About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.
Adult Social Care in Southwark has an annual budget of £120,000,000 and supports more than 3500 users of long term services and almost 7000 wider service users inclusive of that. The Adult Social Care Business plan focuses on 5 key elements:
Workforce - A strength-based culture to improve outcomes for our services users
One Council Engagement – To ensure our priorities are fully supported
Preventative services in the community – To improve and maintain wellbeing
Accommodation and Community Based Services
Partnership working to prevent dependency
The role:
Leading the division’s performance, development and quality functions. Using data effectively to maintain performance, support decision making, and to better support our residents.
Leading complex systems and organisational redesign projects and leading multi-disciplinary project teams to deliver organisational and cultural change across Adult Social Care and the Council.
To have oversight on the strategic drivers effecting Adult Social Care, working with partners and national agencies to support these priorities and provide high quality advice and guidance to senior leaders and politicians.
Leading a thorough review and relaunch of the Adult Social Care Vision and Business Plan. Collaboratively engaging with service users and stakeholders to ensure that it meets the needs and aspirations of those we support now and into the future.
Understanding Adult Social Care’s digital offer, developing our Digital Strategy and leading the division’s use of technology to support our service users and our staff.
About you:
We are looking for a candidate with the ability to lead transformation and champion new ways of working. You will have experience of engaging with diverse stakeholders and co-designing services. Experience of leading teams and building an adaptable work place culture and the ability to problem solve and make creative and effective decisions. You will bring effective communication skills to engage with people at all levels.
If you have any questions about the role or would like an informal conversation please contact George Roscoe, Service Development Manager – Adult Social Care at george.roscoe@southwark.gov.uk
Additional information:
This is a permanent position with a salary range of £51,663 - £64,725 plus an additional JNC financial benefits package to the value of £2,724 per annum (pro-rata April to March and reviewed annually).
Strategic Managers (JNC) annual leave entitlement starts at 33 days, plus bank holidays.
An interest free season ticket loan is available for all members of staff.
An outstanding Pension Scheme. Southwark offers membership of its pension scheme, which is in line with the national Local Government Pension Scheme (a career average scheme).
The basic working hours for this role is 36 per week. Candidates should be aware that there is a requirement to attend meetings outside normal working hours wherever this is necessary for the effective performance of the job. Southwark has a strong flexible working ethos and believes in focusing on outcomes. Through taking this approach we welcome flexible working including: a commitment to regular homeworking with technology to support this.
Recruitment timetable:
Closing date: 18/07/2021 at 23:59
Shortlisting: W/C 19/07/2021
Interview: W/C 02/08/2021
Assessment centre: W/C 02/08/2021
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(COVID-19) Information for job applicants:
Southwark Council are following the current Government guidelines surrounding Coronavirus. During this period, we still look forward to receiving your application and if you are selected for interview, we will be conducting interviews virtually using video link e.g. Microsoft Teams. Further details will be provided to shortlisted applicants.
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative and our commitment to Workforce Race Equality Standard. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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