Health and Adult Services Head of Practice / Principal Social Worker
Salary: from £67,081 to £75,599 and an additional one-off lump sum recruitment payment of up to 10% of salary and relocation support of up to £8,000 may be available subject to personal circumstances.
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
This is an unrivalled career opportunity for an ambitious and experienced leader at a pivotal point in our history. In April 2023, the eight councils that served North Yorkshire unified to create geographically the largest council and third largest unitary within the country, and earlier this year the new York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority was created.
North Yorkshire is unique - internationally valued for its quality of place, but with a scale, heritage and industry that make it integral to the North of England. The county's landscapes, culture, and local businesses already make the region a fantastic place to visit, live, work and do business, and with the new investment and powers unlocked by the Devolution Deal, there are even more opportunities for North Yorkshire to achieve more for its residents and businesses alike.
Main duties of the job
Working closely with the Chief Social Care Practitioner, you will be responsible for the oversight of the 7 Key Improvement Areas, Co-Chair of the Confident and Consistent Practice Board, and the lead for the largest CQC Domain of Working with People. You will also work closely with the Principal Nurse and Principal Occupational Therapist and the Director of Adult Social Care to ensure statutory duties are robustly executed.
About us
We are a strong performing authority, with supportive political leadership and talented teams providing the platform to have a fulfilling, challenging, and successful career in a truly stunning place.
A recent peer challenge found that the council is a good place to work, with strong leadership and a loyal and committed workforce who have access to well-regarded training and development.
We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice, offering a range of training and development opportunities and career progression, allowing you to manage your own development journey and empowering you to control your career. Your career can change with your life here in North Yorkshire.
We positively encourage flexible working, and we provide you with the technology you need to work from a wide variety of locations.
Job responsibilities
This high-profile role across the Health and Adult Services directorate, as well as within the wider council and our partnerships with other organisations and local communities, requires a creative, numerate, team-minded individual with a strong track record of getting things done and a real passion for the potential that North Yorkshire offers.
This role is a statutory role and will be responsible for the assurance of the delivery of our statutory duties under The Care Act as well as other key Legislative functions. The Head of Practice/Principal Social Worker will need to be able to combine the skills of driving excellent adult social care practice and legal literacy alongside the delivery of transformation, budget savings, and the assurance framework. The post holder will need to be passionate, driven, and able to respond to delivering change in an ever-changing landscape.
This is a highly visible role; your pursuit of strengthening practice will permeate across Health and Social care settings. You will work beyond setting the practice framework; you will personally and resolutely ensure the embedding and constant development of practice ensuring that the desired outcomes are realised.
You will lead transformation, targeted practice development, and improvement programmes. You will be well networked internally and externally, enhancing the reputation and influence of social care as our principal social worker.
We are looking for someone who is innovative and practical, emotionally intelligent, budget-savvy, and a real change agent. We want you to demonstrate strong personal and professional values and put those into practice.
* Be an accomplished team-player who will encourage innovation.
* Be grounded and ensure we deliver practical changes that make a difference and ensure value for taxpayers' money.
* Be a clear and decisive leader, with a robust grip on financial and performance management and service delivery.
* Promote and deliver strength-based, evidence-informed practice that makes every contact count and permeates the whole system and whole place.
* Relate well to people so that together we realise the potential of the county and make the best use of the North Yorkshire pound.
An entrepreneurial mind would be an advantage, and a willingness to embrace digital technology a huge plus.
This role is county-wide and requires strategic leadership collaboration and visibility throughout the county, with attendance to various offices and in-person working at least three days per week. Key strategic leadership meetings and collaboration take place in Northallerton.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Professional Qualifications
* Social Work qualification and registered with Social Work England.
* Willingness to undertake a management qualification.
* Knowledge and Experience
* Extensive knowledge of either social care or NHS policy environment at local, regional, and national level.
* Significant knowledge of social care or NHS quality and regulatory issues and requirements; including CQC registration, CQUIN, NHSLA, and HCPC.
* Extensive knowledge and understanding of all adult social care services.
* Working knowledge and application of project management.
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.
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