Finance Administrator

The service placement team will support practitioners in co-producing the costs and budget detail of the support plan. This activity will take place when there is a need for new/changed services at assessment or review of the individual’s care services.

Service Placement Team activities include:

- Support Social Care Practitioners with support plan costings - Sharing the completion of the support plan costings with the practitioner by calculating and confirming the service provision costs and provider(s)
- Source Providers - For certain managed services, find service providers who can meet the individual’s choices, needs, and preferences using existing tools currently used by social care practitioners: e.g home base care request process in Mosaic. Note that it will remain the responsibility of the practitioner to define the person’s needs and preferences
- Confirm costs - Confirm provider costs on behalf of the practitioner using existing tools such as the homecare portal or cost calculators (Excel / Mosaic)
- Set Start Dates & Time - Having identified suitable service providers, liaise with the provider and social care practitioner to clarify times, set start dates and arrange any handovers between service providers.
- Key point of contact - Act as a point of contact between professions (Social Workers) and providers for sourcing and commencing/changing care.
- Provider Knowledge and expertise - Provide information on existing authority funded providers and availability to practitioners - for example, for home care, residential, nursing.
- Income and funding arrangements - Ensure any third party and health contributions are recorded accurately.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 6 months

**Salary**: £9.50 per hour

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- Administrative: 2 years (preferred)