ART is now seeking to appoint to the following temporary roll within the team: Supported Accommodation/Independent Living (SAIL) Brokerage Officer.

The position will require the following key tasks:

• Source SAIL placements for our looked after young people including developing strong relationships with children's social care staff and provider placement finding teams;
• Developing knowledge and understanding of the SAIL market;
• Screening and quality assuring individual placement requests, with a focus on ensuring requests are anonymised, up-to-date, accurate, and balanced, with an accurate description of the strengths of the young person, to maximise choice of placements;
• Working pro-actively with providers to ensure placement offers are received;
• Circulating requests to providers and gathering offers of placement;
• Attendance at meetings to inform effective sourcing of placements;
• Make initial assessment of placement offers, including ensuring that offers are compliant with commissioning arrangements and identifying best match/ best value;
• Forward offers to social worker and leaving care teams for a decision;
• Ensure correct approval processes are being followed.
• Issue Individual Placement Agreements (IPAs) for agreed placements
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date placement finding records to enable identification of trends and gaps in provision

Skills required.

• Attention to detail.
• IT skills using Word, Outlook, Excel and LCS
• Communication with a range of stakeholders, including Children's Social Care and Providers.
• Problem solving skills, including finding creative solutions.
• Negotiating skills to achieve positive outcomes when searching for placements.
• Able to manage a busy workload and balance conflicting demands.
• Being able to work under pressure and prioritise well.
• Being the key link between providers and CSC to broker placements.
• Working well as a team to assist with each other's caseloads when needed.
• Dealing with difficult situations
• Reflective thinking and continuous learning.

Message to candidates

Please ensure that you add a supporting statement which identifies how would you meet the above requirements.

Face to Face interviews will be held on 4th November 2026 (provisional date only and may be subject to change).

For information about this role please contact Katie Dennick on 01772 533756

The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Further information can be found on the 'Our Recruitment Process' tab.

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.

Local Government Reorganisation

The Government has confirmed that local government across Lancashire will be reorganised, with the current 15 councils being replaced by four new unitary councils covering North, South, East and West Lancashire from April 2028.

If you are successful in your application, you will initially join Lancashire County Council. However, as part of the planned transition, your employment will transfer to one of the new unitary councils from April 2028, subject to the implementation of the reorganisation and relevant employment legislation.

Throughout this period, our focus remains on delivering excellent services to our communities. By joining us now, you'll play an important role in shaping the future of local government and helping to build a strong new organisation that will serve residents for years to come.

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