https://jobs.co.uk/job/placements-officer-blue-arrow--236ea0f8-d241-42bc-8c76-70508e730b56 RSS feed for Placements Officer at Blue Arrow. en-gb Fri, 01 May 2026 00:47:38 GMT https://jobs.co.uk/job/placements-officer-blue-arrow--236ea0f8-d241-42bc-8c76-70508e730b56 https://jobs.co.uk/job/placements-officer-blue-arrow--236ea0f8-d241-42bc-8c76-70508e730b56 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT Location: Bedford | Salary: £25.00/hour | Type: Temporary | Placements Officer needed! Hourly Rate: -25ph Contract Duration: Until August 2026 Location: Borough Hall, MK42 Hours: Monday - Friday 8.45am - 5.20pm To be accountable and responsible for searching thoroughly and sourcing suitable quality placements, taking full responsibility in managing placement searches for children looked after and care leavers. Including for complex cases. To quality assure placement referral search forms, provider documents, checking providers have been regulated and highlighting where this isn''t the case. To manage competing demands and have ability to work in a high-profile area and manage and prioritise requests. To ensure service managers approval for all searches and commissioned placement packages To negotiate packages and costing with external providers To collaborate with social work teams, particularly the fostering team, when trying to source placements to ensure options internally are exhausted before looking externally To manage a range of database systems to record and maintain up to date information about providers, commissioned packages, external placements and develop infrastructure for effective use of this informatio... Temporary