Job title: Placement Referral Officer – General Fostering – Temporary
Company: Bridgend County Borough Council
Job description: 37 hours per week
Fixed Term upto 2 years due to funding
A new and very exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and dynamic worker has become available within our General Fostering and Placements Team in Bridgend. The role will involve working with Placements Officers and Social Workers to identify and match care experienced children to the placement that best support their needs. This will include providing dedicated support to the fostering duty service and collating data to assist the team to develop our foster carer recruitment. The role will include supporting social workers to ensure referrals for placements searches are of the highest quality and approaching carers and providers for placements for children.
We are a well established, friendly, knowledgeable and experienced team located in the centre of Bridgend. We are co-located with the Care Experienced and 16+ Social Work teams which enables collaborative working. The role will involve hybrid working arrangements but will require being office based on a regular basis.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about achieving the best outcomes for care experienced children, has knowledge and experience of working within childrens services and has excellent IT skills. We need a person in this role who understands the needs of children who have experienced trauma and loss and has first rate communication skills. If you have previous experience working with a placements and or fostering service this is desirable but not essential.
We provide a high standard of support to our staff team including regular supervision and access to quality training. We will provide you with a robust induction and the opportunity to contribute to developing the service to achieve excellence. This post offers the opportunity of working across all of childrens services and therefore a wide range of experience.
Bridgend County Borough is a great place to live and work. It occupies an enviable position between Swansea and Cardiff and stretches from the scenic valleys to our beautiful coastline – presenting easy access to urban centres as well as picturesque rural and coastal settings. With excellent schools, affordable housing and excellent public services, there is something for everyone here, and plenty to do all year round to support work/ life balance.
The Council is making significant investment to strengthen capacity within our Social Services and Wellbeing Directorate, and we are ambitious about supporting people and communities in Bridgend County Borough to do what matters to them. We have award winning social care and wellbeing services and some areas that need improvement and will enable you to make a real difference at a time of change.
For further information on working as a Placement Referral Officer in Bridgend General Fostering Team please contact: Michelle Cox Michelle.Cox@bridgend.gov.uk Team Manager of the Placements and General Fostering Team or Alex Fitzpatrick Alex.Fitzpatrick@bridgend.gov.uk
The successful candidate will be able to greet customers in Welsh.
Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.
Applicants should note that a criminal records check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) will be necessary for the successful applicant.
Closing Date: 16 November 2023
Expected salary: £24496 – 25409 per year
Location: Bridgend
Job date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 04:43:06 GMT
