
Integrate the statutory framework on the placement search, commissioning and quality assurance procedures.
Ensure that providers comply with all the safeguarding processes and procedures e.g. safeguarding policies, location risk assessments etc.
Qualifications and Requirements:
Degree or recognised certificate in areas related to business administration, education, child development, childcare, humanities, social sciences
Terms and conditions:
How to Apply:
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the 'Apply' button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.
To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.
For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us.
Contact Information:
If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Swapnil Shrivastava at Swapnil.Shrivastava@walthamforest.gov.uk
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.
Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest
Salary: SO1 £37,068 - £38,058 Pro rata
Contract Type: Part time
Working hours per week: 24
Application Deadline: 14/05/2025
Proposed Interview Date(s): TBC
Reference:1665
About Us:
Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.
We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.
London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London's Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.
The Council's preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.
Click here for further information on the Human Resources recruitment privacy notice.
About the role:
We are looking for a Placements Officer (24 hours/week) in our Childrens Access to resource team in a permanent role. The main responsibility of the position holder would be to identify placements and/or additional services which meet the needs of Looked After Children, Children in Need and Care Leavers.
The position holder will be expected to collaborate with social workers, providers and other stakeholders to achieve service delivery of the highest quality, on time and at the right cost to achieve the best outcomes for children and young people.
>> Click here to download the Role Profile <<
Key Responsibilities:
Search and identify suitable placements i.e. foster families, residential homes, semi-independent homes for children and young people in care of the Local Authority and independent homes/flats for care experienced young adults.
Commission bespoke care packages to meet the needs of each child/young person and negotiate with providers to achieve best value for the commissioned services.
Collaborate with internal and external agencies to monitor service delivery standards as required by the Terms & Conditions of the Contracts for all types of services (i.e. fostering, residential, semi-independent).
Organisational skills, good knowledge of budget and expenditure recording.
Provide advice and guidance to colleagues to assist them to complete referral forms accurately by presenting the strengths of the children/young people as well as the risks to enable providers to do appropriate matching.
Provide professional advice to social workers on service delivery expectations from providers to measure the outcomes achieved for each child/young person.
Integrate the statutory framework on the placement search, commissioning and quality assurance procedures.
Ensure that providers comply with all the safeguarding processes and procedures e.g. safeguarding policies, location risk assessments etc.
Qualifications and Requirements:
Degree or recognised certificate in areas related to business administration, education, child development, childcare, humanities, social sciences
Terms and conditions:
- Satisfactory employment references
- Satisfactory declaration of interest;
- Satisfactory DBS check (Enhanced)
- As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications, regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the 'Apply' button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.
To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.
For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us.
Contact Information:
If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Swapnil Shrivastava at Swapnil.Shrivastava@walthamforest.gov.uk
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.
Closing date: Wed 14/05/2025 at 23:59
Job reference: 1665