The role
About us:
Southwark Council is a large, ambitious and progressive local authority with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. Southwark has a varied mix of cultural communities, where over 120 languages spoken across the borough. We have all the challenges you'd find in any inner city area, with our Adult Social Care division playing a central role in supporting our vulnerable residents. Our aim is that members of our community can access high quality information, advice and coordinated community services that prevent, reduce and delay their need for adult social care support.
The role:
You will be required to procure individual packages of support for children, adults and families including: continuing care and care packages for older people and adults with mental health, learning and/or physical disabilities, requiring specialist assessment. You will contribute information about the quality, availability and sustainability of the market for health and social care services and keep accurate records and reports on placements and financial activities. You will be responsible for maintaining positive working relationships with providers and negotiate care packages. You will have some knowledge and experience of direct payments and have the ability to analyse and interpret information
About you:
If you are someone with drive, enthusiasm and a positive attitude, who thrives on working in a busy and challenging environment we would love to hear from you. You will have some knowledge and experience of direct payments and have the ability to analyse and interpret information. You should possess excellent administrative and numeracy skills and work efficiently to ensure accuracy and attention to detail and have a good knowledge of legislation, policy and financial context of Adult Social Care. For this role, you must be able to communicate confidently and effectively when dealing with the public and other key stakeholders.
Additional details
Please note this role requires a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at Basic level.
Benefits and more information:
From flexible working to job sharing (where possible) we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. You will benefit from 26 days basic annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 36 days with continuous service, a generous local government salary related pension, cycle to work and cycle loan scheme, season-ticket loan, confidential wellbeing and counselling support. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
Recruitment timetable
Closing Date: Sunday 2nd April 2023 at 23:59
Interview and Assessment date: Thursday 13th April 2023
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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