Setting up, recording, maintaining and monitoring Direct Payments on behalf of the Children with Disabilities Service, liaising with the Service Manager, Team Manager and Social Workers.· Accurately maintaining Direct Payment budget spreadsheets for submission to the Senior Management Team. Budget reconciliation, i.e. recording committed funding and reconciliation of the budget against the Period 1-12 reports.· Coordinator of the Resource & Care Panel and Monthly Practice Forum. Communicating and liaising with internal clients to ensure all paperwork is received within the agreed timeframe. Preparation of documents for embedding and circulating with the agenda to Senior Managers and the panellists prior to meeting.· Accurately recording and processing the outcome of all decisions from the Resource & Care Panel, Monthly Practice Forum and the Joint Agency Allocation Panel. Recording changes, adding new support packages and raising the relevant funding via forms utilising Mosaic, the Social Care Case Management System.· Raising invoices to recharge health for joint agency funded packages.· Working closely with internal stakeholders and raising requisitions for purchase orders via The Corporate System (TCS) for buying goods and services, to ensure external service providers receive payments due.· Recording dates for reviews, booking slots and communicating with internal clients.

Now retired, open to part time and occasional work

Resource Cordinator for the Children and Young People with Disability Service.Managing the inputs and outputs of operational requests to the Local Allocation Panel within the Mid Essex quadrant.Providing key support to the Quadrant Service Manager in the form, function, delivery and outcomes of requests for resources to support children/young people with disabilities and their families in Essex.Lead for the Mid quadrant in matters relating to requests for financial information, tracking systems, panel procedures and other resource priorities.Responsible for evidencing value for money and best practice locally and ensuring this is shared with other quadrants to disseminate good practice and best value for Essex residents.

Providing first class support to social work professionals.

Commutation negotiations with a portfolio of North American clients.Project lead on small claims up to US$2m.Static claims.