CBSP Brokerage Officer - Lambeth Council

The CBSP Placement Brokerage Officer is a crucial position for interpreting the procurement requirements of CSC social work teams. The officers role is to translate these needs into brokered service options. Knowledge of inhouse framework and spot provision on both a local and national level is necessary to fulfil this role effectively. This includes identifying coordinating monitoring and placing children and young people with disabilities up to the age of 19 in the care of Lambeth Council. The officer must work closely with social workers foster care providers residential care providers and colleagues across various services including childrens services adult services education and health. Additionally the officer will collaborate with commissioning colleagues to monitor and ensure contract quality and develop effective systems and processes to ensure highquality placements that offer value for money and improve outcomes for children and young people.

Guarantee the recognition of suitable services based on the needs specified by the CSC social work practitioners and managers.

Tasks include:

Ensuring the identification of service requests (care packages)

Confirming appropriate service searches based on the description of need

Utilizing known contacts and service liaisons to identify suitable service options

Developing and expanding the Service catalogue as it relates to placement information

Negotiating with service providers for future availability of service provision

Identifying shortterm emergency provision for situations where longterm provision is not immediately available to meet immediate needs and have a contingency plan in place for service provision.

Organizing planning and prioritising workload in response to competing demands

Being knowledgeable about all available inhouse framework and spot provisions both locally and nationally.

Ensuring office systems are maintained to record and authorise resource requests and associated payments.

Ability to collaborate with team members and contribute to team success

Openness to acquiring new skills

Openness to adopting innovative approaches to service delivery and assisting in devising novel ways of working

Capacity to think creatively about alternative methods for improving service delivery

Ability to function effectively within a team setting and work cohesively to achieve agreed objectives

Demonstrating integrity and honesty in all actions particularly during challenging situations or when others are upset or frustrated

Showing proficiency in problemsolving on both micro and macro levels

Demonstrating ability to communicate effectively with diverse groups including internal staff and service providers

Ability to convey ideas and thoughts verbally in writing and with enthusiasm and passion

Demonstrating ability to negotiate and empathise with others predicaments.