Job Description

CIC Placement Tracker Officer

Barnsley

£40 ph

Full time – Hybrid

Role Responsibilities:

Review cohorts of children and young people within high-cost residential placements.

Analyse care plans, case records and placement histories to identify opportunities for improved outcomes and permanency planning.

Work alongside operational social workers and managers to challenge and support placement decision making.

Identify and progress appropriate transitions from residential care to fostering arrangements where this is in the child's best interests.

Track actions, outcomes and progress against agreed care plans.

Produce detailed reports, recommendations and case reviews.

Utilise data and management information to identify trends, opportunities and risks.

Support the delivery of the service's cost improvement programme by ensuring placement decisions align to children's assessed needs and outcomes.

Provide professional challenge and constructive scrutiny of recommendations and decision-making processes.

Work independently while maintaining strong relationships with operational teams and stakeholders.

Contribute to the development of emerging processes and frameworks relating to placement review activity.

Liaise with fostering providers, including Independent Fostering Agencies (IFAs), and other relevant partners

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Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices.

We are an equal opportunity agency