Duration: Initially 3 months
Hours: 36 hours per week
Rate: £33 umbrella an hour (£25 PAYE an hour)
Working arrangement: 2 days in the office, 5 days in the office when on duty
Southwark Council are looking for a Senior Broker to join their Access to Resources Team (Children’s Services).
Responsibilities:
- Responding quickly to referrals from Social Work Teams seeking the right placement and support for children and young people
- Work proactively within the Placements Team to ensure all children are placed in suitable placements, monitoring referral patterns and use of Independent Fostering Agencies
- Help develop and manage systems that track all referrals, placements, placement moves and endings and ensure that high quality management information is available to assist in the planning and review of the service
- Undertaking the sourcing and negotiation of suitable placements and to contribute information about the market for health to maintain the quality of services
- Negotiate on placement costs/support packages to ensure cost effective placements
Requirements:
- Experience as a broker
- Social work qualification or equivalent child care equivalent qualification
- Knowledge of the placement needs of looked after children
- Knowledge of safeguarding procedures and key fostering and residential legislation, guidance and National Minimum Standards
- Experience of developing and managing information systems and using data to monitor and evaluate performance
