Placement Officer

Wirral Council is a place where you can genuinely make a difference guided by strong organisational values that shape everything we do. Our values - ambitious professional residentfocused and accountable act as our organisational DNA influencing how we work lead and support one another every day. We take pride in delivering great services acting with integrity building positive relationships and always putting residents first creating a supportive and inclusive culture where everyone can be the best we can be. With our beautiful surroundings ambitious future plans and a commitment to empowering staff to #BeTheDifference Wirral Council offers an inspiring environment to grow your career and make a lasting impact.

Placement Officer Shared Lives Service

We are looking for a motivated and compassionate Placement Officer to join our Shared Lives Service. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference by supporting individuals to live independently within a family-based care environment.

About the Role:

As a Placement Officer you will support the Registered Manager and Senior Placement Officer in delivering the Wirral Shared Lives Service. You will play a key role in recruiting assessing and supporting carers and matching individuals to placements that enable them to thrive.

You will manage a caseload of carers and ensure that placements are safe effective and outcome-focused promoting independence choice and control for those using the service.

Key Responsibilities:

• Recruit assess and train new Shared Lives carers
• Match individuals to suitable placements completing risk assessments and supporting introductions
• Develop outcome-focused care and support plans
• Provide ongoing supervision advice and support to carers
• Monitor placements to ensure quality compliance and positive outcomes
• Maintain accurate records reports and reviews in line with procedures
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders and respond to feedback or concerns
• Contribute to the ongoing development of the service

About the Candidate:

We are looking for someone with:

• NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care (or working towards)
• Experience within a social care setting
• Strong communication organisational and report-writing skills
• Knowledge of safeguarding confidentiality and relevant legislation
• The ability to manage workloads meet deadlines and build positive relationships

Experience within a Shared Lives or similar setting is desirable.

For more information about the role or for an informal chat please email

This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check including a check of the relevant Barred List(s). The Safer Recruitment & Employment Policy and the Disclosures for Recruitment Procedure can be found at : welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates. For this vacancy candidates must have an existing right to work in the UK before commencing employment. Skilled Worker visa sponsorship is not available for this post. Eligibility to work in the UK will be verified in the final stages of the selection process.

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If youre already a Wirral Council employee and as part of our Talent Strategy were committed to strengthening opportunities for our people to learn grow progress and thrive. For many of you this may be preparing and applying for your next role with us and were passionate about ensuring you feel supported throughout your internal recruitment experience. Please get in touch if you want to know more about some of the ways in which we could support you by emailing

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Working at Wirral

Youll also want to know what its like to work here so as a start:

Our values are more than just pieces of paper on our walls! Weve all played a role in developing these so they reflect the immense pride we have in what we do what matters to us what inspires us and inform how we think approach things and behave.

We believe in ensuring staff are well looked after staff wellbeing is a priority for us. Were serious about recognising and rewarding people for the great things they do. Youll benefit from our track record of developing growing and investing in our people.

We have a range of staff benefits including staff discounts enrolment into the local government pension scheme (an excellent defined benefit scheme) immediate life cover and ill-health protection. We have a strong flexible working approach hybrid working family-friendly employment initiatives and an annual leave package starting with 28 days leave plus public holidays.

We have an inclusive engaged culture everyone has a voice everyone is valued for their contribution and understands the role they play in delivering our strategic priorities.

Each voice is heard each contribution valued. We embrace diversity in our workforce and recognise it is critical to our success. We support an inclusive culture that champions differences and nurtures a sense of belonging. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds who share our values and our commitment to inclusion to apply for roles with us.

We want you to be your best at work we create the conditions to help you thrive and we mirror this in our recruitment process. If youd like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process to make it barrier-free and as accessible as possible please contact

Please note that in accordance with the Councils policy employees who are in a formal redeployment situation will be considered in the first instance for all vacancies.

It is Council policy not to re-appoint any employee who has left under the terms of the Councils Early Voluntary Retirement (EVR) scheme or who have left with a voluntary severance (VS) package unless in exceptional circumstances.

Applications will be accepted until midnight on the closing date.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications.

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We do not accept applications or CVs from recruitment agencies unless otherwise stated. Therefore any candidates submitted via a recruitment agency will not be considered for this role.