Brokerage officer -London Borough of Haringey

Brokerage officer -London Borough of Haringey  

Location: River park house, 225 High road, Greater London, N22 8HQ

Contract:  initial 3 -month contract with possible further extension

Hours: 36 hours per week

Pay: £16.29per hour (depending on experience)

Job Purpose: To broker a cost effective and timely service for children and vulnerable adults. You will be responsible for finding services for venerable adult. You will be working with Adults Service teams to achieve good outcomes, develop working relationship with providers and to contribute to managing the market in Haringey.

The primary purpose of the role is to:

To respond positively and professionally to referrals by Social Workers, ensuring the quality of information enables the identification of placements that meet the adults assessed needs.

To receive and screen referrals, prioritising of needs and availability of resources and where appropriate, liaise with other colleagues, partners, and external placement providers to ensure detailed assessment and prioritising.

To work with internal departments and external agencies daily.

To ensure the care provisions comply with CQC.

To manage and maintain effective information on the care systems, inputting all placement data on Mosaic/SAP / Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) or any other IT systems and reporting on data to ensure that accurate information is always available.

You will maintain a good understanding and awareness of Haringey Council’s policies and procedures in relation to safeguarding of vulnerable adults. You will ensure that ‘Making Safeguarding Personal’ is embedded into the work that you undertake within the service area.

To attend and contribute to single and multi-agency meetings as required.

To contribute to the creation and maintenance of good working relationships at all levels with internal and external partner agencies, external placement providers and with the public.

To ensure that appropriate contract / purchase order is in place and issued to providers of service.

To be a proactively contribute to a problem solving and be an effective teamwork.

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. 4Recruitment Services is an equal opportunities employer. To discuss this vacancy or other vacancies in your area please contact Deanna Clarke on 020 8514 9152 or Email DeannaC@4recruitmentservices.com