Resource Officer

This permanent, full-time position has a starting salary of £38,090 per annum based on a 36-hour working week.

We are hiring a new Resource Officer to join our fantastic and supportive Allocations team. The role is open to hybrid working and as a team we split our time between working from home and collaborating together in the Woking office.

The Allocations team focus on finding the best placements for children and young people, whether it’s fostering, residential care, or supported accommodation. We handle searches across both our in-house provision and external providers.

Our team is incredibly supportive and is part of the Gateway to Resources Service within the Children’s, Families and Lifelong Learning Directorate. We collaborate closely with other professionals and agencies to ensure that each child and young person is matched with a placement that will help them achieve the best outcomes.

In this role, you will manage a caseload of children and young people, actively seeking out the right placements for them. This includes both planned and emergency placements for children, young people, and care leavers. It’s a really rewarding role where you can make a significant difference in their lives.

You will be part of a team that is dedicated to making a positive difference in the community, one placement at a time, by putting people first and striving for excellence in everything we do.

In order to be considered for shortlisting, your application will clearly evidence the following skills and align with our behaviours:

• Ability to negotiate appropriate levels of service provision to make sure that best value for money is secured
• Ability to develop and maintain a good working knowledge of providers
• Effective organisational and time management skills to work towards challenging deadlines
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills with the ability to build effective relationships with internal and external professionals

Contract: Permanent N/A

Working hours: 36 hours per week

Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills, or any barriers to employment. For an informal discussion please contact Shaunie Paxton by e-mail at Shaunie.Paxton@surreycc.gov.uk.

An enhanced DBS ‘Disclosure and Barring Service’ check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children’s and Adults’ Barred List checks will be required for this role.

We are a disability confident employer which means if you have shared a disability on your application form and have evidenced you meet the minimum shortlisting criteria, as displayed on the advert, we guarantee you an interview.   

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