Senior Broker Unqualified

Seven Social Care is looking for a Unqualified Senior Broker to fill an exclusive opportunity in Southwark.

We have opportunities available for up to 12 months and the pay is £30 (Umbrella) per hour.

The Hiring manager is looking for someone who can work 36 hours a week (various shifts available from Monday to Sunday).

The role:

Ensuring our children and young people have the best possible placements that are proportionate to their assessed needs and that help them to achieve their full potential is key. You will be a very experienced, highly motivated, well organised and determined colleague who understands why we must get placements and support right for our children.

Key Responsibilities:

Work proactively within the Placements Team to ensure all children are placed in suitable placements, monitoring referral patterns and use of Independent Fostering Agencies (IFAs) and ensure that senior managers are alerted to any risks or threats in relation to sufficiency.

Help develop and manage systems that track all referrals, placements, placement moves and endings, and ensure that high quality management information is available to assist in the planning and review of the service.

Deliver a responsive and efficient service alongside the Fostering Service: ensure that all parties involved in the referral and placement process are kept fully informed when placements are made, and that children's views are considered.

Undertake the sourcing and negotiation of suitable placements, and to contribute information about the market for health to maintain the quality of services. To keep accurate records and reporting on placement and financial activities by updating individual case notes on Mosaic.

Negotiate on placement costs/support packages to ensure cost effective placements. Also ensuring placements are agreed and placements contracts (IPAs) are completed in a timely manner as well as Mosaic finances.

If this role is something you'd be interested in or available to undertake, please could you reply to this email with your CV ASAP? Alternatively, if this role would not be suitable for you but you know someone who may be interested then please feel free to share my contact details.

Seven also run a referral scheme - if you know anyone looking for this type of work then please put them in touch, and we can pay you £250 once they are placed and have worked 100 hours!