Placements Officer

3 months contract with a local authority

Job Purpose

• To support the recruitment engagement and retention of inhouse foster carers while ensuring effective placement matching and sufficient placement availability for children and young people in care.
  
• The role plays a key part in strengthening foster carer support systems improving engagement and retention and helping to secure safe stable and suitable placements that promote positive outcomes for children and young people
  

Key Duties/Accountabilities

• Act as a key point of contact for inhouse foster carers building strong positive working relationships.
  
• Coordinate and deliver foster carer engagement activities including appreciation events recognition initiatives and traininglinked sessions.
  
• Plan facilitate and support foster carer support groups in collaboration with supervising social workers.
  
• Design distribute and analyse surveys and feedback tools to inform service improvement and improve carer retention.
  
• Maintain accurate systems to monitor foster carer availability capacity engagement levels and support needs.
  

Essential Experience Required

• Experience working within childrens services fostering placements or a related social care setting.
  
• Experience engaging with foster carers families or service users in a supportive and professional capacity.
  

Essential Qualifications Required

• Relevant qualification in social care health education or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  
• Knowledge of fostering services and the needs of children in care (desirable).
  
• Strong communication organisational and relationshipbuilding skills.
  
• DBS check required.
  

Additional information to note

• Working Hours: 36 hours per week.
  
• The role required Enhanced DBS.
  
• 2 Bristol Avenue Colindale London London NW9 4EW United Kingdom
  
• Work pattern - Hybrid working to be discussed at interview
  
• We work on bi-weekly schedule.
  

The role closes on 24^th April 2026 apply ASAP.