Director – Local Delivery – Adults

Job Category : Interim Executive.
Location : County Hall – E1, Essex County Council, Chelmsford.
Hours Per Week : 37.00.
Start Date : Immediate Start.
Start Time : 09:00.
End Time : 17:30.

We are looking for an Interim Director of Local Delivery for Adults in the North Quadrant covering Colchester and Tendering.
Day rate is set at £650, however we will consider higher day rates with significant experience.

Job Purpose
With a relentless commitment to making a difference to the lives of adults, this determined and resilient leader will deliver high quality and safe frontline adult social care services across a geographical locality (Quadrant). This leader will influence complex system-wide cultural change across a dispersed team, to achieve a joined-up approach to operational services, creating a clear vison for the future social care workforce that demonstrates innovative best practice. The ability to lead the development and implementation of strategy in relation to key areas of practice will be essential. With increasing demand and a challenging financial environment, this leader will be pivotal in the locality, forming strong and influential relationships to deliver commercially viable, integrated services across Health and Social Care, which align to the over-arching strategic vision for integration, led by the Director, Integration and
Partnerships. With a deep understanding of the local need, demand and changing demography, the leader will work in collaboration with colleagues and partners to interpret this within service plans and within the commissioning intentions of the Director, Strategic Commissioning and Policy.
Service/Functional Accountabilities
Responsible for the delivery of social care services for adults within a geographical area of the county (Quadrant), in accordance with the Care Act 2014, managing high levels of organisational risk relating to social work and making decisions in the most prominent and complex cases.
Responsible for the implementation of the Health and Social Care Integration agenda with local NHS Trusts and CCG’s to enable the development of community health and community social services, including taking direct leadership for health services where appropriate.
Responsible for ensuring a systemic approach to deliver improved outcomes for adults, leading effective and robust relationships with internal and external partners to enable a collaborative approach to the social and economic needs of the community. Lead the development of strategy and the strategic implementation of specific countywide services (e.g. Adult Residential, Operational Support and Development, Placement, Social Care Direct).
Accountable for embedding Safeguarding procedures across services within a specified geographical area to ensure the protection of adults.
Be lead director for a specific area of frontline operational practice, ensuring the development of service and practice improvements which achieve outcomes for adults.
Work in conjunction with the Director Strategic Commissioning and Policy and Director for Integration and Partnerships to ensure commissioned services and activities fully reflect service and practice requirements and deliver improved outcomes.
Take responsibility for implementing the Standards for Employers of Social Workers, held by the Local Government Association, which set out the conditions of good social work practice at organisational level.
Responsible for matrix working across eight Director for Local Delivery roles and with the Director Economic Growth and Localities and Director Wellbeing, Public Health and Communities to share expertise, best practice and resources where possible.
Responsible for all aspects of the delivery strategy for services, ensuring that performance management for the allocated group of services is clearly defined in terms of benchmarked outcomes and defined short, medium and long term business, performance and quality targets.
Budgetary accountability to be finalised.
Delegated functions as detailed in the council’s constitution (and as amended from time to time). Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience
Professional qualification in social work, nursing or occupational therapy.
Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in a relevant professional area.
A deep understanding, gained through significant experience, in developing solutions to deliver value for money services in a relevant service/functional area.
Strong project management and commercial experience with evidence of a clear understanding of the financial responsibilities associated with programmes of work.
Experience of working with stakeholders, supply chains and partners to agree and deliver appropriate commercial structures which incentivise delivery.
Proven ability to focus on results, forging a strong team from diverse backgrounds to achieve strategic objectives.
Proven communication skills with an ability to influence both strategically and corporately in a complex organisation with senior stakeholders.
Proven track record of using professional expertise to deliver strategic objectives and expected outcomes, while managing conflicting priorities.
Experience of successful delivery within a rapidly changing and ambiguous environment.
Experience of creating and proactively leading change initiatives in a complex environment.