TPS Placement Officer

Role Responsibility

Maternity Cover - Fixed Term Full Time (9 Months).

Do you want to be instrumental in delivering a service that will make a difference to the lives of some of our most vulnerable children and young adults? If you do, this is an exciting opportunity to join the Total Placement Service (TPS) in our work finding homes for our children in care and care leavers.

TPS is a key element of the children’s services strategy to meet the authority’s sufficiency duty in ensuring that homes for these children, young people and adults provide stability, ensuring their needs are met and help them to achieve their aspirations. If successful, you will be part of an established and supportive team, receiving regular supervision to aid your professional development along with a range of training opportunities.

The post is varied and interesting, providing specialist advice and support on a variety of home options, resolving some complex issues, collaborating with colleagues in children’s social care and commissioning and managing liaison between key stakeholders. 

About you:

• Literacy and numeracy skills
• Highly motivated, excellent organisational, administration and communication skills and an eye for detail
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload to achieve deadlines
• Have an excellent knowledge of IT systems, Excel, Word and Outlook
• Awareness of Data Protection and confidentiality issues
• Commitment to equalities, inclusion and diversity in all aspects of working

Kent County Council is committed to a hybrid working model with a flexible working offer, but please note that regular attendance to work from our Maidstone office will be required.

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.

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

The closing date is Sunday 31st May 2026.

This post is offered on a fixed term basis for 9 months (Maternity Cover)

Interviews will take place in person on 5th June 2026 at Sessions House, Maidstone.

Contact Details

For further information please contact:

Nicola Daniels

nicola.daniels@kent.gov.uk /  03000 416974

Heinri Schnetler

heinri.schnetler@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

Work that works for you and us - let's talk flexibility!

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, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

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