Brokering Officer

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Roles That Matter

The Brokering Team within Adult Social Care is looking to recruit a Brokering Officer. The Brokering Team is a very busy and crucial team that sits within the Contract and Monitoring Team.

The role is responsible for placing service users within appropriate care services, to ensure that care services are effectively vetted, ensuring service users are placed in a safe, quality environment that is cost effective.

The Brokering Officer is also required to liaise with relevant key stakeholders e.g. care homes, families and senior managers, regarding Third Party contributions.

As this is a very busy role the post holder will be required to be able to work under pressure, have excellent time management and organisational skills.

*At present we are undertaking a pilot for weekend working to aid discharges from Whiston Hospital and to also prevent admissions into hospitals. The appointed candidate may or may not be involved in this pilot, the pilot may come to an end in March 2026 or after a review this may continue.

Full Job Description & Person Specification Documents are included with this advert.

We reserve the right to close the advert early, with sufficient applications. Apply early to avoid disappointment.

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