Job description - Head of Function for Adult Social Care Integrated Adults and Social Care Services
Locality, Prevention and Discharge, and Enablement and Independence Services
Purpose
Manage the assessment of need, care delivery / planning, review, personalisation and safeguarding of adults to the highest standards within available resources to promote independence, choice and control.
Key result areas
- Manage the social work assessment and care planning and / or The Enablement and Independence Service and review strategies, policies and processes to meet the highest standards of professional practice.
- Manage social work safeguarding strategy, policy and processes to meet the highest standards of professional practice, in line with the Care Quality Commissions framework.
- Take the lead responsibility for the protection of vulnerable adults.
- Lead the development of social work/social care to reflect best practice and meet the requirements of regulatory bodies.
- Lead the personalisation of social work/social care.
- Ensure that all services are delivered within legislative requirements and performance frameworks.
- Develop partnerships with other agencies including health, housing, children's services, local authorities, the voluntary sector and representative bodies.
- Work with regional colleagues to drive sector led improvement and benchmarking of quality services
- Ensure that Members are aware and have the opportunity to comment on service changes through portfolio briefings.
- Develop innovative solutions to changes in Government policy, need and resources in consultation with community groups.
- Liaise with Trade Unions to manage the consultation and negotiations process in terms of implementing changing practices within the service area.
- Chair complex HR meetings and take a strategic leadership role across the service
- Create the conditions to facilitate co production with service users, employees and partners
- Facilitate equality of access and experience across the services
Critical success factors
- Achievement of Best Value
- Continued strategic shift of services
- Development and maintenance of Partnership arrangements
- Compliance with:
- Legislation
- Care Quality Commission
- Single Assessment Framework
- User satisfaction
- Member satisfaction
- Budgetary control
- Safeguarding vulnerable adults
Skills, know how and experience
Essential
- Professional Social Work, Nursing or AHP degree level qualification and/or extensive senior management experience in a Local Authority Adult Social Care Service Management qualification.
- Experience of working with adults in need and vulnerable adults.
- Senior management and budgetary experience.
- Knowledge of the national and local agenda for care services.
- Experience of internal and external partnership working.
- Experience of managing diverse multi-disciplinary teams.
- Understanding of the political structure with committee decision making.
- Experience of developing strategies and commissioning.
- Experience of building effective working relationships with trade unions.
Competencies
- Directing strategy
- Corporate responsibility
- Building a shared vision
- Change leadership
- Managing service delivery
- Business acumen
- Facilitating change
- Communication and engagement
- Developing teams and individuals
- Managing performance
- Personal impact
- Making things happen
- Customer focus
- Communication
- Team working
- Flexibility
- Learning and development
Dimensions
Staffing:
- Circa 476 (headcount)
Budget:
- Net budget circa £50m
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