Care Contracts Manager

Are you passionate about supporting people and making a difference when it is most needed?

Join our dynamic team at Caring Together Charity as our Care Contracts Manager for Cambridgeshire and this is exactly what you will be doing. The Care Contracts Manager helps shape the support for unpaid carers in our community at the most critical of times by ensuring those they care for are looked after even when they might not be in a position to do it themselves. You’ll manage key contracts, ensuring the delivery of essential services to carers and their families. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring carers get the support they need, when they really need it. 

Responsibilities include overseeing contract management of our hospital contracts amongst others, leading a team of Rapid Responders, and maintaining high-quality service delivery while adhering to KPIs and budget requirements. You’ll also play a crucial role in staff development, compliance, and safeguarding. 

The ideal candidate will hold a minimum of an NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care, with strong care management experience. Excellent organisational and communication skills are essential. You will also need to be comfortable and confident in attending and speaking at meetings with service providers across Cambridgeshire. 

Key responsibilities

• Preparation of the monthly management accounts.
• Year end accounting and audits.
• The overseeing of the payroll processes and line management of the Payroll Officer.
• Using relevant systems in the best way, including Microsoft Dynamics, CIPHR and Access People Planner (experience in these is not essential but much appreciated!).
• Other general ad hoc duties as needed by organisation.

What we can offer you

• A supportive working environment on a hybrid basis, between home, the office in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, and across the county as you undertake care assessments and provide support to your team.
• The opportunity to make a positive impact to the lives of unpaid carers across Cambridgeshire.
• Ongoing learning and development.
• 25 days annual leave plus eight bank holidays.
• The option to buy or sell up to five days annual leave (subject to certain criteria being met).
• Access to a 24/7 GP, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and confidential counselling service.
• Death in service benefit of three times your annual salary
• Paid carer’s leave.

Download our Care Contracts Manager job pack [PDF, 101kB]

If this role sounds interesting to you, please email [email protected] to apply or for further information.

We look forward to hearing from you!

We are inclusive. We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view. We are an equal opportunities employer and expect staff to respect the personal choice and lifestyles of colleagues, carers, and people with care needs.

We are currently not registered for the skilled sponsorship programme, therefore we are unfortunately unable to accept any applications in this criterion. Please only apply if you have the relevant UK right to work documentation.