Children & Young People Brokerage Officer

2 weeks ago

Telford, United Kingdom Telford & Wrekin Council Full time

About us

The Childrens & young people Brokerage Team (CYP Brokerage) works alongside the Commissioning and Procurement Team under the umbrella of Childrens Safeguarding Team.  Our team source care from contracted children care providers, which will support our children & young people.

The Role

Our Children & young people Brokerage officers are required to source external fostering, residential homes, Supported Accommodation, Education placements and related contracted support for Children & Young people.

We work closely with operational colleagues and service providers to source and broker support solutions for vulnerable people; children, young people, in and outside the Borough.

This is a fast paced role with priorities changing rapidly often during the same day.  Reporting to the Team Leader, you will be a resilient motivated individual and use your wide ranging knowledge and experience of children and young people’s health and social care to broker services and support for children and young people. As an innovative, vibrant thinker, you will influence colleagues, negotiate with, and manage, providers to deliver best value for money services. Your understanding of the Council’s cost challenges, operating processes and legislation around children and young people will drive you to optimise contractual agreements whilst safeguarding people and improving their outcomes. Focusing on continuous improvement methodologies you will work closely with the procurement team, commissioners, social workers and practitioners, partners and wider Council teams to provide value for money, brokered solutions and, where applicable, suggest alternative options where it would offer better overall outcomes and value.

Key requirements

You will be a resilient driven individual with a proven working knowledge of the children and young people health and social care sector and the brokerage or placement function alongside an up to date understanding of the legislation associated with care and obligations relating to children. You must be a flexible worker as occasional early evening work is also required.

Further Information

If you would like to discuss the role, further please contact Julie.vanbeek@telford.gov.uk or Sharon.smith@telford.gov.uk 

Please click on the links below to view the job description and person specification.

At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice.

Posts working with children or vulnerable groups will be subject to an appropriate criminal records check. It is an offence to apply for a role that involves engaging in regulated activity with children and adults in vulnerable circumstances if you are barred from working with one or both of these groups.

We value our employees and offer staff rewards and plenty of opportunities for personal development and career progression including:

Competitive rates of payAutomatic access to a secure, flexible and tax efficient Local Government Pension SchemeStaff benefits and discounts including salary sacrifice schemesFree on-site parkingGenerous leave entitlement (24 days rising to 32 days) plus 8 bank holidays and an additional concessionary dayFree access to our employee assistance programme and confidential counsellingFlexible and mobile working policy - we are well adapted to a hybrid model of working which includes a combination of time spent in the office and at home – our approach is to promote greater level of flexible working around personal and family commitments

Find out further information about working at Telford & Wrekin Council including our full list of benefits.

A CV template is available if you do not already have a CV.

Please note that Telford & Wrekin Council do not hold a sponsorship licence for visas.


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