Head of Adult Social Care Operations
Closing date: 4 June 2023
Salary £87,472
The role
This is a great time to come into this role. We have an exciting transformation programme for our adult services, underpinned by a strong focus on strengths based practice, effective safeguarding and quality assurance. We have strong relationships with NHS colleagues and are working together to develop of our Integrated Care System and integration priorities.
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There is lots of good work to build on. Over the past year we have been codesigning a new vision and mission informed by our Future of Adult Social Care Commission and underpinned by our major transformation programme - community led support. We are committed to working closer with our communities and prioritising prevention and early intervention.
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We are an innovative and creative service, our workforce are dedicated and committed to improving the lives of local people and our leaders are supportive and foster a great working culture. We are proud of our achievements and the example we set but we know we have more to do. As our Head of Adult Social Care, this is a great chance to shape our services and develop our workforce across older people, working age adults, learning disabilities, mental health and physical disabilities.
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We are looking for someone who not only has a thorough understanding of the statutory and regulatory framework, but who is a genuine team player that also takes responsibility for actions, projects and people to achieve shared outcomes. This is a demanding role, and one in which the right calibre of candidate will thrive.
For more information contact:
Luke Judd at Starfish on 07435 270 659 or luke.judd@starfishsearch.com or to apply go to https://starfishsearch.com/jobs/head-asc/
Who we are
Cheshire West and Chester is a council that helps you to play your part to make a difference. We have a great reputation locally and nationally, made possible by amazing colleagues working together to achieve great things and with ambitious plans for the future.
We are the fourth largest unitary authority in the North West, serving a population of 357,000 across rural an urban communities with a workforce of just over 3,400. We are part of the second largest Integrated Care System in England.
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We are a council to be proud of, with an ambitious adult social care transformation programme, a strong focus on health integration, partnership working, community development and high-performing children’s services.
However, there are further opportunities ahead of us, including our commitment to tackling climate change, enhancing the customer experience, extending life chances, and enabling an inclusive economy – all of which need innovative and empowering approaches to achieve our ambition.
The Council has a history of excellent financial management which has enabled the delivery of significant savings to the local taxpayer whilst still investing in priority services. The financial uncertainty and challenge for all local authorities due to high levels of inflation and increasing demand and workforce pressures, particularly in Adult Social Care and Children’s Social Care makes planning for the future important and the Council is in the process of developing a four year budget aligned to the Council Plan and a 10 year Capital Vision.
We are working hard to focus on transformation and innovation to deliver quality services for the people we serve.
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