Commissioning Officer - Temp Contract

Commissioning Officer 

Temporary Contract

Location Gloucester

Duties required

£18.036 per hour

• To work with the other Commissioning Officer undertaking the checking process.
• Completing due diligence checks on providers, checking references, policies and Ofsted reports.
• Complete quality assurance checks and investigations where concerns about providers are raised.
• Completing reports on providers and managing and storing information gathered.
• Monitor the quality of providers through reviewing monthly reports and ensuring annual safeguarding self audits are completed and checked.
• Undertaking visits, virtual and in person, to providers to check quality and investigate concerns about care being provide.
• Ensuring trackers and spreadsheets are kept up to date to monitor workflows and track progress.
• Working with the wider contracts team to support tasks as required.

It is a busy and face paced role, working to tight deadlines. You will be part of a team of two staff doing due diligence and quality assurance checks, working with a team of 3 further CO’s monitoring placements of children, with admin support and a placement team who source new placements for children.

The team work closely together with daily MS teams calls and a lively MS teams chat stream. Everyone works together and we are all passionate about finding the right home for every child or young person.

They have monthly team meetings and work in the office 1 to 2 days a week, usually Fridays. You can work in the office daily if this suits.  The role  based at Shire hall.

Core hours at 9am to 5pm and this is required to manage the demands of the service provision.

The role involves handling confidential information about children, therefore appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check and a check of Local GCC records.