Children’s Placement & Quality Assurance Manager Location: Wokingham Contract: 3 months (initial) Hours: 37 per week Rate: £513 per day (umbrella) - (£390 PAYE per day) About the Role Following increased investment and internal changes, Wokingham Borough Council is seeking an experienced Children’s Placement & Quality Assurance Manager to join us on an interim basis for 3 months while a permanent appointment is made. We are a small but busy Children’s Team, and we need someone who can hit the ground running, building effective relationships with social workers, managers, providers, partners, and staff across children’s services and the wider council. This is an exciting time for the team as we work to integrate Independent Non-Maintained Special School placements into our remit. Candidates with relevant experience – or strong ideas about how this can be achieved – will be particularly welcome. Key Objectives Help establish a new Children’s Placement Commissioning function, including supplier relationships, brokerage, contract management, and quality assurance. Develop an operational model to meet SEND placement needs. Design and implement a placement Quality Assurance framework across Children’s Social Care and SEND placements. Support the development of sufficiency strategies. Contribute to the work of the Strategic Placement Board by developing insig...