Broker

Salary: £27,254 to £29,064 per annum

Grade: F

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time

Location: Scarborough, North Yorkshire

Make a real difference in your community

This is an exciting opportunity for anyone looking to build or develop a career in the Health and Social Care sector. Whether you’re new to the field, exploring a career change, recently graduated, or already working in care, this role offers the chance to join a friendly and dedicated service making a genuine impact across North Yorkshire.

About the Brokerage Service

Our Brokerage Service is a well‑established, countywide team responsible for sourcing care packages and placements to meet assessed health and social care needs for adults. As a Broker, you will play a vital part in:

• Developing and maintaining accurate information on local care providers
• Sourcing appropriate care packages to support people’s needs
• Completing contracts and handling associated financial and administrative tasks
• Supporting safe and timely hospital discharges in collaboration with health colleagues
• Working closely with internal teams, external partners and providers to improve outcomes for residents

This role is essential to helping more people across North Yorkshire live longer, healthier and more independent lives.

What we’re looking for

You’ll thrive in this role if you have:

• Strong time‑management skills and the ability to prioritise effectively
• Confidence using spreadsheets, databases and handling information quickly
• A proactive, organised and customer‑focused approach
• The ability to work well under pressure during periods of high demand
• A commitment to delivering excellent service to both internal and external customers

While previous experience in health or social care is helpful, it’s not essential, we’re looking for individuals who are motivated, flexible, and eager to learn.

Why join us?

Our Health and Adult Services Directorate is a supportive, welcoming and high-performing place to work. We take pride in our strong track record as a leading care service provider and consistently rank among the top performing county councils nationally.

In return for your commitment, we offer:

• Hybrid working with flexibility and work‑life balance
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Access to our award‑winning ‘Everybody Benefits’ employee benefits programme
• Ongoing supervision, training, and career development
• Flexible leave policies

Further information about our staff benefits can be found here

Ready to make a difference?

If you would like an informal chat about the role please contact: Helen.M.Hodgson@northyorks.gov.uk  Brokerage Team Leader (The Coast) or Sophie.Mann@northyorks.gov.uk Brokerage Team Leader (The Moors).

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Key Dates:

Closing date: 14^th July 2026

Shortlisting: 15^th July 2026

Interview date: 21^st July 2026  

Venue for Interview: Castle House, Scarborough

North Yorkshire Council are committed to the health and safety of our employees and of others including the general public. It  has a responsibility to ensure employees who hold a position that is deemed to be safety critical as it requires the performance of duties which are directly related to the safe operation or security of a facility, piece of equipment or vehicle, handling of chemicals or work at height or in confined spaces and which, if not performed properly, could result in a serious safety risk or environmental hazard to employees, a facility or the general public , do not attend work whilst under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Individuals offered employment with North Yorkshire Council will be subject to the Workplace Substance Misuse policy. For safety critical roles as detailed above, random alcohol and drug testing may take place during the course of employment.

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies. 

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.

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