Referral and Placements Officer

Warwickshire County Council are looking to recruit a Referral and Placement Officer who will become a specialist in Children with Disabilities. This is an opportunity for individuals who are eager to use their initiative and shape the direction of this newly created role., You will work alongside our Referral and Placement Officers (RPO's) whilst having a lead in Children with Disabilities. The RPO's are responsible for all our external searches including residential, supported accommodation and short breaks. They have strong partnership relationships and connections that allows them to find the best match for our children whilst working closely with the children teams. In addition, this role will develop connections with good providers that can provide homes to meet our children's needs including short breaks and help manage direct payments.

The ability to work in partnership is essential, along with meticulous organisation skills, enthusiasm, and creativity. We are doing great work and we need great people to join us to continue to improve the lives of local children. If you're someone who is prepared to get stuck in, who like us, wants to do the best job possible, who approaches everything with passion, tenacity, courage, and purpose, then we want you to work with us., The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

Here at Warwickshire County Council, we put children and families at the heart of everything we do and want build of family's strengths and find the right support for them and our children. You will join the Placement Hub that consists of; 2 managers, 2 FT social workers, 7 fostering and hub social workers and currently 4 Referral and Placement Officers. Now is an exciting time to be a part of our team as Warwickshire has been chosen as one of the seven areas to deliver the Families First for Children Pathfinder Programme. Join us to help shape and influence the future of children's social care together. Find out why we are good Ofsted., Working for Warwickshire - This is the difference you make Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them! At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire's economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

• Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload.
• Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee.
• A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas
• We also offer a Refer a Friend package if you're talking about a return to us with an ex colleague/friend., Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage - Warwickshire Pension Fund'
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.