Belmont Recruitment are currently looking for a Brokerage Support Officer to join Barnsley Council’s Children’s Social Care Team on an initial 3-month temporary contract. This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

The Role:

The successful candidates will work in a collaborative manner with teams across the local authority, schools, families, childcare providers (including private providers, childminders, community and voluntary organisations and early years settings) to assess supply and demand and expand childcare provision (including wraparound) that is accessible to children and families, including those with SEND.

Key Duties:

• Undertake the mapping of current provision across the Local Authority
• Consult with parents/carers, providers, and children about demand for childcare
• Provide business planning and marketing advice and guidance to new and existing early years childcare providers and schools to develop, support and sustain childcare provision for children from 0 to year six
• Inspire, influence, and motivate , early years providers, childminders, head teachers, governors, managers, lead partners, senior education leaders
• Work closely with our finance officer and budget manager and providers to complete funding applications and business plans to support development of high-quality, sustainable provision
• Communicate the local childcare offer through existing channels to the public, childcare providers and other key agencies

Requirements:

• Experience of working in a relevant field
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, frameworks, policies, practices and procedures
• Experience of managing a workload to deadlines
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with a wide variety of audiences
• Ability to utilise data to develop and monitor provision

If this role would be of interest, please apply with an up to date CV as soon as possible!