Brokerage Officer - Preston, United Kingdom - Lancashire County Council

Lancashire County Council

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Preston, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Salary £24,054-£27,852 Per annum | Fixed Term, Full Time, until 02/02/2024, 37 hours per week |

The Access to Resources Team (ART) at Lancashire County Council was established to source best value placements for Lancashire's children in care; managing the provider market to meet placement need; and providing quality data/analysis to identify trends and gaps in provision.

ART's key roles are to:
Find fostering, residential, supported accommodation/independent living placements.

Take ownership of the 'business side' of children's social care by acting as a broker between professionals and the market to find the right placement for vulnerable CYP.

Finding creative solutions to source more complex placements.

Sourcing appropriate placements for CLA that best meet their needs, ensuring the best possible match, the optimum use of Local Authority resources, best quality and value for money.

ART is now seeking to appoint a Brokerage Officer.

The role involves**:
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Working with Children's Social Care and Providers to make residential and fostering placements
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Screening and quality assuring individual placement requests, with a focus on ensuring requests are anonymised, up-to-date, accurate, and balanced, with an accurate description of the strengths of the young person, to maximise choice of placements
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Ensuring that all placements are made according to current agreed processes
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Ensuring that placement searches are prioritised based on the need
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Communicating with providers when placement offers are not received and thinking creatively to identify and source appropriate placements
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Ensuring that all information relating to placement searches is appropriately recorded in the relevant spreadsheets and folders

Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role.

The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

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