Spencer Clarke Group are looking for a Adults Social Care Service Director to work with our local authority client in Cambridgeshire!
Contract - 3 months initial contract with the view to being extended to an ongoing basis
Salary - £700.00 - 900.00 per day - may negotiate dependent on experience
About the role:
- 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 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 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.
About You:
- Qualified social worker registered with Social Work England.
- 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 in the effective commissioning and delivery of people services and the appropriate role to be played by the providers of services other than Local Authorities.
- Good knowledge of best practice methodologies, local, regional and national policy developments and stakeholder knowledge to enable effective collaboration and commissioning arrangements.
- Deep and specialised knowledge of Adult Social Care with relevant experience gained within a similar job role. Strong understanding of CQC and Ofsted Assurance Frameworks.
About us:
- We offer a £250 referral bonus - so please pass on any details to someone who you think may be interested!
- We supply to hundreds of councils across the UK!
- Nationwide Supplier to the NHS!
If you are interested in this role, please contact Jenna @ Spencer Clarke Group -