Local Authority Children’s Social Care, Fostering, Family Placement Officer, Croydon

Local Authority Children’s Social Care, Fostering, Family Placement Officer, Croydon 
Pay rate £28.40 per hour 
Contract role, Fostering Services 
 
Pertemps are recruiting for an experienced Family Placement Officer, in Croydon. 
You will need to have worked within a Fostering service in a Local Authority or IFA. 
Job Purpose 

• To develop and provide a flexible and high quality in house Fostering Placements Service with the purpose of: improving placement choice, availability and stability for children in care; improving the experience of social workers, foster carers and children in identifying suitable placements; delivering the best possible value to the Council in terms of cost and quality of placements. 

Essential Requirements 

• An awareness of problems and issues that can impact on children and young people. 

• Ability to assess and match children and young people’s needs to appropriate placement, understanding and using risk assessments in placement finding activity, in consultation with senior staff with the placement service. 

• Ability to use initiative to ensure that process requirements are met but not to the detriment through delay of any potential placement or service options. 

• Ability to Keep detailed records of discussions, whilst tracking, monitoring and updating our internal Foster Carer records and capacity 

• Ability to Work with Supervising Social Workers to ensure our in – house Foster Carers are available and prepared to take Children and Young People  

• Be competent and confident in the legal duties regarding information and other sensitive data sharing in respect of vulnerable children and young people. 

• Highly skilled in the use of all forms of IT and the ability communicate clearly both verbally and in writing. 

• Experience of developing relationships with Foster Carers, Social Workers, Supervising Social Workers and others.  

• Experience of working in a supportive relationship with children, young people and families. 

 
 
Please get in touch for more information. 
 
This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:- 

• A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to 

• An easy registration process (all done online) 

• Referral schemes and incentives  

• Ongoing compliance managed for you 

• Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more. 

Please contact Graham Leatham on 07484 513909 or email graham.leatham@pprsocialcare.co.uk for more information.  
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager