Commissioning Officer

3 weeks ago


Yate, United Kingdom South Gloucestershire Council Full time

**How you'll make a difference**:
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- The Adult Social Care Brokerage Service works with care homes, supported living settings, home care and other community-based support care providers, to find suitable support for people that the social work teams have referred to the service, liaising with the person and their families about the choices available- As a Commissioning Officer you will make a difference by building strong partnerships with social care, housing and health service providers commissioned by the Council, in identifying, sourcing and helping improve the provision of care and support for people living in South Gloucestershire.- You will be responsible for managing a small team of Assistant Commissioning Officers and be the main link within one of the Cluster areas for Brokerage.**What will you be doing?**
- You will be working with providers who are commissioned by the Council to provide support to vulnerable adults.
- You’ll be required to monitor contracts to ensure services are delivered and are meeting outcomes
- Working in partnership with a wide range of partners so that we meet our strategic commitments
- Importantly, you will work in co-production with colleagues, partners, people who use services and carers to ensure the services we commission meet outcomes
- Supporting commissioning and partnership working for specific groups of people such as carers, older people or people with learning difficulties
- You will support the quality assurance of the services we commission.

**What we need from you**:
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- You will have relevant knowledge and experience of working in an organisation that commissions and contracts in social care or similar services and able to demonstrate a flexible approach to working across different areas.
- You will need excellent interpersonal skills to establish a positive relationship with a wide variety of stakeholders’ contacts and customers.
- You will have demonstrable experience of meeting service standards, targets and deadlines, be well organised with excellent time management skills and able to manage competing demands.
- Desirably, you’ll have a degree or professional qualification in social care, health care or business studies

**How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different**:
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- We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives and we offer genuine **flexibility **to help them achieve that **work/life balance.**
- We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our **training and development **offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.
- As part of our benefits package you will receive **generous annual leave **(pro rata), **employee wellbeing support** and you will have access to a range of **staff discounts**, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities.
- Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.- We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of
- We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life
- We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.
- We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.**We’re making a difference, be part of it**
- This is a 12 month limited term contract covering maternity leave.-
**Salary From**:

- £33,945

**Salary To**:

- £36,648

**Hours per week**:

- 37

**Vacancy type**:

- LTC

**Location**:

- Yate

**Team**:

- Procurement, Commissioning and Contracts

**Advertising End Date**:

- 25 Feb 2024



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