We’re looking for a Senior Placements Officer to join our dedicated Adoption team.

We believe that every child deserves a loving, supportive home, we’re committed to providing the highest quality services to help make that a reality. We’re proud of our three successive Ofsted outstanding ratings.

Location: Reading, hybrid working (minimum one day/week in Reading, one day/month in our London office)
Hours: Part-time 30 hours/week over Mon-Fri

The role:
You’ll provide the ‘family finding’ service to find suitable children for approved adopters, and manage the Placement Officer(s) supporting induction/training, and ongoing development of team members

Responsibilities include:

• work with potential adopters enabling them to find a suitable match, supporting them at profile events
• work with social workers and approved adopters, creating/following up links with external agencies
• promote PACT’s adoption service, raising local awareness through networking opportunities, working closely with partner agencies/local authorities
• act as a guide/mentor to direct reports with escalated queries

As Senior Placements Officer, you’ll:

• have experience gained within a family finding role, an in-depth knowledge/understanding of the role of an adopter/foster carer
• be experienced leading/motivating a small team, maintaining a high standard of customer service, achieving set targets
• have experience working in partnership with relevant statutory/voluntary groups/partners/agencies