Job Introduction
Role Purpose
This is a unique and rare opportunity to join the Children’s Commissioning Home Finding Team as an Accommodation Sourcing Assistant, supporting the Council’s pledge by identifying the highest quality homes to meet the individual needs of our children and young people.
The purpose of the role is to provide administrative support to the Home Finding Team, with responsibility for managing processes, the collation of data, alongside using and updating electronic systems and spreadsheets and regularly liaising with internal colleagues, external providers and partners.
Main Responsibilities
- To receive and process referrals for commissioned accommodation provision, assisting the Home Finding Officers to understanding a child’s needs and the availability of resources to meet these.
- To work professionally and develop positive relationships with internal colleagues and external commissioned providers on a daily basis.
- To maintain procedures which contribute to the effective delivery of the Home Finding Team, ensuring systems are adhered to in order that service performance is managed effectively, identify and report risks to the Home Finding Manager in a timely manner.
- Maintain manual and electronic systems, including formal records, for the services supported to ensure data accuracy, confidentiality, and security.
The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will have excellent communication, problem solving and IT skills with an attention to detail and they will be comfortable working in a busy environment with multiple priorities and conflicting deadlines. There will be a supportive management and learning environment where there will be opportunities to further develop your knowledge and skills in the contracting, procurement and social care sector. If you would like to discuss this post and find out more about this unique opportunity, please contact Edem Roach, Home Finding Manager on 01202 123933 / edem.roach@bcpcouncil.gov.uk
About BCP Council
BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services. By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.
Our Benefits
We offer an excellent benefits package for further details see here
As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We have been in a process of collective bargaining since 2019 and have positively worked forward to reach an agreed position with the unions for the new contractual offer. This has taken longer than we hoped and therefore we are having to consider all alternative avenues available to enable us to remove inequality in the organisation as a result of bringing together 3 councils.
We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation, and all colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. We want to reassure everyone that whichever route is taken to reach the new terms and conditions, we can honour continuous service and there will not be any job reduction as a result of the implementation of Pay and Reward. If you have any questions at all about this process, please feel free to raise this with the hiring manager.
DBS
BCP Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the community and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Applicants to this post will be required to complete the appropriate level of Disclosure & Barring Service Check. Please refer to the Job Description or Role Profile for more details.
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