Referral & Placement Officer; Lead Children with Disabilities

Overview

Referral and Placement Officer with a lead in Short Breaks for Children with Disabilities

Warwickshire County Council are looking to recruit a Referral and Placement Officer who will become a specialist in Short Breaks for Children with Disabilities.

Here at Warwickshire County Council, we put children and families at the heart of everything we do and want to build on family strengths and find the right support for them and our children.

You will join the Family Finding Hub that consists of: 2 managers, 2 FT social workers, 7 fostering and hub social workers and currently 4 Referral and Placement Officers.

Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the young people in our County. Our approach is locality working, multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams that support the whole family. Building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education.

If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service. Contact information is available on the council's site for more details.

What will you do?

You will work alongside our Referral and Placement Officers (RPOs) whilst having a lead in Children with Disabilities. The RPOs are responsible for all external searches including fostering, residential, supported accommodation and short breaks. They have strong partnership relationships and connections that allow them to find the best match for our children whilst working closely with the children teams. In addition, this role will develop connections with good providers that can provide homes to meet our children’s needs including short breaks.

The ability to work in partnership is essential, along with meticulous organisation skills, enthusiasm, and creativity.

We are doing great work and we need great people to join us to continue to improve the lives of local children. If you’re someone who is prepared to get stuck in, who like us, wants to do the best job possible, who approaches everything with passion, tenacity, courage, and purpose, then we want you to work with us.

Why work for Us — download our brochure on the council's site for more information.

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification below.

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make:

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us. We provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit:
Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund.

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

Closing Date: 9th October 2025

Interview Date: 17th October 2025

Additional information:
The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

To discuss the role please contact Perla Kinsella - perla

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hran and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce.