Interim Director of Adult Social Care

4 days ago

Cambridge UK, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Venn Group Full time

Interim Service Director - Adult Social Care

Start: ASAP, July 2024

Rate: Between £600-£750 per day, umbrella Inside IR35

Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week

Duration: 3 months initially (likely to extend)

Working pattern: Hybrid, 2 days onsite preferred

Location: East Anglia


Our client, a local authority based in East Anglia is looking for a Service Director within Adult Social Care to join for a minimum period of 3 months on a predominately remote/hybrid basis.


You will be accountable and provide effective leadership, development and management for the Adult Social Care services ensuring the highest possible quality of service is delivered within the resources available.


Responsibilities:

  • To ensure that all services support the principles of personalisation and self-directed support ensuring the health, safety and well-being of vulnerable individuals and the wider population, whilst enabling people to retain their independence, control and dignity in line with national requirements and local needs
  • To hold lead responsibility for staff within Adult Social Care Operations
  • To hold lead responsibility for specialist social work teams working in close partnership with Health, including the Learning Disability Partnership, 0 to 25 Disability Service, Early Intervention and Prevention and the Transfer of Care Team supporting capacity across the health and social care system and the specialist learning disability nursing and speech and language therapy services
  • To lead on key aspects of the transformation of health and social care to create an integrated effective service for the population
  • To play an integral role across the wider health and social care transformation programme advising officers, councillors and partners as appropriate
  • To lead on the workforce strategy with key partners across the system and the Eastern Region ADASS network
  • To work closely with the Commissioning teams to specify requirements for social care services within communities ensuring that the services are commissioned in the most cost-effective and ‘joined-up’ way as far as possible, ensuring that money is spent wisely and to best effect to drive down the cost of specialist and targeted services
  • To work with the Strategic Lead of Safeguarding and Principal Social Worker to ensure that safeguarding is a corporate and universal priority
  • To contribute to the strategic planning of the Council and in particular the Adult Services Department
  • Work with the Executive Director, Leadership Team and partners to develop and promote a strategic vision of a wide range of Adult Social Care, which promotes the independence and wellbeing of vulnerable people
  • To be responsible for the budget, ensuring budget managers remain compliant with all relevant policies and that budget spend remains on target


Requirements:

Demonstrable and successful experience of:

  • Working within a large and complex organisation with comparable scope, responsibilities, budget, and resources
  • Proven track record of leading strategic decision making and resource allocation and of problem solving and meeting objectives at a service and directorate level
  • Deep and specialised knowledge of Adult Social Care with relevant experience gained within a similar job role
  • Thorough understanding of the principal responsibilities and key challenges facing Local Government


If you are interested in the role, we would love to hear from you Please apply to receive more information.

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