Assistant Director - Communities and Partnerships

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

The postholder will lead and implement adult social cares effective commissioning, contract management and prevention strategy approach at community level to enable high quality social services to be delivered to Norfolk people via internal teams and the external market.

This postholder will lead on the Integration agenda across Health and Social Care at a strategic and local level, through leading Norfolk County Councils corporate approach to health and relationship with external NHS and health-facing organisations including elements of the ICS governance that NCC are responsible for.

Agreeing joint priorities and leading the development and implementation of these across the system.

They will ensure the effective coproduction of commissioning strategies and the design of delivery mechanisms/models that result in cost effective outcome driven services for the people of Norfolk.

This post will build and maintain excellent relationships with multiple organisations seeking to innovate and integrate at every opportunity with regard to system and service design.

Context

Integrated care systems (ICSs) have been established that are partnerships that bring together NHS organisations, local authorities and others to take collective responsibility for planning services, improving health and reducing inequalities across geographical areas. Norfolk County Council has a leadership role in improving peoples health, by the social, economic, commercial and environmental conditions they live in, and has committed through its Together, For Norfolk plan for outcomes that ensure people of all ages enjoy good health and increased wellbeing.

Norfolk has an increasing population of elderly residents and many of these require services that can keep them independent within their chosen communities. The authority also provides services and support to those individuals, and their families, with a learning, physical or mental health disability.

The Adult Social Care function within Norfolk County Council is responsible for the commissioning of £358 millions of care services for vulnerable people in the County. Future demographic and budget pressures within the authority means that this will be an ever-challenging task with new thinking and solutions needed.

The Care market in Norfolk is being pressured by increasing demand and workforce shortages, yet it is keen to work with other stakeholders to explore solutions that can ensure it can rise to the challenge.

Accountabilities

Lead the development and delivery of the council strategy for health, exploring opportunities for co-production and partnership as we innovate future service design.

Lead adult social cares commissioning, contract management and prevention strategy approach at community level

Play a lead role in the development and implementation of new ways of working with Norfolk ICS.

Leading the relationship with the external NHS and health-facing organisations including leading ICS governance that NCC are responsible for.

Lead the development of primary-care based social care integration, alongside local community and primary care health providers and District Councils.

To support the wider commissioning agenda with regards to the care market in Norfolk. Ensuring there are effective relationships with providers and supporting the market to innovate in meeting future needs.

Lead the alignment of strategy, policy, funding and practice, to ensure that Norfolk has a strong demand management approach.

Responsibility for a number of adult social care budgets.

Lead the Council response to national and regional ICS issues.

Contribute to the development of National Policy and best practice through response to national debates and consultation.

To be an advocate for vulnerable adults in all aspects of the work.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Post graduate level qualification (or equivalent) with significant experience of organising and delivering professional services.
• Evidence of continued professional, managerial and personal development.

Desirable

• Hold membership of appropriate professional body

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience as a senior manager, likely to be within the public sector and closely related to the social services and health care agenda.
• Experience of successfully managing service transformation programmes in a large organisation.

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk County Council

Address

County Hall

Martineau Lane

Norwich

Norfolk

NR1 2DH

Employer's website

https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)