Placement Officer
Team: Home Finding Team
Job Family: Providing – CBG9
Salary: £34,811 - £37,562 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month.
Contract Type: Hybrid - Permanent
Closing Date: 2nd July 2026
Interview Date: w/c 13th July 2026
About the role:
The Home Finding Team is a small and friendly team which offers a supportive environment within the wider function of Children’s Services. The team is a key part of delivering services to children and young people in our area. Find your greatness by helping us to deliver better services to the local community by becoming part of this fantastic team.
The Placement Officer role is responsible for:
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Work with vulnerable children and young people who are either at risk of harm or in need of services.
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Advocating for children, young people and families.
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Providing comprehensive business and administrative support.
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Carry out financial administration.
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Ensuring timely and cost-effective provision of resources and placements.
The successful candidate will have a good organisational and communication skills and will have experience of using Mosaic, Excel and Outlook. You will be a good team player and be equally capable of individual work.
Join the Home Finding Team and you’ll enjoy agile working, attractive benefits and the chance to learn and progress. Even better, you’ll develop a new level of expertise as you work in this specialist team. Find your greatness by helping us to deliver better services to colleagues across Children’s Services.
Our Offer
We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page
Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer. We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.
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You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.
Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.
For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Erin Moschini at Erin.Moschini@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 4867.
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Safeguarding:
Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers and contractors to share this commitment. This post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records.
To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.
Our National Careers Service team offer a free monthly workshop covering CV writing and how to complete the statement sections of the Central Bedfordshire Council online application form. This MS Teams workshop is open to anyone from the UK and lasts around 1.5 hours. Please book your place here.
More information about this service can be found here: Support getting into work or learning | Central Bedfordshire Council
Please note we are unable to offer sponsorship for our roles. Successful applicants that may require a visa will need to consider the options for obtaining and/or maintaining the legal right to live and work in the UK for the duration of the contract offered.