Head of Service

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Head of Early Help & Prevention within the First Response Service to work Full Time based in Medway.Is this your next job Read the full description below to find out, and do not hesitate to make an application.The salary for this permanent Head of Early Help & Prevention job is up to £73,241 per annum.ResponsibilitiesAs an active member of the Adult Social Care Leadership Team, you will be responsible for leading the strategic and operational aspects of the ‘front door’ service in adult social care. You will be responsible for ensuring that the service is managed and delivered in a manner that maximises independence and enables people to live as ordinary a life as possible and makes best use of the entire resources available including community and voluntary sector, family and informal carers.You will work with health partners to ensure effective delivery of support to residents across health and social care, ensuring the effective management and delivery of Adult Social Care responsibilities relating to health system management including hospital discharge and admission avoidance.You will lead the strategic development of the service, articulating a clear vision for early help and prevention services.You will provide leadership, management, and professional advice on aspects of adult social care in the delivery of high-quality support to improve outcomes for the people of Medway.You will collaborate with senior leaders and stakeholders to align strategies with broader organisational and health and social care system goals. Continuous monitoring outcomes and adapt approaches based on evidence and best practices.You will establish connections at the local, regional, and national levels to shape and enhance the strategic development and delivery of services, embracing best practice by benchmarking and networking with other local authorities.You will be responsible for managing people, delegated budgets, and other resources, utilising them innovatively and creatively to benefit service provision, ensuring expenditure is contained with cash limited budgets and risk and need are balanced, to deliver council objectives and best possible outcomes for people who use services and carers.You will be responsible for establishing, monitoring, and taking corrective action in respect of the performance of the long term care & support service and be able to demonstrate the delivery of high quality adult social care in Medway.As a member of the Adult Services Senior Leadership Team, you will actively lead in the strategic and operational management of the service by collaborating with colleagues.You will assist and deputise for the Assistant Director of Adult Social Care and provide cover for other Head of Service, as appropriate.RequirementsA social Work Qualification or equivalent.Understanding of relevant legislation.Registered or eligible for registration.NVQ level 5 in Management or equivalent management qualificationExtensive management experience including the management of changeContactIf you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.Reasonable AdjustmentsIf you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. xpwpeyx With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.#J-18808-Ljbffr