Posted by Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited • £37K/yr
Southend City Council are looking to appoint a full-time Senior Fostering Placements Officer to join the fostering service in a 12-month fixed term capacity.
Within this post you will manage, process and update the internal system, make payments to Foster/Kinship Carers, update/set up Children/Young people's placements and update/process children looked after (CLA) notifications.Working alongside Social Workers, Supervising Social Workers and Foster carers, you will be required to take a lead role in the day-to-day matching of in-house foster placement vacancies.
Posted by Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited • £37K/yr to £42K/yr
As the newly appointed Brokerage Officer, you will need to contribute to achieving improved outcomes for Children in Care, by coordinating and identifying quality placements for children that are matched, cost-effective and that will meet their assessed needs.
Your new role
Southend City Council are looking to appoint a full-time Children's Brokerage Officer within a 12-month fixed-term contract.
We are looking for someone who is a Homeless Prevention Officer with the following experience:
To provide tailored advice on housing options, training & employment, wellbeing & welfare benefits/money management to customers threatened with homelessness or who are living in private rent accommodation or other settled non social housing
To respond effectively to, prevent homelessness through advice, negotiation, mediation or conciliation, or by securing immediate access to alternative accommodation and generally promoting a housing options approach to service delivery to a full range of customers.
The Education Project Officer will support the next phase in the delivery of the programme, offering an exciting opportunity for a self-starter who is passionate about education and the opportunity to make a difference to young people's futures.
Reporting directly to the Education Manager, the postholder will provide key support to the scholarships programme, from day-to-day administration to promote the scheme and manage the selection process, to liaising with programme scholars and alumni as well as programme partners, other key stakeholders and the Department for Education.
Key duties include
Act as point of contact for the application and selection process, including dealing with initial enquiries, filtering applications and organising assessments and applicant interviews.