Adult Social Care Charges Review

Service care Solution are currently recruiting for an Adult Social Care Charges Review in Cambridgeshire

As a Adult Social Care Charges Review you will undertake a review of the charging arrangements, set by the Council's Adult Social Care Charging Policy, within the statutory framework of the Care Act 2014, for residential and non-residential charging.

This is a Fully Remote position paying £650 limited per day (umbrella rate)

Main Responsibilities

As an Adult Social Care Charges Review, you will be responsible for:

• Exploring several lines of enquiry on current arrangements which will include which services are chargeable, our application and interpretation of the Care Act 2014, in respect of charging for services, those services which we charge for and how those rates are established, including full cost recovery and benchmarking against other LAs, and current Cambridgeshire County Council's Adult Social Care Charging Policy


• The report will also consider Disability Related Expenditure and consider comparator Local Authorities application to benchmark against other LA's and to determine if CCC could apply this differently


• The report will also be set in a context of the cost-of-living crisis and explore and showcase all the County Council, District Council and national and third sector organisations offer in support of individuals


• The report will make clear recommendations to be considered by the LA on its application of the charging policy and if there are opportunities to support individuals (and cost this), consider equitability or any recommendations made and also make recommendations for maximising LA income opportunities if they are found.

Requirements:

• Previous experience in this role


• Knowledge of the Care Act 2014


• Enhanced DBS

Working with Service Care Solutions comes with many benefits, including:

• A specialist consultant within an experience and dedicated recruitment team


• Excellent rates of pay


• Payroll services twice a week

If you are interested in the Adult Social Care Charges Review role, or know of anyone who may be, please contact Emma at Service Care Solutions on 01772 208964 or email emma.petricco@servicecare.org.uk

Service Care Solutions also offers a £250 referral bonus! So if you know of anyone who would be perfect for this position and they are placed into work, you will receive £250 for the referral once their probationary period has been completed!