Adult Social Care Brokerage Officer

**Adult Social Care Brokerage Officer**:Posted on 11 December 2024 Apply
- Directorate BHCC: Housing, Care and Wellbeing
- Salary £28,163 - £30,060
- Contract Permanent

**Location**:
Bartholomew House, Bartholomew Square

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**Job Summary**:
- Job reference

orbis/TP/501/42668- Positions available

1- Working hours

37- Closing date

22 January 2025- Job category

Care - Adults- Organisation

Brighton & Hove City Council

**Job introduction**:
Do you have an interest in supporting the most vulnerable in our city?

Are you currently undertaking voluntary work in an area of social care or working in the private and voluntary sector.

This is your opportunity to join Brighton and Hove Councils well-established Adult Social Care Brokerage Team as a Brokerage Officer. You will be responsible for brokering social care services for people with Care Act eligible social care needs. You will work closely with social workers, care coordinators, social care providers and others to source care home placements and community services. You will also be sourcing services for people with very complex needs, so if you have skills in negotiating costs then this post could be for you.

**About the role**:
You will be part of a Team of 6 managing over 150 referrals per month for residential and non-residential social care services for adults. This role is integral to how we ensure that services in our city adapt and develop to meet the needs of our diverse customers as our information also informs commissioning colleagues in Adult Social Care.

You will need to have experience of working within adult social care, either voluntarily, paid, or unpaid, and knowledge of the Legislation that shapes these services. You need to keep accurate records that are used for a variety of purposes so proficiency in using Microsoft 365 is also required, as are good communication skills, by telephone, outlook and via Teams. Some bespoke packages of care require you to be able to evaluate cost proposals and negotiate best value for Council, therefore confidence in negotiating in a financial setting is also required.

Working for adult social care is extremely rewarding, and working for Brighton Council has lots of benefits, including
- Hybrid Working
- A career average pension scheme
- Generous holiday
- Support with your wellbeing at work
- Career progression
- a competitive salary
- flexible working policy
- access to excellent training
- Employee Networks, BME/LGBTQ/Women’s Network/Disabled workers, and Carers network

**Additional information**:
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us

**Company information**:
**Encouraging a diverse workforce**

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).