- Pay Rate:
up to £12.93 per hour PAYE depending on experience
- Hours per Week:
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3 months
- OXFORD,
OX1 1ND
Temporary Brokerage Support Officer
Reference no: Oxfordshire 5228327
Pay rate up to £12.93 per hour PAYE depending on experience
This opening assignment is for 3 months
The postholder will support advice, sourcing and establishing person-centred, high-quality and cost-effect care and support packages for individuals. They will include day-to-day brokerage activities, including receiving referrals, identifying options, sourcing, negotiating and contracting arrangements. They will work flexibly on brokerage activities across the following life stages, based on needs and demand to source care and support packages
Key responsibilities:
- To support brokerage activities to identify, source and establish effective care and support arrangements for children and adults, working with operational services, providers and service users.
- To assist Brokerage Officers and Brokerage Managers in compiling and providing accurate and accessible information and advice for service users and their families in order to inform their care and support decisions.
- To collect, maintain and analyse data on placement usage, availability, costs and market capacity to support insight and monitoring of placement options for the Brokerage function.
- To support the sourcing of required care and support services to meet the needs and preferences of individuals, as requested by Brokerage Officers and Managers.
- To provide administration, meeting co-ordination, document preparation and other activities required to enable timely, effective and compliant decision making for care and support arrangements.
- To liaise with operational services and providers on options, progress and decisions on care and support arrangements, supporting Brokerage Officers and Managers to keep stakeholders informed.
- To support a person-centred approach by creating and maintaining records of outcomes, needs and preferences to inform care and support packages.
- To collect and maintain data for the Brokerage function on placements, performance, outcomes and costs. To undertake general administration activities required for the Brokerage function, including meeting co-ordination and document preparation.
- To assist Brokerage Officers and Brokerage Managers in enabling, building and maintaining effective working relationships with individual suppliers and the wider market
“Role Requirements” – to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria:
- A degree level or equivalent qualification or relevant professional experience commensurate with the role
- Broad knowledge of the purpose, policies and key legislation in relation to adults and/or children’s services
- Understanding of the purpose, activities and approaches of brokerage and sourcing care and support packages
- Experienced user of Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, other applications and systems to support brokerage of care and support packages
- Ability to gather and analyse data on needs, services and performance using a range of sources to support effective brokerage
- Ability to communicate effectively, build strong relationships and work flexibly with a wide range of stakeholders
- Ability to work under pressure in a complex, fast-paced and changing environment, prioritising effectively in order to deliver responsibilities.
- Ability to work in a collaborative and constructive way with others as part of a team
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
- Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours.
- Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
- Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
- Please refer to the Role Requirements section above - your CV must address the requirements listed.
Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable:
- Any local authority/public sector experience
- Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for.
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