We are currently working with a Local Authority in the South West who are looking to recruit an Assistant Director of Adult Social Care to have overall leadership responsibility for ASC Operations and strategic responsibility for short term services.
Job: Assistant Director of Adult Social Care
Duration: 4 months
Rate: £600-700 per day via Umbrella Company
IR35: Inside
Site presence: 2-3 day on site per week
Details
This role has overall leadership responsibility for Adult Social Care (ASC) Operations and strategic responsibility for short term services. This includes inhouse services, integrated hospital and out of hospital pathway teams.
The role is required to develop, embed and strengthen a culture of learning and performance.
Responsibilities
- Operational delivery of short term ASC assessment and support planning functions as well as the delivery of short term provision
- Operational strategic oversight of the delegated Occupational Therapy and Mental Health Social Work functions which are delivered by local Trust
- Directly manage hospital and out of hospital pathways managers and, through them, the wider assessment and support planning workforce, ensuring that they provide a high quality social work service
- Strategic lead responsibility for improving the quality of social work practice and take a lead in workforce planning
- Responsible for developing and maintaining strategic partnerships with statutory agencies, provider services, and voluntary and community groups to achieve shared aims
- Represent the Service and the Council at regional and national bodies, including ADASS, CQC, Social Work England and the Department for Health and Social Care
- Lead the service in preparing for successful service inspections, reviews and visits
- Responsible for the health and wellbeing, morale and resilience of the staff working across the services they lead
- Engagement in positive communications (externally and internally), engagement and consultation about challenges, especially when change is proposed, as well as celebrating achievements and successes
Requirement
- Proven operational and strategic leadership and management experience in sectors which have led to positive and improved outcomes
- Good understanding of the pressures and stressors impacting upon the services they lead and in finding ways of mitigating those pressures
- Demonstrate effective leadership of ASC and ensuring the successful implementation of a strengths based approach across the Service
- Ensure that strong customer focus is maintained throughout strategic and operational delivery and promote multi-disciplinary and integrated approaches to support positive outcomes for people and carers
- Must have experience working within a Local Authority
- Significant experience at senior management level within social care (3 years +)
- This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check and you will be required to apply for a DBS check
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