- Pay Rate:
£11.00 per hour PAYE
- Hours per Week:
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 2 months
- BRACKNELL,
RG12 1JD
Temporary Service Admin Co-Ordinator
Job Ref: RQ613771
To work as a member of the Access to Resource Team, the Children’s Placements Officer/Service Co-ordinator will co-ordinate and manage all placement requests for Looked After Children (LAC) including those with multiple and complex needs liaising with SEND for children with special educational needs
Key Responsibilities:
- To liaise with providers, care teams, individuals and other agencies, dealing with queries regarding service delivery. Ensuring that all relevant information is case noted and provided to relevant people
- When rostered provide Duty support
- To be responsible for the co-ordination of support arrangements with providers, ensuring that have relevant information has been given to enable providers to carry out an assessment of needs.
- Responsibility to ensure services are input onto LAS accurately and in a timely manner. Completing all relevant contractual documents required for the service to commence.
- To deal with general queries, expressions of dissatisfaction, complaints and compliments regarding service delivery. Collating information and informing relevant teams for them to escalate.
- To maintain the Master spreadsheet and the care to place spreadsheet for reporting and statistical purposes.
- To be proactive in reporting developing issues regarding service delivery to the Access to Resource Manager, including issues of poor quality of support, capacity issues, and void beds.
- To maintain a calm, professional, confidential and flexible approach to all tasks and Adhering to team policies and procedures
- To consider requests for support and where appropriate make suggestions and recommendations regarding achieving better outcomes and goals for the citizens
“Role Requirements” – to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria:
- 3 GCSE's, Grades A-C, or equivalent including English and Mathematics
- Previous experience in similar role
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Flexible and adaptable
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Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
- Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours.
- Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
- Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
- Please refer to the Role Requirements section above - your CV must address the requirements listed.
Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable:
- Any local authority/public sector experience
- Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for.
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