Broker

Westmorland and Furness Council; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in the United Kingdom is looking for a motivated individual to join their brokerage team. This role supports adult social care services, ensuring that individuals can access the care they need. The ideal candidate will have strong communication and leadership skills, and a genuine desire to improve outcomes for adults requiring care. The position offers numerous benefits including a competitive pension scheme and enhanced annual leave. Applications are open until 05/02/2026.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Enhanced annual leave

Various perks and discounts

Qualifications

• Innovative and creative individual.
• Desire to achieve the best outcomes for people with adult social care needs.

Responsibilities

• Support people with eligible social care needs to access services.
• Work with colleagues to ensure care needs are met appropriately.
• Ensure accurate and timely recording of information.
• Build effective relationships with stakeholders.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Relationship building

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated individual to work as part of our brokerage team.

Brokerage is a key part of the successful delivery of Adult Social Care. If successful you will support the deliver excellent services to a wide rangeof internal and external stakeholders such as: People who use adult social care services, social workers, commissioners, providers of adult social care and health partners.

The role will include:

• Supporting people with eligible adult social care needs to access the services they need by working with providers of adult social care.
• Working with colleagues to ensure peoples’ identified care needs are met in the most appropriate way.
• Supporting the brokerage service to contribute to ensuring the delivery of care is effective and safe.
• Making sure information is recorded accurately and in a timely manner to ensure quality management information and essential data is up to date.
• Building effective relationships with a variety of stakeholders

Using a range of specific IT systems in order to carry out the functions of the role.

Who we are looking for…

We are looking for an innovative and creative individual with great communication and leadership skills who can build positive relationships with a range of partners. You will need to be able to demonstrate a desire to want to achieve the very best outcomes for people with adult social care needs.

What can we offer you!

Working at Westmorland and Furness Council you will receive a variety of benefits, including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and other various perks and discounts schemes. For more information about life at Westmorland and Furness Council and what we can offer you, please visit our Careers site. Our benefits | Careers (westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk)

Would you like to find out more?

For further information about this role, such as responsibilities and essential criteria please view the below attachments:

• Post Specification
• Role Profile

Application and Interview information

Closing date: 05/02/2026

To apply please click the Apply Now link below.