Brokerage Officer

Directorate: People Services
Hours: 37 hours a week 9am-5pm
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: The Council House/Home Working

We have an exciting new opportunity to join the newly formed, all aged People’s Brokerage Unit as a Brokerage Officer, to support the vulnerable Children, Young People and Adults Social Care customers of Derby City. We are an enthusiastic, friendly, and supportive team, who strive to achieve the best for all our customers.

As a Brokerage Officer, you will play a crucial role in supporting Children's and Adults Social Care and NHS colleagues by identifying, arranging, and securing suitable packages of care and support for customers across Childrens and Adults Social Care. You will work closely with Social Care colleagues, NHS colleagues, care providers, and other stakeholders to ensure that the needs of our customers are met effectively and efficiently.

If you have excellent people skills, work well as part of a team, are resilient and enjoy a challenge, we welcome you to submit your application form to apply for this rewarding job opportunity.

Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.

What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:

• Flexible work/life balance scheme (depending on your role)
• Hybrid working (depending on your role)
• Modern office environment (depending on your job location)
• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays (depending on contract)
• Local Government Pension Scheme (depending on contract)
• Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
• Employee Assistance Programmes & Support
• Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ , Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network
• Support for colleagues who are carers

The Opportunity
In the role of Brokerage Officer, here’s an example of what you’ll be doing to make an impact:
Securing safe and suitable packages of care and support for customers across Childrens and Adults Social Care. Working closely with operational colleagues and other professionals, so that services are secured and arranged appropriately and in a timely manner.
Ensuring care and support provisioned, is appropriately negotiated and secured within the agreed pricing framework and offer value for money.
Updating and maintaining accurate records for any packages requested, made, and ended by updating the relevant systems and databases/spreadsheets for reporting purposes.
Building and maintaining good working relationships with internal and external colleagues.

About You
To be successful in this role, you’ll ideally have...

Experience in purchasing care services and or possess effective administrative, finance and IT skills.

An understanding of the operating environment of health, social care, regulated services and the community and voluntary sectors, in particular in a brokerage role.

Knowledge of National Minimum Standards and Ofsted requirements for Children’s Social Care and CQC for Adults Social Care.

Knowledge and experiences of using a PC and Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access.

Next Steps
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on Thursday 18th July. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.

Interviews will be held: Tuesday 13th August 2024, The Council House, Derby, DE1 2FS.
For any queries please contact the Recruiting Managers [email protected] or [email protected]

Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.

As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.

Before you complete your application, please read our guidance on filling in your application form.

Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.

Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.

We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.

Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.

If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at [email protected]

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