Strategic Lead for Adult Services

1 month ago


Swindon, Swindon, United Kingdom Sanctuary Personnel Ltd Full time

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd is seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to join their team as a Strategic Lead for Adult Services. This permanent position is based in Swindon and offers a competitive salary of up to £73,416 per annum.

The successful candidate will be responsible for influencing and interacting at senior level both internally and externally, building relationships with elected members, other council departments, and external agencies to champion and actively promote the DHSC Assurance, Swindon Safeguarding & Community Safety agendas.

The role will involve providing specialist advice and input to the development and delivery of policy, strategy, and inspection activity, working with other specialist areas to ensure a corporate and collaborative approach.

The successful candidate will also work with the Senior Leadership Team to support the preparation and delivery of briefings and presentations for Members, the Director of Adult Services and the Corporate Director Adult Services, Health & Housing.

Key responsibilities will include solving problems and managing complex strategy development, taking the most complex decisions, applying greatest discretion and judgement in relation to the policy guidelines.

The role will also involve ensuring effective stakeholder management, developing, managing and supporting external partnerships/relations, and working with key internal stakeholders to ensure a responsive and proactive delivery of the service that delivers the Council's outcomes and meets the needs of the people we serve.

The successful candidate will be the strategic lead representing Adult Services in all SSP and CSP partnership groups and subgroups, preparing and sharing reports and contributing to the development of the Adult Service data set and delivery of the SSP & CSP Priorities.

They will work in collaboration with operational managers to agree strategy, direction of travel, service outcomes and performance management, ensuring practice is strength-based and person-centred.

The role will also involve leading the Quality Assurance service, to promote and embed the Adult Quality Assurance Framework that seeks to ensure and support all those who use, provide, commission and oversee adult social care services to maintain high-quality care.

The successful candidate will oversee the planned audit activity in line with the Adult performance framework and governance, working with their peers to improve care and support where it does not yet meet the standard of quality that people should experience.

They will maintain and update the knowledge of the service throughout the organisation including the updating of policy and practice, developing best practice and contributing to continuous improvement in service delivery.

The role will also involve leading Adult Services planning for inspections and assurance regimes, including the collation and management of the evidence base and ensuring effective planning and logistical arrangements.

The successful candidate will foster a culture of high support and high challenge and will understand the importance of bringing the experience and voice of the Adult into the centre of all we do.

Requirements of this role:

  • A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
  • Continual professional development.


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