Complex Case Manager (Care Technology) at PA Consulting

Company Description

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results. We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists, with deep expertise across various sectors including consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

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Job Description

Hybrid working: Our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week. However, the actual time spent and location will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on a client site.

• Flexible working: Guided by client work and needs, you have autonomy to manage your time and diary to suit your work/life balance.
• Hybrid role with the option to work from PA’s London office in Victoria.
• The role will be anchored by a dedicated team hub in Southwest London, with potential for further national travel as our services expand.
• The role is for 40 hours a week, worked within 9 am to 6 pm, Monday to Friday.

What is next in your career?
Established in 2013, Argenti is an award-winning partnership created by PA Consulting. It collaborates with councils across the country to deliver an innovative approach to care technology services, also known as Technology Enabled Care (TEC) or telecare. Through strategic partnerships with councils, Argenti helps people of all ages live safer, more independent, gloriously ordinary lives in their homes.

We are seeking a talented and solutions-focused Complex Case Manager to join our Argenti care technology team supporting our Argenti service in Southwest London. This permanent, full-time role is ideal for someone passionate about using technology to improve lives, thrives on creative problem-solving, and excels at working collaboratively within the Argenti Partnership and with colleagues across adult and children’s social care.

You will have the opportunity to:

Sitting at the heart of our personalized Care Technology offer, this role involves supporting the development and delivery of bespoke Care technology solutions for vulnerable individuals with more complex or unique needs. Working closely with Argenti partners and social care practitioners, you will support the processing of complex Care Technology referrals by exploring innovative, tailored options to help meet the desired outcomes and challenges of the people we support. You’ll need to be highly skilled at engaging with social care professionals, hosting regular conversations to fully draw out key needs, risks, and aspirations, and working together to co-design the most effective technology-enabled solutions. You’ll have access to our full portfolio of Argenti Care Technology products, and your specialist knowledge will be essential in matching the right technology (or combination of technologies) to the needs of individuals facing the most complex situations. The ability to think flexibly and creatively is crucial, as is an openness to sourcing or proposing new solutions for testing and piloting where existing options don’t meet requirements.

Working within the Southwest London service, with the opportunity to work across our Argenti services, you will:

• Work in partnership with social care professionals: Collaborate closely with frontline colleagues, identifying key needs and challenges, and co-designing bespoke, person-centred solutions for complex cases.
• Advise and support: Guide social care practitioners in identifying and specifying needs for complex Care Technology referrals, ensuring each recommendation is both evidence-based and innovative.
• Support specialist Care technology installations: Complete installations of specialist Care Technology equipment for complex cases, including in supported living schemes, for virtual support, and with children and families.
• Champion service user outcomes: Ensure every solution is truly person-centred, aspirational, and enhances independence, well-being, and safety.
• Document and share learnings: Capture and communicate insights from complex cases, contributing to best practice across the Argenti partnership and with council partners.
• Contribute to Argenti-wide innovation and evaluation: Play an active role in the ongoing innovation and evaluation process, working with the Argenti Innovation Specialist to influence the future of care technology.

You will report to the Argenti Operations Manager and work closely with the wider Southwest London team, as well as partners across the council and provider network. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills in innovation, partnership working, and complex case management within a forward-thinking, award-winning care technology partnership.

Qualifications

Necessary skills and attributes

• Experience supporting vulnerable people within a health or social care context.
• Experience working with care technology or a similar/related type of technology.
• Strong motivation to support vulnerable people in living fulfilling, independent lives.
• Excellent communication skills, able to engage independently with partner organizations, stakeholders, and clients, and produce relevant reports and/or materials.
• Demonstrated technical proficiency and aptitude for working with and learning about new technology.
• A collaborative team player.
• Organized with good project management abilities and excellent attention to detail.
• Enjoys problem-solving.
• Adaptable to different scenarios and tasks, and resilient in the face of service challenges.
• Good analytical skills.
• Proficient in using MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Desirable (but not necessary)

• Direct experience working with a council in an adult social care context.
• Direct experience using and installing care technology.
• Experience working with a monitoring organization.

We know the skill gap and the need to tick every box can prevent brilliant candidates from applying, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today by completing our online application.

Please be aware that some UK roles at PA Consulting require UK security clearance. All PA people are required to undergo background checks and achieve the Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Some UK roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, where applicants must have at least 5 years of continuous residency in the UK. Therefore, please only apply if you meet the residency requirements (i.e., you are a British citizen or have been resident in the UK for the past 5 years) as this is a prerequisite for security clearance. If you are unsure about your eligibility, we encourage you to review the UK Government’s guidance on security vetting before applying.

Additional Information

Life At PA encompasses our people's experience at PA. It's about enriching working lives through unique people and growth opportunities, and purpose-led, meaningful work. We believe diversity fuels ingenuity. Diversity of thought brings exciting perspectives; diversity of experience brings a wealth of knowledge, and diversity of skills brings the tools we need. When we bring people together with diverse backgrounds, identities, and minds, embracing that difference through an inclusive culture where our people thrive; we unleash the power of diversity – bringing ingenuity to life. Find out more about Life at PA here.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social, and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family.
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives.
• Annual performance-based bonus.
• PA share ownership.
• Tax-efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn).

We recruit, retain, reward, and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We are on a journey towards ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels and that our firm is representative of the world around us. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.