Care Payments Officer

Salary

Scale 4, SCP 7-11, £26,403- £28,142 per annum

Package

37 hours per week, Fixed Term contract or Secondment Opportunity until 31st December 2026.

Job category/type

Internal

Post Ref: CC869

Please note: Internal, at risk or redeployee applicants will be seen in the first instance.

Please note: Internal applicants applying for a secondment opportunity must have approval from their line manager before submitting an application.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our social care, Care Services Payments team, at Calderdale Council. The Team supports the Adults and Childrens Social Care directorates and is responsible for ensuring that providers of care services are paid correctly and properly. The team’s aim is to develop and improve on the management of provider invoices, working collaboratively with internal and external colleagues to ensure payments are made in a timely manner and dealing with any provider invoice queries promptly and professionally.

We are looking to recruit a professional, friendly, and customer-focused Care Payments Officer to join our busy finance team. The care payment officer will process a range of financial transactions relating to provider payments.

The role will work closely with providers, promoting and maintaining a customer-focussed, high-quality service, and ensuring all financial transactions are processed and recorded accurately and in line with adult’s and children’s contracts. It is important that you can work well with others and communicate effectively with a wide range of people. In addition, you will need to possess initiative, the ability to work to deadlines and to maintain a high level of attention to detail given the duties involved.

If you have experience of working within a finance/ payments team, we would welcome your application. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• Be able to communicate confidently and effectively with a range of media including telephone, emails, letters and individual meetings.
• Ability to take individual responsibility for driving outcomes.
• Financial acumen and attention to detail.
• Familiarity with account payable systems and the payment of invoices.
• Collaborative working abilities.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants to posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act will require a DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed.

Closing Date: 7th June 2026
Interview Date: Wk Comm 15th June 2026

We may utilise digital interview methods
As part of our Vision (https://www.calderdale.gov.uk/vision/) we aim to be a talented, resilient and inclusive community. We welcome applications from all and offer a variety of flexible working / job share opportunities.

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