Job Introduction
The Support Options Team is Bradford Council's adult social care support brokerage service.
We are establishing a new Care Home Brokerage service within Support Options. The service will provide an essential role in supporting people to choose the right care home for them, involving families and carers where appropriate. This is an excellent opportunity to help shape the service from the start, bringing together a new team and growing our partnerships with independent care homes.
The Team Leader will lead a small team of brokerage officers that will liaise with people and their families to understand what they want from a care home, identify suitable placements in the independent sector and ensure systems and processes are followed. Please see the job profile attached for more information.
The main responsibilities of this role:
- To provide day to day leadership and support to a team of Brokerage Officers, including performance management through carrying out regular supervisions and appraisals.
- To co-ordinate the allocation and control of the workload of a team of Brokerage Officers.
- To consult with staff within the teams, colleagues in Operational Services (both in the Department Adult Social Care and Children’s Services), Commissioning and Contract Management, Financial Support Services and the ICB on changes to working practices to ensure a good quality, efficient and effective services are delivered and maintained.
- To offer advice and guidance to the team and colleagues on care home placements
An enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertaken for this post.
Please note this role will start in mid October. This is due to the Care Home Brokerage Team being newly formed which will involve further recruitment and training.
If you are interested in joining our team and would like some further information, please contact Tanny Ahmed, Commissioning and Personalisation Manager on 07582 102667 or by email tanny.ahmed@bradford.gov.uk
Employee Offer
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Equal Opportunities
We do not discriminate against any applicant or employee directly or indirectly on the grounds of gender, marital status, gender re-assignment, pregnancy, sexual orientation, disability, race, colour, ethnic background, religion or belief nationality or age. And, as an equal opportunities employer, the Council strives to employ the best qualified people from a diverse range of applicants.
The RESPECT Allyship Programme is available to all staff, which offers the opportunity to learn more about the diverse communities & groups and provides added benefits and resources to its members.
