Brokerage Officer

• Undertake and complete placement search requests within agreed timescales.
  
  


• Ensure care packages and placement costs with providers are secured within contractual frameworks, securing value for money and quality.
  
  


• Support social care and health teams to procure care (including care homes, accommodation, and homecare) for vulnerable individuals.
  
  


• Implement procurement plans in line with the Council's Contract Procedure Rules and relevant legislation.
  
  


• Review contracts and service level agreements, undertaking monitoring visits and investigations to ensure standards and safeguards are met.
  
  


• Ensure systems (such as Mosaic) are updated with new care packages in a timely manner and record all purchasing activity.
  
  


• Work in partnership with Care Delivery, Invoicing, NHS colleagues, and other London authorities to share market intelligence and safeguard vulnerable adults.
  
  

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years' experience working in a health and/or social care setting for vulnerable adults.
  
  


• Experience in managing or purchasing care services and developing or implementing quality monitoring.
  
  


• Experience of good practice in contracting, accreditation, and models for monitoring and evaluating statutory, private, and voluntary sector services.
  
  


• Programme or project support experience with effective administrative, finance, and IT skills.
  
  


• Experience of ASC brokerage is essential.
  
  


• Experience with mosaic case management system, ideally with brokerage workflows.
  
  

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of local and national priorities for the development of social care services for vulnerable adults.
  
  


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate complex issues effectively.
  
  

Additional Information

• Working hours: 36 hours per week.
  
  


• DBS required.
  
  


• We work on a biweekly payment schedule.
  
  


• This is a hybrid role (1 day in the office per week) based in Barnet.