Social Work employment contract

Local Authority Care Brokerage Officer Employment Contract UK

Name: Local Authority Care Brokerage Officer Employment Contract UK
Brand: HRHeaven
SKU: social_work_brokerage_officer_generated_v1
Price: 19.99 GBP
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Set transparent sourcing duties around assessed requirements, viable providers and fair use of public or organisational funds.

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Last updated: 19 June 2026
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Job description

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Role-specific duties

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Working hours

Standard and flexible working arrangements.

Holiday entitlement

Holiday terms explained for the selected arrangement.

Confidentiality

Client and company confidentiality.

Disciplinary process

Clear process and employee rights.

Notice periods

Notice terms explained for both parties.

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When to use this contract

Review authorised support specifications, deliver source and compare suitable provider capacity, and deliver negotiate within rate and approval limits.

Workplace context: Care home, community care, client home or agreed care settings.

What makes this role different

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the client groups markets and brokerage routes. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the provider system and information-sharing controls. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the rate negotiation and spending authority. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the urgent-placement and failed-search process. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering CQC requirements where applicable.

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Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: A Brokerage Officer identifies providers able to deliver authorised care or support within required timescales and resources. Terms should cover referral specifications, approved provider lists, availability checks, rates, negotiations, conflicts of interest, placement confirmation and failed searches. The officer should not change assessed needs, favour a provider for personal reasons, disclose unnecessary personal data or confirm expenditure beyond delegated authority. Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

What to prepare before you issue it

the client groups markets and brokerage routes
the provider system and information-sharing controls
the rate negotiation and spending authority
the urgent-placement and failed-search process
the commissioner finance social-work and provider contacts

Day-to-day operating brief

What Brokerage Officer work looks like in practice

A Brokerage Officer identifies providers able to deliver authorised care or support within required timescales and resources. Terms should cover referral specifications, approved provider lists, availability checks, rates, negotiations, conflicts of interest, placement confirmation and failed searches. The officer should not change assessed needs, favour a provider for personal reasons, disclose unnecessary personal data or confirm expenditure beyond delegated authority. Responsible for providing safe, respectful care or support within competence, following care plans, protecting dignity, maintaining accurate care records and escalating welfare, safeguarding, medication or service concerns promptly The Employee is employed as Brokerage Officer in the Employer's Social Work business. The role involves providing safe, respectful care or support within competence, following care plans, protecting dignity, maintaining accurate care records and escalating welfare, safeguarding, medication or service concerns promptly The Employee must follow the social work operational controls that apply to brokerage officer work, including CQC requirements where applicable, safeguarding, care planning, medication procedures, dignity and privacy, accurate record keeping, escalation and safe working requirements The Employee must protect care plans, medication records, service user information, safeguarding records, family communications and any related personal data, operational records, system access details or confidential information accessed while performing brokerage officer duties Brokerage Officer work in Social Work must follow CQC requirements where applicable, safeguarding, care planning, medication procedures, dignity and privacy and the Employer's policies, data protection controls, health and safety rules, records, escalation routes and training requirements Brokerage Officer Safeguarding awareness Person-centred conduct Record accuracy

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

Review authorised support specifications.
Source and compare suitable provider capacity.
Negotiate within rate and approval limits.
Confirm placements and accurate service details.
Record searches conflicts and unresolved capacity gaps.

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Outputs to agree

review authorised support specifications
source and compare suitable provider capacity
negotiate within rate and approval limits

Records and evidence

The client groups markets and brokerage routes.
The provider system and information-sharing controls.
The rate negotiation and spending authority.
The urgent-placement and failed-search process.
Care plans.
Care notes.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Registered Manager, Service Manager, Team Leader or Care Coordinator. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

A Brokerage Officer identifies providers able to deliver authorised care or support within required timescales and resources. Terms should cover referral specifications, approved provider lists, availability checks, rates, negotiations, conflicts of interest, placement confirmation and failed searches. The officer should not change assessed needs, favour a provider for personal reasons, disclose unnecessary personal data or confirm expenditure beyond delegated authority.
Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Tools and systems

Care record systems.
Rostering systems.
Medication records where authorised.
Moving and handling equipment where trained.
Secure communication tools.

Workplace context

Care home, community care, client home or agreed care settings.

Training and certification

Complete employer-required safeguarding training.
Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Contract priorities

the client groups markets and brokerage routes
the provider system and information-sharing controls
the rate negotiation and spending authority
the urgent-placement and failed-search process

Information the employer should prepare

the client groups markets and brokerage routes
the provider system and information-sharing controls
the rate negotiation and spending authority
the urgent-placement and failed-search process
the commissioner finance social-work and provider contacts

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Work setting

Care home, community care, client home or agreed care settings.

Primary duties

Review authorised support specifications.
Source and compare suitable provider capacity.
Negotiate within rate and approval limits.
Confirm placements and accurate service details.

Tools and training to confirm

Care record systems.
Rostering systems.
Medication records where authorised.
Moving and handling equipment where trained.

Governance focus

CQC context where applicable. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the client groups markets and brokerage routes. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the provider system and information-sharing controls. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the rate negotiation and spending authority.

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Brokerage Officer duties

Review authorised support specifications, deliver source and compare suitable provider capacity, and deliver negotiate within rate and approval limits.

Review authorised support specifications. Source and compare suitable provider capacity. Negotiate within rate and approval limits. Confirm placements and accurate service details. Record searches conflicts and unresolved capacity gaps.

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What is added to the finished contract

Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the client groups markets and brokerage routes.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the provider system and information-sharing controls.

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