Job Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join and help build Cornwall Council's new People Commissioning Service.
We have recently reorganised our service to enhance the leadership capacity, reflecting Cornwall's ambitious commitment to the transformation and modernisation of social care services.
To support these changes, we have a number of new Strategic Commissioning Lead posts in the Older People and Carers Commissioning Team, which is part of the Care and Wellbeing Directorate. We are looking to recruit people with an interest in excellent public services who have innovative, analytic and creative minds and a track record of successful delivery.
Main Duties of the Job
The Strategic Commissioning Lead roles will have responsibilities including:
* Establishing strategic commissioning and the intelligent client function for the Council across the delivery of people services.
* Leading on driving innovation and excellence in service delivery.
* Managing patterns of demand differently to improve outcomes.
* Establishing strong and effective partnerships to commission services jointly across with health, housing and other providers.
* Leading the strategic transformation and reshaping of services over the medium to longer term.
* Working closely with social care providers to help them be the best that they can, not only delivering excellent services but also supporting them to deliver added social, economic and environmental value to the Cornish economy.
These are the most senior commissioning roles reporting into the Head of Commissioning for Older People and Carers and managing a team of commissioners including commissioning managers, commissioning officers and assistant commissioning officers. They will be the subject matter experts and lead on the transformation of significant areas of the Council's business. They will find solutions to some of the most challenging questions the Council faces, co-designing solutions with stakeholders. They will work over the medium to longer term horizons always drawing on evidence and international best practice.
About Us
Cornwall Council's ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance while still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our core employee rewards and benefits include:
* A competitive salary.
* A defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions.
* A generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
* A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme.
* Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.
Date Posted: 11 February 2025
Pay Scheme: Other
Salary: £53,559 to £64,835 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference Number: F0021-700002058
Job Responsibilities
This role will lead on the successful mobilisation and ongoing management of our new home care alliance agreement, where providers and commissioners work collaboratively to achieve flexible, responsive, efficient and effective home care services. The role will also facilitate the development and implementation of a reablement at home model with a view to achieving integrated commissioning with the NHS to ensure the best possible reablement experience for people in the community or leaving hospital. This will include close partnership working with the Home Care Strategic Providers, the Council's purchasing and operational teams and NHS partner organisations. It will also include opportunities to understand and communicate the positive impact of community-based support services for individuals and strategic partners.
Person Specification
Qualifications (Desirable)
* Relevant Management or Professional qualification.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
* Educated to degree level or equivalent.
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.
Employer Details
Employer Name: Cornwall Council
Address:
New County Hall
Treyew Road
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 3AY
Employer's Website: https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/
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