About the Role
Adult Social Care meets the needs and outcomes of those requiring care and support. Its focus is on preventing, reducing and delaying the need for care and support, whilst ensuring that those who do require support receive the solution they require. The role of the Contracts, Compliance and Brokerage Team is to ensure that support accessed through external provision is of high quality and value, sustainable, and fit for purpose. About the Role As Contracts, Compliance and Brokerage Service Manager, you will be responsible for:
Responsibilities
* Lead the Contract Compliance Team to facilitate the successful delivery of outcomes for people using local services.
* Lead the Brokerage Team to ensure placements are appropriate and fees are negotiated robustly.
* Lead the Placements Team to ensure services are appropriately commissioned to comply with auditors' requirements.
This role offers the chance to make a real difference by working in partnership with the external market and those who have care and support requirements to ensure that individuals can achieve the outcomes that matter most to them.
Qualifications
* The ability to consider new and innovative ways of working that improve and enhance how the provider market can proactively develop approaches to key challenges - including an active role in preventing, reducing and delaying the need for care and support.
* Exceptional experience and understanding of the contracts, compliance and brokerage function in adult social care and can lead the team in meeting statutory requirements.
* The ability to lead and develop a partnership relationship with providers and key stakeholders that enables trust and market sustainability.
Why Thurrock?
Working at Thurrock Council gives you the opportunity to join an organisation that is changing at pace, one where you can make a real difference to the lives of the people we serve. Thurrock Council is moving towards a new community leadership approach which involves linking with local partners and communities as we shape our improvement for the years ahead. This is an exciting time to join us, to shape the future success of our changing organisation and to have a positive influence on our borough. Our location Thurrock is located on the north bank of the river Thames. Our urban centres are a vibrant mix of established towns and new young communities, with a diverse and growing population of around 160,000 residents. We are an emerging cultural and arts centre, home to the production centre for the Royal Opera House and the National Skills Academy for Creative and Cultural Skills. We have excellent retail and leisure opportunities, including Lakeside Shopping Centre, country parks, forests, and marshes. Thurrock is just half an hour journey away from the centre of London by train and well connected by road.
Staff Benefits
We offer lots of staff benefits, including a generous annual leave entitlement and hybrid working. We champion flexible working and job share applications are welcome. Further information can be found here. Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Thurrock Council is committed to equal opportunities. As a Disability Confident Employer, disabled people will be offered an interview where they meet all essential criteria on the person specification. We serve a diverse community where people are different yet equal. Diversity underpins everything we do. For further information about Thurrock Council please visit our website.
Benefits
* Generous annual leave entitlement
* Local Government Pension Scheme
* Flexible and hybrid working opportunities (where applicable)
* Ongoing training and professional development
* Employee assistance programme and wellbeing support
* Staff discounts and local offers
* A supportive and inclusive working environment
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