Commissioning Officer

Commissioning Officer  Temporary Contract Location Gloucestershire Payrate £18.06 rising after 13 weeks The postholder will work as part of a motivated placement (home) finding team. The successful candidate will be daily:- • Review profiles for children needing care. • Liaising with Social Workers and providers to make matches for a case load of children and young people. • Complete record keeping and paperwork for each child. • Be part of a duty rota to manage emergency placement searches for same day home finding. • Working alongside inhouse fostering service. It is a busy and face paced role, working to tight deadlines. You will be part of a team of staff doing placement findings with admin support and a contract monitoring team to support with managing existing placements for children. The team work closely together with daily MS teams calls and a lively MS teams chat stream. Everyone works together and we are all passionate about finding the right home for every child or young person.   They have monthly team meetings and work in the office 1 to 2 days a week, usually Fridays. You can work in the office daily if these suits.  Core hours 9am to 5pm and this is required to manage the demands of the service provision. The role involves handling confidential information about children; therefore appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check.  To find out more about this excellent opportunity and for a confidential chat please contact jill on