Complex Placements Officer

Ref: RQ1262099

**36 Hours a week**

An Enhanced DBS check is required

Location: Romford Essex

Previous Experience in commissioning and Placement preffered

ROLE SUMMARY

The purpose of the All-Age Complex Placements Officer is to be responsible for securing placements for service users with complex needs, arranging individual placement contracts, ensuring value for money and positive outcomes for individuals.

FULL ROLE REQUIREMENT

• To commission care packages for complex cases specialising in people with Learning Disabilities, Physical & Sensory Disability, Dementia or Mental Health issues
• To commission, where appropriate, approved packages of care with Reablement and homecare providers on the Domiciliary Care Framework Contract, and ensure timely, safe and smooth transfer of those clients in the care of those providers.
• To commission Respite and Long Term Residential/Nursing Home Placements for clients and ensure timely, safe and smooth transfer of those clients to their chosen Home.
• To build market intelligence and document it so that there is an understanding of reasonable rates and quality of provision for others to access as well as building the knowledge of the post holder
• To work closely with the Placements team to ensure placements are recorded on all appropriate systems including establishment and monitoring of finance records aligned with appropriate IT systems
• To work closely with the Quality service where issues arise in relation to the quality of provision
• To build/ maintain a tangible and accessible record of services, people placed in them with data like date of placements, reviews and costs.
• To support the identification of placements where outcomes are not being progressed and to work closely with operational colleagues to challenge provision that is not as supportive or independence building as it could be
• To be aware of voids in locations and to link them to appropriate placements so that capacity is used as effectively as possible