Job summary
City of York Council - Corporate Director of Adults Social Care and Integration
Salary: £108,789 - £119,721 per annum plus relocation support
Location: York / Hybrid
Contract: Full-time / Permanent
Employer: City of York Council
Welcome and thank you for your interest in learning more about City of York Council and our pivotal Corporate Director of Adults Social Care and Integration role.
We are passionate about making sure that we provide the best quality of life for all our 202,000 plus residents, both now and in the future. There is a huge amount to be proud of in our beautiful and historic city, including the fact that the majority of our residents are generally healthy and are living well. However, this is not the case for everyone and so our focus is on working alongside communities and partners, supporting those who need us most so that everyone in York enjoys the best possible health and wellbeing.
If you are interested in joining our team and are inspired to help lead the next phase of our journey, please review the information on the campaign site and speak with our recruitment partners at The Resourcing Solution.
Closing date Midnight Sunday 19 November 2023
Find out more and apply:
https://nyresourcing.co.uk/city-of-york/cdasci/
Main duties of the job
Now is an exciting time to play a leading role in York.
You will provide corporate leadership and strategic direction for adult social care that capitalises upon opportunities for promoting quality of life, independence and enablement of adults and families of York.
As a pivotal member of the Corporate Management team, you will directly report to the Chief Operating Officer to actively contribute to the strategic management of the Council and ensure the success of our corporate aims and objectives. You will work collaboratively with elected members, directorate peers, other council officers, partners in the wider city and region, building strong external relationships to make the most of opportunities for our residents.
Your focus will be to develop and implement an approach to adults social care and integration that prevents, reduces and delays health and care needs and enables adults to enjoy the best possible health and wellbeing.
To be successful in the role your passion drives you to overcome challenges, deliver innovative continuously improving approaches and develop deeply collaborative partnerships working with Corporate and Health colleagues all designed and developed with the people we support. Your leadership inspires your team to be ambitious and deliver improved health and wellbeing outcomes for the residents of our great city.
About us
York is a modern city, and we adopt modern working practices, this enables us to visibly lead services in York and really know and understand our great city and our communities, whilst practicing effective hybrid working to maximise our efficiencies. York is a well-connected city only 2 hours from London and Edinburgh on the main train line.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for a leader who shares these core values - who is just as ambitious for the people of York as they are for themselves; has a passion for driving improvements; can form collaborative partnerships with many different stakeholders; knows how to work efficiently within a defined budget; through prevention manages demand and all the while can inspire and encourage their own team to flourish and prosper.
It is vital that we make the best of the resources we have and that we invest in the mental and physical health of our communities. You will be working alongside council colleagues in public health, housing and communities as well as our partner organisations in the integrated care system to make this happen, leading the way in making the most of our partnerships with community organisations and volunteering across York.
Our approach is very much based on working in partnership with organisations, groups and individuals in our neighbourhoods, something for which York has always been renowned, and supporting our communities to become as inclusive as they can be. We will strive to ensure that adults have the best opportunities and are supported to live independently for as long as possible. We will work even more closely with our colleagues in the NHS so that those with long term and complex needs are included in their communities as well as having access to the quality health and care services they need.
Like every other community and council, York faces challenges around social care. Fierce labour market competition and growing demand for services is as challenging in York as it is elsewhere in the country. However, we are probably well-placed to tackle the challenges ahead and to be able to build on what works well with the prospect of a devolution deal to underpin growth and prosperity.
You will find that the role will provide you with the kind of professional challenge and complexity you will naturally aspire to as an ambitious health and adults social care leader - our size means that we are large enough to provide the rich mix of complexities facing local government, but at the same time we are small enough to enable you to get things done. So, this high profile role will provide you with the opportunity to make a significant difference as well as a platform to enhance your career.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for a leader who shares these core values - who is just as ambitious for the people of York as they are for themselves; has a passion for driving improvements; can form collaborative partnerships with many different stakeholders; knows how to work efficiently within a defined budget; through prevention manages demand and all the while can inspire and encourage their own team to flourish and prosper.
It is vital that we make the best of the resources we have and that we invest in the mental and physical health of our communities. You will be working alongside council colleagues in public health, housing and communities as well as our partner organisations in the integrated care system to make this happen, leading the way in making the most of our partnerships with community organisations and volunteering across York.
Our approach is very much based on working in partnership with organisations, groups and individuals in our neighbourhoods, something for which York has always been renowned, and supporting our communities to become as inclusive as they can be. We will strive to ensure that adults have the best opportunities and are supported to live independently for as long as possible. We will work even more closely with our colleagues in the NHS so that those with long term and complex needs are included in their communities as well as having access to the quality health and care services they need.
Like every other community and council, York faces challenges around social care. Fierce labour market competition and growing demand for services is as challenging in York as it is elsewhere in the country. However, we are probably well-placed to tackle the challenges ahead and to be able to build on what works well with the prospect of a devolution deal to underpin growth and prosperity.
You will find that the role will provide you with the kind of professional challenge and complexity you will naturally aspire to as an ambitious health and adults social care leader - our size means that we are large enough to provide the rich mix of complexities facing local government, but at the same time we are small enough to enable you to get things done. So, this high profile role will provide you with the opportunity to make a significant difference as well as a platform to enhance your career.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Provide leadership and direction on matters related to Adult Social Care and other corporate priorities that enable the Council to achieve its objectives within the context of local and national policy.
- Undertake the statutory role of Adult Social Services (DASS) and to discharge the statutory responsibilities set out in the Local Government Social Services Act 1970 (as amended), including responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults.
- Ensure the commissioning of the appropriate specialist legal, financial and technical advice to ensure that service delivery and regulatory compliance are maintained across the functions the role is responsible for.
- Work in partnerships with statutory and voluntary organisations and agencies across the city and beyond, to facilitate a whole system approach to health and social care integration including the innovative use of resources, maximising digital and technological solutions to manage demand through prevention, early help, reduction and delay in the need for social care support.
- Provide the strategic lead for the council on integrated care systems and health partnership arrangements with the Humber Coast and Vale Integrated Care System, the work relating to York Place and its relevance to People Services, and other matters relating to system integration and pooled budgets.
- Be the strategic lead and provide commission market oversight for all age commissioning to ensure the implementation of key commissioning strategies for current and future demand is procured in accordance with local, national and statutory requirements.
- Act as the Council's principal policy advisor in relation to Adult Social Care so that the direction and culture of the sector is responsive to a rapidly changing external environment.
- Responsible for openness and transparency in the development and delivery of services and projects including extensive and genuine engagement with the residents and stakeholder proportionate to the scale of the matter at hand.
- Facilitate corporate working across the Council, encouraging innovation and creativity to help build integrated service delivery and improvements and ensure a corporate response to the development of services.
- Accountable for the management of human and financial resources ensuring they are deployed in the most effective and cost effective way.
- Develop and maintain a corporate performance management regime ensuring the monitoring and reporting of performance, early identification of potential issues in order to take decisive and effective corrective action across all areas of Directorate.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationship with Members ensuring they are properly advised and informed to make decisions necessary to deliver projects and services.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Provide leadership and direction on matters related to Adult Social Care and other corporate priorities that enable the Council to achieve its objectives within the context of local and national policy.
- Undertake the statutory role of Adult Social Services (DASS) and to discharge the statutory responsibilities set out in the Local Government Social Services Act 1970 (as amended), including responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults.
- Ensure the commissioning of the appropriate specialist legal, financial and technical advice to ensure that service delivery and regulatory compliance are maintained across the functions the role is responsible for.
- Work in partnerships with statutory and voluntary organisations and agencies across the city and beyond, to facilitate a whole system approach to health and social care integration including the innovative use of resources, maximising digital and technological solutions to manage demand through prevention, early help, reduction and delay in the need for social care support.
- Provide the strategic lead for the council on integrated care systems and health partnership arrangements with the Humber Coast and Vale Integrated Care System, the work relating to York Place and its relevance to People Services, and other matters relating to system integration and pooled budgets.
- Be the strategic lead and provide commission market oversight for all age commissioning to ensure the implementation of key commissioning strategies for current and future demand is procured in accordance with local, national and statutory requirements.
- Act as the Council's principal policy advisor in relation to Adult Social Care so that the direction and culture of the sector is responsive to a rapidly changing external environment.
- Responsible for openness and transparency in the development and delivery of services and projects including extensive and genuine engagement with the residents and stakeholder proportionate to the scale of the matter at hand.
- Facilitate corporate working across the Council, encouraging innovation and creativity to help build integrated service delivery and improvements and ensure a corporate response to the development of services.
- Accountable for the management of human and financial resources ensuring they are deployed in the most effective and cost effective way.
- Develop and maintain a corporate performance management regime ensuring the monitoring and reporting of performance, early identification of potential issues in order to take decisive and effective corrective action across all areas of Directorate.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationship with Members ensuring they are properly advised and informed to make decisions necessary to deliver projects and services.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
