Placement manager

Placement Manager – Business Commissioning and Placements Team

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Placement Manager to join our Business Commissioning and Placements Team, starting in October 2026. This role is key to the successful management of children’s placements across school residential, neurorehabilitation and community rehabilitation services (UK and International).

Responsibilities and Qualifications

• Work in collaboration with the Senior Placement Managers and multidisciplinary team to manage the child’s pathway from the time they are accepted for admission, through their care pathway and discharge.
• Work with Senior Placement Managers and Senior Business Development & Commissioning Manager to ensure the package and contract issued to funders is appropriate for the child’s needs and is regularly reviewed to ensure the care needs.
• Work with multi‑disciplinary teams across school and child and family services to ensure that all clinical and contractual requirements for the child are comprehensively managed.
• Escalate complex and unresolved issues for support to ensure a positive outcome.
• Ensure the parents/guardians, multidisciplinary team are aware pre‑admission and throughout the admission of the arrangements for the admission, including length of stay and discharge plans.
• Take on the lead role for discharge coordination for children and young people accessing neurorehabilitation and step‑down placements. Proactively plan discharges including liaison with multi‑agency teams required to take over care. Where appropriate, chairing discharge planning meetings.

Benefits

Staff benefits include a shuttle bus, on‑site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced maternity and paternity pay, time‑out days for menopause symptoms, time off for gender reassignment, additional annual leave days for long service (35 to 41 days including bank holidays), free on‑site parking, a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on‑site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain NHS pension where applicable, teacher’s pension or alternative scheme, and opportunities for career development in a supportive environment.

Terms and Conditions

As a charity organisation independent of the NHS, we do not follow Agenda for Change terms and conditions. Consequently, we are unable to take into account NHS incremental dates or continuous service for salary, annual leave, or related entitlements such as absence pay at the point of recruitment. Whilst we do not directly match NHS terms, we offer a competitive salary and a range of staff benefits.

Rehabilitation of Offenders

Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected. The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements.