Visiting Placement Project Officer

Job Category : Social Care – Unqualified

Location : County Hall, Cardiff Council

Hours Per Week : 37.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:00

Salary: £26.38

The Children’s Services Commissioning Team are responsible for the delivery of externally commissioned & bespoke services to children, young people and their families. We are looking for a Visiting Placement Project Officer

to join the recently established Commissioning Team in Cardiff Children’s services.

This is an exciting role, where the successful applicant will undertake visits to bespoke placements as part of Quality Assurance Activity as well as residential providers to monitor the services that look after our children.

This role provides a development opportunity to enhance how Children’s Services respond to the needs of our children, by working with local providers, the wider market, stakeholders, and external agencies ensuring quality of provision and identifying opportunities for improvement in the services available to our looked after children and young people.

This is a full time, hybrid position where visits to providers are a core task, in the South Wales region and sometimes further afield. You will also be able to work from home in-between visits.

We wish to appoint someone who can demonstrate effective analytical, communication and engagement skills. Experience of commissioning, procurement, contract monitoring and management is required under the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales).

Aspects of the role will include,

Visits to providers

Communication with children and young people in the providers

Reports as required on service performance.

Advise and support the Strategic Commissioning Manager & Operational Managers in relation to areas of concern and remedial actions

Be part of multi-agency planning meetings to ensure provision is meeting need

Contribute to safeguarding processes

Contribute towards the development of good working relations and collaborative arrangements with stakeholders, including partner Councils, the Health Board and providers, private and voluntary sector agencies and service user organisations, including supporting any formal arrangements for stakeholder engagement.

Prepare reports, attending and chair meetings and contribute to Welsh Government reports and returns as required