Commissioning Officer

• Job Title:
  
  Commissioning Officer
• Job Location:
  
  Shire Hall, Block 5, 2nd Floor
• Contract Type:
  Fixed Term
• Duration: 6 Months
• Closing Date: 15/07/2026
• Job Requisition Number: 14459
• This post is open to job share

The core role is to find homes for children in care. This could be foster families, residential homes or supported accommodation for older young people.

• Work as part of a placement (home) finding team.
• Lead on specific area of placement finding, eg residential care.
• Review profiles for children needing care.
• Liaising with Social Workers and providers to make matches for a case load of children and young people.
• Complete record keeping and paperwork for each child.
• Be part of a duty rota to manage emergency placement searches for same day home finding.
• Work alongside GCC’s inhouse fostering service

It is a busy and fast paced role, working to tight deadlines and you need to be able to work in this way. You will be part of a team of staff undertaking placement finding, with admin support and a contract monitoring team to support with managing existing placements for children. The team work closely together with daily MS teams calls and a lively MS teams chat stream.

Everyone works together and we are all passionate about finding the right home for every child or young person. We have monthly team meetings and work in the office 1 to 2 days a week. You can work in the office daily if this suits. We are based at Shire hall. Core hours at 9am to 5pm and this is required to manage the demands of the service provision.

The role involves handling confidential information about children, therefore appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check and a check of Local GCC records.

• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
• An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• An in-house Occupational Health service
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network

The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months' employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.