This role will be;

• To maintain the duty line taking referrals from care managers and support brokers, service users and carers for placements and associated follow up work.
• To allocate service users to providers/services, in line with the outcomes of their support and care plan and ensuring best value.
• To communicate with providers in order to ascertain the availability of placements/packages.
• To ensure that packages are arranged in a timely manner to avoid delayed transfers and the unnecessary payments of voids.
• To ensure that Contracts are used appropriately ensuring that vacancies are filled as priority.
• To work with care management colleagues where the placement/care package is not in line with the Council's policies or it does not represent best value.
• To allocate work to providers in a fair and equitable manner.
• To maintain up to date information on Care providers within the borough and other range of services in the community.

The successful applicant will have experience as a Broker. This role will be predominantly be based within children's services.