Fox Morris Group Ltd

Fox Morris Group are delighted to be working with Bradford Council to recruit an experienced Contracts Officer on an initial 6+ month contract. This is an excellent opportunity to join a busy commissioning team where you will play a key role in negotiating placement costs, managing provider relationships and ensuring best value across children's social care services. The Role You will work closely with internal stakeholders and external providers to secure high-quality, cost-effective placements for children and young people while ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, contractual requirements and best practice. Key Responsibilities Negotiate placement costs with providers, using Care Cubed or similar fair cost of care tools. Manage provider relationships across the children's social care market. Work across Children's Residential, Independent Fostering Agencies (IFA) and Supported Accommodation providers. Analyse provider costs, assess value for money...