Service Director - Adult Social Care

Cambridgeshire

Full Time

CRA GROUP LIMITED

Skills

Motivational Interviewing • Acute Care • Crisis Intervention • Behavioral Health • Intake Experience • Hospice Care • Case Management • Home Care • Child Welfare • Experience with Children • Social Work • Addiction Counseling

The Role

23 months contract with a Local Authority

Job Summary:

To 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.
To ensure that all services support the principles of personalisation and selfdirected support ensuring the health safety and wellbeing 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.

Key Duties/Accountabilities

To 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.
To ensure that all services support the principles of personalisation and selfdirected support ensuring the health safety and wellbeing 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.

Essential Experience Required:

Previous Service Director experience and are currently working at that level is essential.
Experience working with Adult Social Care with relevant experience gained within a similar job role is essential.

Essential Qualification Required:

Qualified social worker registered with Social Work England is essential.
A relevant graduate Level qualification or equivalent and/or relevant compensating experience at a leadership level is essential.

Additional information to note:

Working hours: 37 hours per week.
The role is Hybrid with 23 days in the office.

The closing date for this position is 6^th August 2024.

To 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.