Delivery Support Officer

Swindon Borough Council; Swindon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Swindon Borough Council is seeking a Children’s Home finding and Brokerage Officer to source placements for children in care. The role involves managing a caseload, liaising with teams, and ensuring placement quality to achieve good outcomes for children. We are looking for an individual who is self-motivated, organized, and has experience in brokerage and commissioning.

Benefits

Good quality supervision and training

Support for personal development and flexible work-life balance

Qualifications

• Experience working in pressured environments.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently.
• Working knowledge of care options for children.

Responsibilities

• Hold a caseload of searches for homes and support for children.
• Source placements for children in care, including in-house and external options.
• Work closely with operational teams and commissioners.

Skills

Self-motivated

Organisational Skills

Understanding of brokerage and commissioning

Negotiation skills

Confidence in liaising with others

Job description

We want our town to be the best it can be. Our ambitious vision in the new Swindon Plan is supported by realistic transformation programmes, with the people of Swindon at their heart. Because that’s who we’re doing it for – the communities and businesses that make our town great. As part of the Council, you’ll support a friendly local authority making decisions with real impact. It’s all for better public services. Better processes. And a better quality of life, for everyone. Join us, and Swindon will be better with you.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and innovative Children’s Home finding and Brokerage Officer to join our team which is responsible for the sourcing placements for children in care.

As a Home finding and Brokerage Officer you will hold a caseload of searches for homes and support for children and use existing contracts and knowledge of the market to source placements for children. This will include in house foster homes and also working with external providers. You will be working closely with operational teams, commissioners and other colleagues to ensure that children are in homes matched to their needs, close to Swindon and that providers delivering solutions that offer value for money and achieve good outcomes for children.

• You will need to be a self-motivated individual with the skill, experience and commitment to working as part of a team and individually.
• You will have experience in working in pressured environments, organising your workload and being able to work flexibly to prioritise and manage a number of tasks concurrently.
• You will have a good understanding and awareness of brokerage and commissioning, ideally in relation to services for children.
• You should also have a working knowledge of care options for children. You will be confident in liaising with others and offering professional challenge, negotiation skills and to be involved in assessing and monitoring the quality of services.

We will provide you with good quality supervision and training.

You must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act – for the effective performance of a customer-facing role).

As an employee, you will receive a diverse and exciting environment in which to work, encouraging creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to support ongoing personal development and a flexible work life balance.

For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. It’s why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, you’ll be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. We’ll look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, we’ll achieve our vision of a prosperous, revitalised Swindon together. And you’ll be proud to say it was made better with you.

Potential applicants are sometimes put off if they don’t meet 100% of the requirements. We think individual experience, skills and passion make all the difference, so if you meet the majority of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

Your next steps

Read the role profile and select the Apply button where you will be redirected to the Swindon Borough Council website to complete our online application process. Clicking the ‘Apply’ button on this job website is not an application, you must register on the Swindon Borough Council website in order to be considered for the role.

Potential applicants are sometimes put off if they don’t meet 100% of the requirements. We think individual experience, skills and passion make all the difference, so if you meet the majority of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

For further information about the role please contact Laura Boyce, Service Manager at [e-mail]