Children’s Social Work, Placement Officer, Wokingham

Children’s Social Work, Placement Officer, Wokingham 
Pay rate to £30 per hour 
Contract role, Local Authority Social Care, Brokerage 
 
Pertemps are recruiting for an experienced Placement Officer / Brokerage Officer in Wokingham.  
This is to work in a Local Authority Social Care Team, and you will need experience of the same role. 
 
Brief for post:  

• Placements Officer – Children’s Services  

• 3-month contract.  

• Experience of working in Children’s Social Care or equivalent.  

• We are looking for someone with prior children’s brokerage experience  

• Experience of working in a fast-paced environment. Ability to work under pressure and be extremely well organised, taking a pro-active approach to your workload  

• Experience of working in a complex multi-agency environment including working with health, voluntary and community sector, District and Borough Councils and the independent sector.  

• Able to respond positively and professionally to referrals by Social Workers, ensuring the quality of information enables the identification of placements that meet the child’s or young person’s assessed needs.  

• Have due regard to health and safety in relation to self and children in care, whilst identifying potential placements. 

 
Please get in touch for more information. 
 
This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:- 

• A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to 

• An easy registration process (all done online) 

• Referral schemes and incentives  

• Ongoing compliance managed for you 

• Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more. 

Please contact Graham Leatham on 07484 513909 or email graham.leatham@pprsocialcare.co.uk for more information.  
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager