CIC Placement Tracker Officer

CIC Placement Tracker Officer

Barnsley

£40 ph

Full time – Hybrid

Role Responsibilities:

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• Review cohorts of children and young people within high-cost residential placements.
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• Analyse care plans, case records and placement histories to identify opportunities for improved outcomes and permanency planning.
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• Work alongside operational social workers and managers to challenge and support placement decision making.
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• Identify and progress appropriate transitions from residential care to fostering arrangements where this is in the child's best interests.
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• Track actions, outcomes and progress against agreed care plans.
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• Produce detailed reports, recommendations and case reviews.
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• Utilise data and management information to identify trends, opportunities and risks.
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• Support the delivery of the service's cost improvement programme by ensuring placement decisions align to children's assessed needs and outcomes.
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• Provide professional challenge and constructive scrutiny of recommendations and decision-making processes.
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• Work independently while maintaining strong relationships with operational teams and stakeholders.
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• Contribute to the development of emerging processes and frameworks relating to placement review activity.
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• 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