Arranging Support Officer

Kent County Council · Maidstone, England

Arranging Support Officer at Kent County Council, based in Maidstone, England, paying £27,904 - £29,020 per annum. This is a permanent role.

Salary
£27,904 - £29,020 per annum
Location
Maidstone, England
Contract
Permanent
Posted
2 weeks ago
Closes
16 Aug 2026
Sector
Care Assistant

39% below the typical rate for care assistant

Reference 15f37b022371e57c445eb6e6d97b2885b7304139

About the role

What will you be doing?

This is a permanent position, working within the Arranging Support Community team. It is an exciting role for a confident, proactive and positive individual, working within Adult Social Care.

This would be an ideal position for a candidate with a solid background in admin, customer services, purchasing, or procurement looking to develop or build upon their skills while working within the social care sector for the local authority. The role requires a good understanding of and experience using Excel.

The role will involve a wide range of purchasing tasks that involve arranging domiciliary care packages for older people and people with physical disabilities, and requires excellent administration, organisational and communication skills. You will be able to deal with issues of a confidential and sensitive nature appropriately. You will be confident in communicating regularly with domiciliary care agencies, staff, clients, managers and professionals, and prioritise your work.

You will have excellent IT skills as tasks include inputting, updating, modifying and retrieving data on systems and running reports. The ability to problem-solve is essential as there is a need to investigate and resolve payment queries.

You will be confident, flexible, able to work well within a busy team and prioritise your workload. You will be able to travel around the county in a timely manner if required. This role is based from Sessions House in Maidstone, and you will be expected to attend regular office days.

Full induction and training will be given.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Interviews will take place on 25th and 26th August 2026, in person at Session House.

About you

For further information regarding this role, please contact:

Zoe Payne, Community Arranging Support Manager

[email removed]

[phone removed]

About us

Work that works for you and us - let's talk flexibility!

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.

    Reference: 15f37b022371e57c445eb6e6d97b2885b7304139 · Posted 2 weeks ago · Closes 16 Aug 2026 · Listed via Kent County Council

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