Job Title : Brokerage Officer (Children's Services / Placements) Category : Agency Workers - 3- MONTHS Level 1 Name : Children and Young People (DCS) Directorate Client Location : Newham IR35 Status : Inside IR35 Hours Per Week : 36.00 Start Time : 09:00 End Time : 17:00 PAYE Rate £21.70 ph Holiday pay Umbrella/Ltd Pay Rate £27.00 ph The primary objective of this position is to evaluate the requirements of children and young people for placements and services and align these with available resources. Additionally, the role entails providing customer-focused duty service in collaboration with the team, including offering advice and guidance on matching needs to services. The incumbent is also responsible for ensuring the quality of information provided to facilitate suitable matches between a child's identified needs and potential providers. The role requires delivering value for money in terms of cost, quality, and outcomes for the children, young people, and their families. Moreover, the job entails reviewing and monitoring contracted services for children allocated in compliance with relevant regulations, policies, and practice guidance. The incumbent should also offer effective social work challenges to frontline workers to ensure that care planning practice informs the purchasing of placements. The role involves offering commissioning advice at care/placement-focused meetings and reviewing and making recommendations for existing placements that have fallen below regulatory standards set by Ofsted and/or where the local authority has received a notification of a significant event.