Placement Information Officer About this role: This is an exciting opportunity to become an active and effective member of the Placements Service. We’re a hardworking, supportive and friendly team that work in partnership with other professionals/agencies. We provide support, professional information & advice and co-ordinate the provision of suitably matched placements and/or services that will achieve the most positive outcomes for looked after children, young people and care leavers. You will work in partnership with other professionals/agencies including Foster Carers, Fostering Service, Social Care, Health and Education providing professional information and advice. Communicating effectively and adopting a ‘joined-up’ approach to assist in ensuring the effectiveness of the placements service. This is a varied role supporting all elements of the service this will include quality assurance; ensuring that both team members and carers are up to date with their training, DBS checks and any relevant assessments. You will be responsible for ensuring statutory notifications are actioned in the relevant timeframe and work closely with colleagues in Health. You will support the management of financial activities including managing requisition and purchase order numbers, processing and reviewing internal carer payment documents & independent placement agreements, manage invoices & credit notes, raising cheques etc. The role involves a significant amount of data entry and processing; therefore you will need to demonstrate experience of creating and maintaining effective tracking and monitoring processes and mechanisms, and you will need to be computer literate with an ability to use a range of data entry/recording systems. To undertake this role, you require a good level of general education and to be literate in English and Math’s. It is desirable that you have an NVQ in Business or similar and experience with working in finance. You’ll be highly motivated, an excellent communicator and data competent. In reward we offer a compelling career opportunity with scope to shape service delivery, working alongside health and other practitioners to provide a wide range of high quality resources to support our children. Additional information: Please note: Staff must seek permission from their Service Director /Service Lead BEFORE applying for any secondment opportunity. Please refer to the Secondment Policy for more information. Part-time/Job share position. 18.5 hours Wednesday-Friday. Working hours - Wednesday (13:00 – 17:00) Thursday (08:30 – 17:00) and Friday (08:30 – 16:30). It is usual for successful candidates to start at the bottom of the pay grade. W hat we can offer you : Here at SCC we have a range of different perks and benefits, a few examples can be found below. A generous local government pension scheme. Flexible working (role dependant). Up to 13 days of Flexi Leave. Hybrid working arrangements (role dependant). Online Benefits – salary sacrifice schemes, benefits and discounts. Great local transport links. Employee assistance programme with access to our health wellbeing and support. F or further information on our benefits package please visit : Employee benefits (southampton.gov.uk) Contact details for informal discussion: For further information and details regarding the position please contact Beth Gulland on 023 8083 3213/email Beth.Gullandsouthampton.gov.uk. Recruitment contact details: Email: recruitmentsouthampton.gov.uk Tel: 023 8083 4033 For more information about SCC please visit Southampton City Council Follow us on social media for regular updates on our featured jobs and latest news. Facebook YouTube