What's involved with this role: Reference: 0009 C909 / 1 Role: Contracts, Commissioning and Placements Officer Contract Length: 2 months initially Location: Bury, BL9, Hybrid - 2 days per week in office. Pay Rate: Up to £19.20 per hour PAYE c15% accrued holiday pension contribution (this rate is currently provisional). You will be paid an hour PAYE for the length of the contract Hours per week: 37 IR35: Inside About the Role To work with the Children's Fostering Team to source and secure foster care placements for children and young people taking into account quality, best value for money & the needs and outcomes for the child. To work with Children’s Social Care to source suitable residential placements for children and young people taking into account: quality, costs, location & suitability to meet the child/young person’s needs To provide advice on effective commissioning of services for children and young people. Key Responsibilities To work with Children’s Social Care to source suitable residential or foster home placements for children and young people taking into account: quality, costs, location & suitability to meet the child/young person’s needs To provide advice on effective commissioning of services for children and young people. To work with a range of stakeholders across Children’s Services to develop and implement a coherent approach to commissioning for improving outcomes for children and young people. To assist the Contracts and Commissioning Manager in taking the lead role within Children's Services for developing and writing appropriate contracts to support the commissioning of services To assist with providing data and management information in respect of placements and other contract requests To assist with the managing the Out of Borough Placements Budget, and devolved resources To provide support to the SEN Team by maintaining a record of placements, raising contracts and payment of invoices for out of borough schools To liaise with the Placements North Wests and other regional initiatives on behalf of Bury MBC Children's Services About You The ideal candidate will have: Placements officer experience. Experience working from draft contracts, wouldn’t have to create from scratch themselves. Experience in monitoring budgets and paying invoices Ability to do basic admin Experience of building and maintaining relationships with a wide range of people including colleagues, providers, service users, partnership initiatives and regulators. Understanding of the issues affecting the commissioning of Children’s Services and the related government legislation supporting the modernisation of these services. Have knowledge of procurement, contracting and commissioning processes for Children’s Services. Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application should be clearly shown in your CV. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. "XI ALD Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please.