Contract Monitoring Officer

We are recruiting a Contract Monitoring Officer at Caerphilly County Borough Council.

Working hours: 18.5 Hours
Contract Type: Permanent/Part Time
Location: Working hours can be split between home and office depending on specific task requirements.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Team Caerphilly and provide support across the wider Adul Services Commissioning Team

We pay an attractive salary of £17,157 - £18,517 and offer access to training and development opportunities.

The role has a focus on quality assurance, safeguarding and contract compliance.

The postholder will undertake the monitoring of commissioned services/contracts in social care, this will include joint monitoring with Health colleagues and liaison with Care Inspectorate Wales and Social Care Wales where necessary in order to make appropriate recommendations to improve the quality of services and support the management of poor performance, escalating concerns as a matter of priority.

You will develop, maintain and contribute to a range of effective information systems to facilitate the monitoring, evaluation and review of local service performance, activity and stability of the social care market in the Borough.

For the role, we ask that you have:

• A QCF 3 on the Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales.
• Experience of working in a care setting or service area that demonstrates active responsibility for managing service delivery to vulnerable adults and possess or be committed to achieve a QCF level 5 within 2 years of appointment.
• Or Educated to Degree level.
• Have the ability to travel within the boundaries of the Caerphilly Borough on numerous occasions throughout the working day within a set time period to ensure that the service is provided.

We have excellent benefits including the Local Government Pension Scheme, agile working patterns and staff discount schemes.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification please select the relevant attachment from the attachments list

After reading the Job Description and Person Specification, if you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Andrew Davies on 07808 251556 or email daviea14@caerphilly.gov.uk

Applications may be submitted in Welsh.  Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

We are legally required to ask you to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK.  Successful applicants are required to provide appropriate documentation such as a birth certificate, passport or work permit in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

If you have any difficulty applying online, please contact webrecruitment@caerphilly.gov.uk

 for further information.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and a comprehensive screening process will be undertaken on all successful applicants.  This will include an enhanced check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.