Head of Sufficiency & Brokerage – Norfolk

Pay rate – £450.00 per day
 
Contract – Temporary
 
Norfolk County Council are currently recruiting an experienced Head of Sufficiency & Brokerage interim for their Children’s services.
 
To provide strategic leadership, direction, and management of the Sufficiency and Brokerage functions within Children’s Services. This role will ensure the local authority meets its statutory duties regarding sufficiency of placements for children in care and those on the edge of care, and delivers effective brokerage of high-quality, value-for-money placements. The postholder will lead on the development of placement strategies, market shaping, and partnership working to secure the best outcomes for children and young people.
 
The Head of Sufficiency and Brokerage will lead on strategic market engagement and relationship management, with a particular focus on holding the market to account and fostering improved communication between social work teams, commissioning, sufficiency teams, and the wider market. The post holder will also be responsible for supporting interventions with individual young people and providers where situations have escalated, ensuring additional accountability is in place to maintain quality and safe homes for young people.
 
 
 
Children’s Social Workers will need at least 3 years’ permanent experience with an English local authority and to be registered with Social Work England, as per DfE rules.
 
This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you: –

• A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to
• An easy registration process (all done online)
• Referral schemes and incentives
• Ongoing compliance managed for you.
• Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more.

 
Please contact Emma Brennan on 07384 834872 or email emma.brennan@pprsocialcare.co.uk for more information.
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.