Job Introduction

Job Title: Placements Brokerage Support Officer
Pay: SO1, Scale Point 23-25 (subject to pay evaluation in the New Year)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37, Monday to Friday, working flexibly within this to meet the needs of the service
Benefits:

• Generous employer contributions in a local Government pension scheme
• Competitive salary and pay progression structure
• Real living wage as the minimum rate of pay
• Supportive carer and parental policies
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Access to Occupational Health and confidential counselling services
• Supportive staff networks
• Access to Blue Light Card Discounts
• Professional development/support
• Career progression
• Enhanced annual leave entitlement
• Social Worker registration fees paid
• Flexible working/hybrid options subject to service need

Location: Sir Henry Mitchell House, Bradford
Hybrid Working Option: At this time the team work in the office together one day per week, and the remainder of the week have the option to work hybrid.
About Us
Bradford Children and Families Trust was established in April 2023 to enhance the quality and delivery of Children’s Services across our district. Our purpose is clear, to ensure that our promise to improve the lives of children and young people in Bradford becomes a reality. It’s a tough ask. It requires dedication, determination, and resilience – but under a new Chief Executive, Senior Leadership team and an unswerving drive to deliver the best outcomes, we are confident that we’ll achieve our ambition – and you, yours.
So, if you’re up for the challenge we’d love to hear from you!
About The Role

• The Placement Coordination Service is a busy yet rewarding service to be a part of.
• The Placements Brokerage Support Officer is a new and crucial role that will link the part of the service responsible for finding placements with the part of the service responsible for recording, paying and ensuring compliance with contractual requirements.
• The role will give the postholder a strong foundation of learning the commissioning and contractual sides of placements brokerage and will be a good developmental role for someone wanting to progress a career in commissioning, contract management and/or placements finding.
• The service is busy and demand-led, but there is strong support from a fantastic team.

Key Responsibilities
The Placements Brokerage Support Officer will be responsible for:

• Providing projects support to ongoing placements projects linked to significant financial savings targets which are focussed on ensuring children are in the right placements.
• Supporting with the development and implementation of a placements funding approval tracking system, and ensuring timely approvals are given.
• Providing support as we develop our internal systems and processes for placement recording and payments.
• Placements brokerage data recording quality in line with commissioning and contractual requirements.
• Placements brokerage data collation, analysis and reporting.
• Checking timesheets, rotas and other relevant documentation where staffing agencies are being used to support placements.
• Supporting and advising team members when needed around Individual Placement Agreements.
• Linking both sides of the service to ensure that any queries that may impact on compliance or delay payments to providers are able to be resolved proactively and promptly.

About You

• The best placements teams are made up of a variety of people with a mixture of skills, experiences and qualifications.
• This role requires someone who is organised, efficient, hard-working and able to problem-solve.
You will need to have a keen eye for detail, as well as an ability to learn technical commissioning and contractual information and
• these to the role.
• Accuracy of recording will be key, and you’ll need to be able to demonstrate advanced Excel skills and have a range of experience of different recording systems.
• Good communication skills are essential as is the ability to build strong working relationships;
• Experience of project support would be beneficial.
• Values in line with the Trust’s values and a strong work ethic are key.

Next Steps
For an informal discussion please contact Emma Belaid, Service Manager emma.belaid2@bradfordcft.org.uk
The closing date for this role is 15th December 2024.


Bradford Children and Families Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment.
If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history prior to interview.
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check including a check against the Children’s barred list, will be carried out on preferred candidates.