Brokerage Officer

Service care Solution are currently recruiting for a Brokerage Officer with Islington Council.

Main Responsibilities

As a Brokerage Officer, some of your responsibilities will be:

• To process care referrals promptly and within agreed timeframes.


• To ensure value for money is obtained within contractual arrangements when supporting the facilitation of both community-based and residential care packages; this includes benchmarking for cost against level of need as well as engagement with negotiations, uplifts and contract variation with care management, commissioning and providers.


• To manage a complex and varied case load of residential placement and domiciliary care referrals for both Islington Social Services to include the effective case management of the referral ensuring suitable placements are sourced with reference to the Councils internal policies and procedures and with due regard to statutory quality assurance mechanisms and internal procedures.


• To effectively identify appropriate residential care vacancies within the Block provision and with Spot Residential Care Home providers, subject to Value for Money and Quality utilising a range of assistive technology to negotiate and secure best prices.


• To accurately record, broker and update associated systems promptly and in line with departmental procedure.

Requirements:

• At least 18 months experience of working within a Social Care Brokerage environment.


• Clear Full Enhanced DBS

Working with Service Care Solutions comes with many benefits, including:

• A specialist consultant within an experience and dedicated recruitment team


• Excellent rates of pay


• Payroll service twice a week

If you are interested in the Brokerage Officer, or know of anyone who may be, please contact Emma at Service Care Solutions on 01772 208964 or email emma.petricco@servicecare.org.uk

Service Care Solutions also offers a £250 referral bonus! So if you know of anyone who would be perfect for this position and they are placed into work, you will receive £250 for the referral once their probationary period has been completed!