Unqualified Senior Broker LBS-011
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 14 Mai 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £25.90 yr awr |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 13 Mehefin 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Southwark, South East London |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 2 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | Nations Recruitment |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: |
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Job Category : Social & Health Care Non-Qualified
Location : Southwark Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time :09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £25.90
Please ensure you have significant experience as a broker - particularly in children's services.
This is a senior role NOT an entry level role and the pay reflects that
Ensuring our children and young people have the best possible placements that are proportionate to their assessed needs and that help them to achieve their full potential is absolutely key. You will be a very experienced, highly motivated, well organised and determined colleague who understands why we must get placements and support right for our children.
You will undertake the sourcing and negotiation of suitable placements, and to contribute information about the market to help maintain the quality of services.
You will be responsible for keeping accurate records and reporting on
placement and financial activities by updating individual case notes on Mosaic, attending supervision and fulfilling all of your duties and responsibilities as required
In this role you will negotiate on placement costs/support packages to ensure cost effective placements. Also ensuring
placements are agreed by authorising managers and placements contracts (IPAs) are completed in a timely manner as well as
Mosaic finances.
Once placements are agreed you will keep in touch with the providers and children building relationships and demonstrating to providers that we are investing in them
You will be expected to undertake a number of Quality Assurance visits to placements that you or team members make
You will attend a team meeting every week day at 9 A.M. to track and maintain an overview of all children waiting for placements and monitor progress on
identifying suitable carers / homes - you will be expected to proactively contribute to the discussions
With the team you will ensure the best use is made of Southwark’s fostering resources, keeping use of external placements
to a minimum and promoting the use of Friends and Family Placements as far as possible.
You will be expected to keep abreast of local and national changes to best practice when securing placement’s options for
children and young people including legislative changes and Ofsted guidance.
provide placement briefings to the Team Manager and to senior management when requested.
Work proactively and helpfully with Social Work teams to ensure referrals are of a good standard and where improvements are necessary you will take responsibility for supporting the team to improve the referral
You will maintain case records and management information on appropriate systems, ensuring that case files
are organised and up to date
As a senior broker you will work with a degree of independence without the need for close supervision, whilst recognising when
and how to seek advice from a range of sources. Use supervision to identify strategies to build professional resilience and balance the potential for bias in decision-making.
Knowledge, including educational qualifications:
Essential
or
Desirable
How
assessed
Must hold a recognised social work qualification or equivalent child care
equivalent qualification
Knowledge of the placement needs of looked after children
A strong interest in promoting permanence and placement stability
Knowledge of safeguarding procedures and key fostering and residential
legislation, guidance and National Minimum Standards
Knowledge of roles and responsibilities of key children's agencies
Experience:
Experience of developing and managing information systems and using
data to monitor and evaluate performance
Experience of working with foster carers and a commitment to achieving
placement stability through the development of placement support
services
Experience of interpreting performance data from a complex database to
ensure sound strategic management of the service.
Experience of working on own initiative, organise workloads, determine
priorities and meet deadlines.
Experience of financial and resource management within a social care
environment
Aptitudes, Skills & Competencies:
Ability to analyse, interpret & explain data with a focus and drive on
positive outcomes for children
Ability to motivate staff and deal effectively with any performance issues
Ability to apply work within national and local policies and procedures as
they relate to fostering, and to ensure financial accountability and
transparency
Able to be solution-focused and to work within a systemic framework
Ability to delegate and negotiate where necessary
Ability to manage change effectively
Leadership / Delegation/ influencing and negotiations/ oral
communication / written communication / analytical judgement / decision
making / planning and implementation / customer orientation / change
orientation / confidence / Displays initiative, can-do attitude
Location : Southwark Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time :09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £25.90
Please ensure you have significant experience as a broker - particularly in children's services.
This is a senior role NOT an entry level role and the pay reflects that
Ensuring our children and young people have the best possible placements that are proportionate to their assessed needs and that help them to achieve their full potential is absolutely key. You will be a very experienced, highly motivated, well organised and determined colleague who understands why we must get placements and support right for our children.
You will undertake the sourcing and negotiation of suitable placements, and to contribute information about the market to help maintain the quality of services.
You will be responsible for keeping accurate records and reporting on
placement and financial activities by updating individual case notes on Mosaic, attending supervision and fulfilling all of your duties and responsibilities as required
In this role you will negotiate on placement costs/support packages to ensure cost effective placements. Also ensuring
placements are agreed by authorising managers and placements contracts (IPAs) are completed in a timely manner as well as
Mosaic finances.
Once placements are agreed you will keep in touch with the providers and children building relationships and demonstrating to providers that we are investing in them
You will be expected to undertake a number of Quality Assurance visits to placements that you or team members make
You will attend a team meeting every week day at 9 A.M. to track and maintain an overview of all children waiting for placements and monitor progress on
identifying suitable carers / homes - you will be expected to proactively contribute to the discussions
With the team you will ensure the best use is made of Southwark’s fostering resources, keeping use of external placements
to a minimum and promoting the use of Friends and Family Placements as far as possible.
You will be expected to keep abreast of local and national changes to best practice when securing placement’s options for
children and young people including legislative changes and Ofsted guidance.
provide placement briefings to the Team Manager and to senior management when requested.
Work proactively and helpfully with Social Work teams to ensure referrals are of a good standard and where improvements are necessary you will take responsibility for supporting the team to improve the referral
You will maintain case records and management information on appropriate systems, ensuring that case files
are organised and up to date
As a senior broker you will work with a degree of independence without the need for close supervision, whilst recognising when
and how to seek advice from a range of sources. Use supervision to identify strategies to build professional resilience and balance the potential for bias in decision-making.
Knowledge, including educational qualifications:
Essential
or
Desirable
How
assessed
Must hold a recognised social work qualification or equivalent child care
equivalent qualification
Knowledge of the placement needs of looked after children
A strong interest in promoting permanence and placement stability
Knowledge of safeguarding procedures and key fostering and residential
legislation, guidance and National Minimum Standards
Knowledge of roles and responsibilities of key children's agencies
Experience:
Experience of developing and managing information systems and using
data to monitor and evaluate performance
Experience of working with foster carers and a commitment to achieving
placement stability through the development of placement support
services
Experience of interpreting performance data from a complex database to
ensure sound strategic management of the service.
Experience of working on own initiative, organise workloads, determine
priorities and meet deadlines.
Experience of financial and resource management within a social care
environment
Aptitudes, Skills & Competencies:
Ability to analyse, interpret & explain data with a focus and drive on
positive outcomes for children
Ability to motivate staff and deal effectively with any performance issues
Ability to apply work within national and local policies and procedures as
they relate to fostering, and to ensure financial accountability and
transparency
Able to be solution-focused and to work within a systemic framework
Ability to delegate and negotiate where necessary
Ability to manage change effectively
Leadership / Delegation/ influencing and negotiations/ oral
communication / written communication / analytical judgement / decision
making / planning and implementation / customer orientation / change
orientation / confidence / Displays initiative, can-do attitude