Ackerman Pierce are looking to recruit an Adults Director within Cambridgeshire**.** The vacancy will be for an initial 3-6 months with potential for extension subject to internal circumstance and your performance.
Job Purpose
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 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 relevant transformation and service improvement programmes within the Council to help ensure service users are provided with the most appropriate services at the most appropriate cost.
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 ensure that all service delivery activities:
- Are evidence based
- Relate to outcomes
- Deliver value for money
- Promote independence, and
- Enable communities to be self-sustaining wherever possible.
Requirements:
- Meet the support needs of vulnerable adults in compliance with relevant legislation.
- Promote independence, opportunity, and choice in service delivery.
- Ensure joint working across organizational boundaries for seamless care.
- Lead the Council with a 'one organization' approach, supporting strategic priorities and elected members.
- Promote equality, sustainability, and innovation within the workforce.
- Participate in emergency planning and business contingency arrangements.
To discuss this Director role Adult Services role, or any similar vacancies we currently have available in Cambridgeshire please contact Ollie Barrett or email in your updated CV to us today.