Brokerage Officer

Brokerage Officer

Children's Services / Placements

Job Description

London Borough of Newham are currently seeking a highly motivated and customer-focused Brokerage Officer to join their team. As a Brokerage Officer, you will be responsible for assessing the placement and service needs of children and young people and matching them to available services. You will provide advice and guidance to team colleagues and ensure that suitable matches are made between the identified needs of a child and potential providers.

You will be responsible for quality assuring the provision of information to enable suitable matches to be made and ensuring that the needs of the children, young people and their families are met. You will also review and monitor contracted services for the children allocated in compliance with relevant regulation, policies and practice guidance.

You will offer effective social work challenge to front line workers to ensure that care planning practice informs the purchasing of placements. You will also offer commissioning advice at care/placement focused meetings and review and make recommendations for existing placements which have fallen below the regulatory standards set by Ofsted and/or where the local authority have received a notification of a significant event.

Key Responsibilities:

Assess children and young peoples placement and service needs and match these to available services
Deliver a customer-focused duty service along with team colleagues, including the provision of advice and guidance on matching needs to services
Quality assure the provision of information to enable suitable matches to be made between the identified needs of a child and potential providers
Deliver value for money (cost, quality and outcomes) in meeting the needs of the children, young people and their families
Review and monitor contracted services for the children allocated in compliance with relevant regulation, policies and practice guidance
Offer effective social work challenge to front line workers to ensure that care planning practice informs the purchasing of placements
Offer commissioning advice at care/placement focused meetings
Review and make recommendations for existing placements which have fallen below the regulatory standards set by Ofsted and/or where the local authority have received a notification of a significant event

Requirements

Experience of working in a brokerage or commissioning role within children's services
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work effectively in a team and independently
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Knowledge of relevant legislation, policies and practice guidance
Ability to manage a busy workload and meet tight deadlines

Application Process

If you are interested in this Brokerage Officer role, please submit your CV via email to (url removed) or call the office on (phone number removed).

I look forward to hearing from you :)