Children & Young People Brokerage Officer

Job Introduction
**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**

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.

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

- Competitive rates of pay
- Automatic access to a secure, flexible and tax efficient Local Government Pension Scheme
- Staff benefits and discounts including salary sacrifice schemes
- Free on-site parking
- Generous leave entitlement (24 days rising to 32 days) plus 8 bank holidays and an additional concessionary day
- Free access to our employee assistance programme and confidential counselling
- Flexible 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.**

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