Service Acquisition Specialist Full Time Temporary

Service Acquisition Specialist needed in Twickenham paying £22 per hr PAYE Ref: 5747

This role is working full time hours on a temporary basis

Responsibilities:

• To be responsible for the efficient and effective micro-commissioning of complex packages of care or placements by demonstrating strength-based approaches.

• You will be required to support the Service Acquisition Officers with micro-commissioning straightforward packages of care or placements and using IT systems to carry out this role
• You will work collaboratively and in partnership with colleagues across the Adult Social Care Services teams, commissioners and social care providers to ensure packages of care are appropriately micro-commissioned.
• To lead on the cost negotiation of complex packages of care and placements, to demonstrate the best value. You will be experienced in using negotiating IT systems to engage with the social care market, as well as meeting with providers to understand and agree the service cost. You will do this in collaboration with the social worker
• To act as a lead contributor to projects and implementations that directly influence your work, including but not exhaustive to high-cost placement, re-negotiating costs and supporting strength-based approaches to enable independent travel
• To be responsible for managing your own case work regarding complex packages of care and placements. This will require having a good understanding of individuals with high-level and complex needs and identifying the most appropriate service
• To be responsible for the collation of market management information to enable you to carry out your role. This may include populating and reporting information about provider capacity, voids, provider costs and service type information. It will also include updating information if you are notified of any service changes. You will be responsible for reporting and / or presenting information to the Senior Commissioning Manager and wider teams on request
• The ideal candidate will have a good understanding of the social care provider market and the types of services commissioned by Adult Social Care Services

 If you are interested in the role, please email your CV to verity@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.

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