Care Funding and Support Manager - Care Resources

Lewisham; Catford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training & development

Generous holidays

LGPS

Flexible working

Season ticket loan

Bicycle loan

Staff discounts

Supportive networks

Job summary

Lewisham Council is seeking an experienced Care Funding and Support Manager within Family Help and Care to lead the Care Funding and Support Team. You will oversee the provisioning of care packages, including Child Looked After and Leaving Care, manage provider payments and invoices, and ensure decisions deliver needs, outcomes and value for money.

You will shape budgets, monitor spend, and collaborate with social care, health and education partners to maximise joint funding, driving service

Qualifications

• Experience in children's social care, commissioning or care funding.
• Significant experience in financial and budget management, service improvement and leading teams.
• Ability to analyse financial, performance and service data.
• Experience with LCS, ContrOCC, Oracle or Power BI would be valuable.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operation and development of the Care Funding and Support Team.
• Oversee care funding, brokerage, provider services and financial controls.
• Strengthen provider oversight including payments, invoicing and contract performance.
• Improve data quality using LCS, ContrOCC, Power BI, Oracle or similar systems.
• Collaborate with social care managers and partners to maximise joint funding.
• Contribute to transformation and improvement programmes across Children's Social Care.

Skills

Financial management

Service improvement

Team leadership

Budget monitoring

Tools

LCS

ContrOCC

Power BI

Oracle

Job description

We have a rich history of welcoming people from all over the world and are proud to be recognised as the UK's first Borough of Sanctuary, for our work in championing the rights of refugees and migrants. Are you an experienced manager with a strong track record in financial management, service improvement and leading high-performing teams? Do you want to make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and families in Lewisham? If so, we would like to hear from you. A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Care Funding and Support Manager in Family Help and Care, within Children and Young People Services. We are seeking to recruit an ambitious and motivated manager to lead our Care Funding and Support Team and play a key role in delivering positive change for children and families across the borough. This pivotal role is responsible for overseeing the service provisioning of care packages, including Child Looked After, Leaving Care and Family Help services. You will manage provider payments, invoicing and payment queries for internal and external carers and providers, ensuring decisions are driven by need, outcomes and value for money. In addition, you will assist services to make the best use of their budgets; ensuring timely and systematic oversight of department spend and realising efficiencies where possible. What's the role?

• Lead the day-to-day operation and development of the Care Funding and Support Team, directly managing Operational Leads and building an accountable, high-performing culture.
• Oversee care funding, brokerage, provider services and financial processes, including robust budget monitoring, forecasting, controls and value for money.
• Strengthen provider oversight, including payments, invoicing, contract performance, provision start and end dates, suspensions and changes.
• Improve data quality and the use of LCS, ContrOCC, Power BI, Oracle or similar systems to identify trends, risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Work collaboratively with social care managers, providers, finance colleagues, health, education and partner agencies to maximise joint-funding opportunities.
• Shape the team's operating model and contribute to wider transformation and improvement programmes across Children's Social Care.

We are looking for an experienced, solution-focused manager with a strong grasp of children's social care, commissioning or care funding. You will bring significant experience of financial and budget management, service improvement and leading teams, alongside the ability to analyse financial, performance and service data. You will be confident resolving complex operational or financial issues with providers, producing clear reports for operational and senior-management audiences, and working across professional boundaries to support quality, safeguarding, value for money and better outcomes for children and young people. Experience of LCS, ContrOCC, Oracle, Power BI or similar systems would be valuable. Discover yourself in Lewisham where what you do makes a difference to our vibrant and culturally diverse communities!

We have a rich history of welcoming people from all over the world and are proud to be recognised as the UK's first Borough of Sanctuary, for our work in championing the rights of refugees and migrants.

Introduction

• Excellent training and development opportunities, plus a range of benefits including:
• Generous holiday allowance
• Local Government Pension scheme
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Season ticket and bicycle loans
• A range of staff discounts including local subsidised gym memberships
• Supportive staff networks