Adult Social Care Commissioner

4 weeks ago

Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Full time

**Employer**
Kingston Council

**Location(s)**
Kingston

**Contract Type**
Permanent

**Working Hours**
Full Time

**Grade**
H/I

**Hours Per Week**
36

**Salary Range**
£37,038 - £46,857

**Salary Basis**
Per annum

**Leave Entitlement**
30 days

**Application Deadline**

31/05/2023, 23:55

**About the Borough**

This special place in South West London between the capital and the country has been a Royal borough longer than anywhere else - it is where the first kings of England were crowned.

Today it is a vibrant and diverse borough, with a long history and strong cultural and community heritage. Kingston's riverside location, fantastic retail offer, historic market place and church, parks and gardens all make Kingston town centre the vibrant space it is, and each of our district town centres (Surbiton, New Malden, Tolworth and Chessington) have something unique to offer.

Situated in Zone 6, Kingston is among the best-connected town centres in London - with direct train links from Kingston and Surbiton stations to Clapham Junction and London Waterloo, as well as Wimbledon for an interchange with the London Underground and Tramlink.

Kingston’s people are innovative and entrepreneurial, and have a strong sense of community pride. The borough has been home to great industry and creativity for many years, reflected in assets such as the Rose Theatre, the International Youth Arts Festival and Kingston University, which boasts more new graduate business start-ups than any other.

We have seen tremendous generosity and compassion within our communities, particularly in response to COVID-19, which is a demonstration of Kingston’s key strength. The council offers a strong level of support to vulnerable groups and those who need additional support, which has also increased significantly as a result of the pandemic. Like most places, the average age of our population is rising as more people are living longer, so we are working closely with residents to help them maintain their independence and further improve the cost effectiveness of our service to meet the ongoing rise in demand.

Kingston is home to people from diverse and interesting cultures and backgrounds, which helps to create the rich sense of community shared across the borough. In particular, Kingston has a large Sri Lankan Tamil community and is home to more people from Korea than any other part of the UK.

**About the Role**

This role leads the development and implementation of commissioning strategies, improvement programmes, service redesign and project management focussing mainly on Older people and Physical Disabilities services. It is responsible for managing individual commissioning activity based on specific needs analysis and understanding of market and needs opportunities to achieve the best outcomes for Adults and ensure sustainable delivery across the service.

This role aligns with the Market Management team to ensure effective and joined market engagement and commissioning.

Some responsibilities of this role include:

- Provide deep technical expertise to lead on commissioning activity for a designated portfolio of services including needs analysis, cost benefits models, service delivery models and the development of commissioning strategies
- Build strong, collaborative cross service networks and integrated working across ASC, partner organisations, and service providers to ensure effective and joined market engagement and commissioning
- Analyse and interpret data to inform decision making and need and plan for future sufficiency of services
- Collaborate in partnership with senior internal and external stakeholders to enable effective decision making and ensure commissioned services achieve the best outcomes for ASC
- Lead and promote effective partnership working with health and the voluntary and community sector

The role reports directly to the ASC Strategy and Transformation lead.

**About Us**

The Council is focused on delivering the best possible outcomes for its communities. To do this the Council needs employees who thrive in an agile and networked organisation and who can support continuous improvement within a constructive organisational culture.

The ASC Commissioning Team offers a supportive and innovative environment, with space to develop and make a true difference to residents of Kingston.

**About You**

To succeed in this role, you must:

- Question and challenge ways of working, with an understanding of the bigger picture in terms of the corporate context and external environment
- Demonstrate agility and adaptability in mindset and ways of working
- Work successfully with key stakeholders within and outside of the Council
- Demonstrate commitment to own personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the role
- Demonstrate innovation and creativity
- Actively engage in positive cross organisational communications and team working
- Communicate clearly, confidently, and appropriately wi

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