Social Care Placements and Sufficiency Officer
Commissioning, Contracts

Social Care Placements and Sufficiency Officer 
Children's Services

Commissioning and Partnerships

Start Well Commissioning Team

 

Ref: G6/OL-36855

Contract: Fixed Term (2 years)

Salary: £26,999 - £30,507 (Grade 6)

Hours: 36.66 per week

Based: Metropolitan House, Hobson Street, Oldham OL1 1TT

Closing Date: Thursday 9th April 2020

Shortlisting & Interview Dates: Friday 17th April 2020 (via Microsoft Teams)


Job Description & Person Specification.docx
Oldham Right to Work in the UK.doc

 

Role Overview:

 

Are you motivated by wanting to do the best for Children and Young People in Oldham?  If so, we want to hear from you.  We are looking for experienced commissioners and contract managers.  Oldham is developing an integrated commissioning function for all children and young people.  We are at the start of the journey. We have a number of posts as we build capacity for change.  Look, apply; be the change that makes a difference.

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • To source and support the provision of placements for children who are looked after by Oldham Council as directed to ensure suitable and timely placements are made which meet the needs of the child.
  • To quality assure placements to ensure they are safe and delivering the best outcomes for children and can demonstrate value as part of the Planning and Sufficiency Strategy.
  • To track placements activity and to contribute to the overall management and oversight of placements that are made within Children’s Social Care and Commissioning and Partnerships.
  • To provide support and guidance to Social Workers to ensure that the process of referral through to placement and review is seamless and meets the needs of children in Oldham.

 

 

Key Requirements:

 

To succeed in this role you will need as a minimum:

  • The ability and experience to analyse and interpret data and present it effectively to various audiences to inform decision-making.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required to effectively advise and support senior managers, with confidence to challenge where appropriate based on evidence.
  • Excellent organisational skills will be needed to agree, develop and manage the provision of appropriate services for children and young people across the Oldham district; ensuring managers have access to appropriate and timely information about services and Oldham.

 

 

About Us:

 

Oldham is committed to developing a Co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough.  Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans. We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities.

 

The Council has a clear set of Values and Behaviours, our Values outline how we do business and we share these borough wide with our residents, partners and businesses.  Internally we have translated these values into five cooperative behaviours which outline the priority areas of focus for all staff at all levels. You can view the Values and Behaviours on our Greater. Jobs pages Working for Oldham

 

For details of how we use your data please see out privacy notice: Privacy Notice

 

Please note that should a vacancy that has been released for internal or external recruitment be deemed suitable for an at risk employee, it can be pulled back at any point up to the post being formally offered to an external candidate or an internal candidate that is not at risk of redundancy. 

Location
Metropolitan Place
Vacancy Description
 

Social Care Placements and Sufficiency Officer 
Children's Services

Commissioning and Partnerships

Start Well Commissioning Team

 

Ref: G6/OL-36855

Contract: Fixed Term (2 years)

Salary: £26,999 - £30,507 (Grade 6)

Hours: 36.66 per week

Based: Metropolitan House, Hobson Street, Oldham OL1 1TT

Closing Date: Thursday 9th April 2020

Shortlisting & Interview Dates: Friday 17th April 2020 (via Microsoft Teams)


Job Description & Person Specification.docx
Oldham Right to Work in the UK.doc

 

Role Overview:

 

Are you motivated by wanting to do the best for Children and Young People in Oldham?  If so, we want to hear from you.  We are looking for experienced commissioners and contract managers.  Oldham is developing an integrated commissioning function for all children and young people.  We are at the start of the journey. We have a number of posts as we build capacity for change.  Look, apply; be the change that makes a difference.

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • To source and support the provision of placements for children who are looked after by Oldham Council as directed to ensure suitable and timely placements are made which meet the needs of the child.
  • To quality assure placements to ensure they are safe and delivering the best outcomes for children and can demonstrate value as part of the Planning and Sufficiency Strategy.
  • To track placements activity and to contribute to the overall management and oversight of placements that are made within Children’s Social Care and Commissioning and Partnerships.
  • To provide support and guidance to Social Workers to ensure that the process of referral through to placement and review is seamless and meets the needs of children in Oldham.

 

 

Key Requirements:

 

To succeed in this role you will need as a minimum:

  • The ability and experience to analyse and interpret data and present it effectively to various audiences to inform decision-making.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required to effectively advise and support senior managers, with confidence to challenge where appropriate based on evidence.
  • Excellent organisational skills will be needed to agree, develop and manage the provision of appropriate services for children and young people across the Oldham district; ensuring managers have access to appropriate and timely information about services and Oldham.

 

 

About Us:

 

Oldham is committed to developing a Co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough.  Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans. We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities.

 

The Council has a clear set of Values and Behaviours, our Values outline how we do business and we share these borough wide with our residents, partners and businesses.  Internally we have translated these values into five cooperative behaviours which outline the priority areas of focus for all staff at all levels. You can view the Values and Behaviours on our Greater. Jobs pages Working for Oldham

 

For details of how we use your data please see out privacy notice: Privacy Notice

 

Please note that should a vacancy that has been released for internal or external recruitment be deemed suitable for an at risk employee, it can be pulled back at any point up to the post being formally offered to an external candidate or an internal candidate that is not at risk of redundancy.