AddressDirectorate: Adult Care, Housing & Public Health
Permanent, Full time, 37 hours per week.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our high performing team to promote high quality adult care provision for people who draw on social care and support.
As a Contract Compliance Officer, you will be responsible for ensuring that the care and support services that are delivered to vulnerable adults are safe, of a good quality and comply with all contractual terms.
You will work with the Principal Contract Compliance Officer and other team members in managing the quality of provision. A key part of your role will be to establish effective relationships with providers, so they understand the Council’s expectation of high quality. Through positive engagement at provider forums and collaboration you will act as a key conduit for liaison with practitioners, the Care Quality Commission and Safeguarding colleagues.
Based in the Strategic Commissioning Team you will be a key component in the Commissioning Cycle and provide intelligence to commissioners on issues associated with, sustainability, risk and forward planning and will input into provider service reviews to assess value for money.
You will be required to accurately record assessments of quality and compliance and support robust enforcement action when standards fall below the expected levels. Working as a an individual and a valued team member, your work will include undertaking quality assurance assessments using digital systems and structured frameworks and you will hold a manageable portfolio of services.
Contract Compliance Officers follow a framework of pre-determined procedures and utilise the Provider Assessment and Market Management Solution (PAMMS) online tool to assess quality and escalate matters.
Having knowledge and experience of adult social care and/or the commissioning cycle would be an advantage.
For an informal discussion, please contact Jacqueline Clark, Head of Prevention and Early Intervention at Jacqueline.clark@rotherham.gov.uk
This post involves working with adults and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme and can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.
From 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2024 employees paid at Band D and above are subject to a temporary pay reduction of 1.15% spread out by means of a weekly / monthly deduction (dependent on pay frequency) from each pay period over the full financial year. In recognition of implementing this temporary measure, those who experience a pay reduction will be awarded of three additional day’s leave (pro rata for part-time).
