Care Home Contracts Officer
Staffordshire County Council, Broadeye, Stafford
Care Home Contracts Officer
£27254-£30024
Staffordshire County Council, Broadeye, Stafford
- Part time
- Permanent
- Remote working
Posted today, 16 Jun | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: 520eafe4e28248d89b6d6d2ddb1fa604
Location ref: Broadeye, Stafford
Full Job Description
- help to populate and issue contract documentation;
- maintain information systems about care homes and the residents they support;
- run reports and use data to good effect;
- support processes around making contract variations and contract novations;
- handle enquiries from care homes, internal teams and partner organisations;
- support the wider contract management functions of the team.
You'll have: - education to a level 3 standard or equivalent relevant experience;
- experience of working in a social care and/or commissioning organisation
- analytical and numerical skills
- excellent interpersonal and communications skills, both written and verbal
- computer literacy skills
- the ability to pay close attention to detail and accuracy
As part of the Council's wider Commercial function, you'll work within a small team of Contract Managers and Contract Officers. Pur team oversees the management of contracts for 850+ residential and nursing care homes, which in turn deliver Council funded care services to over 3600 adults. The Council is about to reprocure its care home contracts, and about to change both its finance system and social care case management system. So you'll be joining at a time of change, with opportunities to shape systems and processes. Working primarily from the Council's offices at Staffordshire Place, Stafford (or a hybrid of office working and smart working from home or other locations), you'll need to work closely with internal functions such as commissioning, brokerage, finance and quality assurance teams, with external stakeholders, and particularly with external care providers.
The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively. Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy: We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future. We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. Our benefits: We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire
Direct job link
https://www.jobs24.co.uk/job/care-home-contracts-officer-126982963