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About the Role
Help find the right homes and pathways for children, young people and care leavers, building a foundation for their future. As our Placements Transformation Lead, you will tackle complex placement challenges to ensure children, young people and care leavers receive the high-quality support and stability they deserve. It is a role with genuine impact across two boroughs – a chance to combine frontline social care expertise with strategic thinking, transforming how we commission and deliver care.
Responsibilities
- Improve move-on pathways for care leavers by reviewing needs, formulating individual progression plans, sourcing supported accommodation and private market options, and dismantling barriers to independence.
- Manage the broader spectrum of placement needs for children and young people aged 0 to 25.
- Evaluate placement requests and match individual needs.
- Negotiate contracts with independent and voluntary providers.
- Combine hands-on, case-by-case problem-solving with strategic improvements to sufficiency, commissioning pathways, and value for money.
- Act as a key connector between social work practice and commercial commissioning, ensuring every decision puts the young person first.
Requirements
- Must be a qualified social worker currently registered with Social Work England.
- Must be currently employed within RBKC or Westminster City Council.
- Comprehensive understanding of statutory children’s social care.
- Comprehensive understanding of commissioning frameworks.
- Comprehensive understanding of the placement needs of looked-after children and care leavers.
- Exceptional negotiation, communication, and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to convene multidisciplinary professionals.
- Ability to challenge existing practice constructively.
- Ability to secure cost-effective, high-quality arrangements.
- Ability to remain calm and composed under pressure.
- Skilled at managing competing priorities.
- Skilled at confidently navigating complex, sensitive negotiations.
- Always keeping the voice and wellbeing of the child or young person at the heart of every decision.
Skills
- Social work expertise
- Strategic thinking
- Negotiation
- Communication
- Relationship-building
- Project delivery
- Quality assurance
- System-wide improvement
Location
- Based in the Borough (three days a week)
Work Type
- Internal opportunity
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Qualified social worker
Education Level
- Qualified social worker
Salary/Compensations
- New hires will start at the minimum of the advertised salary range.
- Employees receive annual salary increases until they reach the top of the pay scale.
- Employees will receive any agreed cost of living pay rises.
Benefits
- Supportive working environment
- Continuous learning
- Professional development
- Wellbeing support
About the Company
- Kensington and Chelsea is home to diverse communities, thriving businesses and unique local places.
- Everything we do is focused on supporting our residents, strengthening our approach and creating a fairer borough.
- As a competent and caring Council, we take pride in our work every day, ensuring our services are delivered with care and competence.
- We listen to our residents, act with integrity and work together to build a borough that is greener, safer and fairer for all.
- Securing the right living environment for vulnerable children and care leavers is demanding work, and navigating complex placement markets means it will not always be smooth sailing.
- Every ounce of effort pays off. When you tackle difficult barriers and find creative solutions, you create opportunities that directly improve the stability, security and life chances of young people across our communities.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
- We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.