County Placements Administrator

Role Responsibility

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the County Placements Team, who are responsible for coordinating and managing long and short term residential and nursing placements for older people’s services.

You will be required to offer administrative support; this will include using a client system data base, communicating with providers and service users or their representatives either by phone, letter or email. You will track placements, generate purchase orders and ensure providers have been paid.

We are looking for someone with an understanding of the needs of older people, good IT and office skills and have the ability to organise work and work to deadlines. You will also need excellent communication skills and work as part of a team.

We offer training, support and regular supervision.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Contact Details

For further information regarding this role, please contact:

Jackie McArthur 03000 415407

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.