About Us
Oxfordshire County Council’s Health, Education, and Social Care service supports a population of 700,000 people across the county. We are focused on delivering the best life outcomes for every age group and every area of need. We are bringing our local authority and health commissioning, education, and health services together in a fresh approach to ensure even better results for our residents.
About the Role
As a Brokerage Officer, you will be responsible for providing advice, sourcing, and establishing person-centred, high-quality, and cost-effective care and support packages for individuals. You will lead on the day-to-day brokerage activities, including receiving referrals, identifying options, sourcing, negotiating, and contracting arrangements.
Working with operational service providers and service users, you will identify, source, and establish effective care and support arrangements for children and young people. You will work in the Live and Age Well area of the Brokerage Service. As a Brokerage Officer in this life stage, you will source a wide range of placements for adults, including Home Care, Care Homes, Supported Living, Outreach, and Extra Care Housing. You may also be required to source other services to complement care and support packages for adults.
As a Brokerage Officer, you will also provide advice to our operational teams, service users, and their families, as well as having responsibility for cost-effective negotiations and decisions. You will develop excellent working relationships with suppliers and providers to ensure we provide the highest standards and levels of support.
About You
Ideally, you will have a degree-level qualification, equivalent qualification, or relevant experience in Health, Education, Social Care, or Commissioning. You'll have previous experience in purchasing, sourcing, contract management, or financial management, from either a private or public sector background in either children’s or adults’ services. Ideally, we are looking for candidates who have experience working in a brokerage environment and have an understanding of the adult health and social care system.
You’ll also have an understanding of the legislative frameworks for safeguarding vulnerable adults and children, as well as knowledge of legislation, care quality practice, and contract management for the Live and Age Well life stage. You will have a keen interest in specialising in our Live and Age Well life stage (18+).
We’re also looking for:
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* The ability to work in partnership with stakeholders at all levels
* Capability of working flexibly in a fast-paced environment
* Ability to negotiate with and influence others
* Comfortable analysing data with good IT capabilities, e.g., MS Office suite
* Someone who can demonstrate they meet Oxfordshire County Council’s Key Behaviours
Rewards and Benefits
* Strong flexible working culture with flexible working hours and agile working technology
* Excellent learning and development opportunities to support your ongoing growth
* Generous holiday allowance rising up to 33 days, with the option to buy additional holiday
* Access to a Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions up to 19.9% of your salary
* Range of local and national retail discounts
* Enhanced family-friendly policies, including carers leave and paid time off for volunteering
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
At Oxfordshire County Council we are proud of our diverse workforce. Everyone is accepted for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, or on maternity or family leave. We have a number of staff network groups which provide peer support, education and safe spaces for all.
Our Commitment to Guaranteed Interview Schemes
As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an interview for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job. We also guarantee interviews to care leavers who have completed further education and who meet the essential criteria for the job. For those leaving care without any further education, we guarantee an interview for our apprenticeships. We are also committed to helping and supporting those transitioning from HM Armed Forces to civilian life and guarantee an interview for those demonstrating the essential criteria for the role, within three years of leaving the service.
Our Commitment to Safeguarding
Oxfordshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect these commitments.
Our Commitment to Flexible Working
We are open to discussions about flexible working, which can include flexi-time, full time and part time working, job sharing, nine-day fortnights and annualised hours, depending on the requirements of the role and the service.
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