Placements Duty Officer

Salary: £26,000 per year

OWOA are currently looking for a Placements Duty Officer on a temporary basis for our client based in Durham.

The postholder will be part of the Placement Team. The function of the team will be

* Work with social workers and their teams to identify foster carers for children and young people who need to be looked after by the Local Authority;

* To provide a child centred approach in their identification of suitable foster carers;

* To provide information to social workers to enable them to match the child/young person to the best available resource;

In order to be consider for this role you must have:

– BTEC Higher in Public Admin/NVQ Business Administration or equivalent qualification

– Substantial experience in a similar role

For further information please get in touch