Calderdale Council's Adult Services and Wellbeing Directorate is pleased to advertise an interesting and engaging opportunity for a full-time Operations Manager in Prevention and Early Help (P&EH). To qualify for this role, you must be a qualified social worker, occupational therapist, or registered nurse.
P&EH teams provide a vital role in ensuring that Calderdale Council's statutory duties are met under the Care Act 2014 to provide information, advice, guidance, assessment, and support to people. The post holder will recognize and demonstrate in their approach the importance of staff development, welfare, practice, quality, and performance.
This role is to work with internal and external colleagues, partners, and stakeholders to continue to develop and strengthen efficient and effective services. Our ambition is transforming services and changing lives so all can live their best life. Calderdale Council is a vibrant workplace in a stunning part of the country, making this both an exciting time and place to take the next step in your career. Strength-based, asset-based, and co-production are our methods to achieve better outcomes for the people we work with.
Main duties of the job
As a collaborative leader, you'll also work closely with the rest of our Senior Leadership Team, wider Council, Members, and key partners across the NHS, the private sector, the voluntary sector, and the police to influence good practice across the system to focus on improving outcomes for our residents as a whole system.
Job responsibilities
1. Manage the designated areas of social care, ensuring improved outcomes for people and provide good value for money that best meets the needs of the localities of Calderdale.
2. Contribute to the redesign, improvement, and development of services that build on best practice between preventative and early intervention approaches alongside personalized and person-centred care and support models that maximize independence and increase choice and control.
3. Create a culture that ensures service delivery reflects the different needs of Calderdale Cares localities and the relative strengths of service providers and community assets, promoting creativity and innovation through personalized approaches to meeting individuals' social care needs, re-connecting them to their community and building on natural networks of support.
4. Ensure that teams deliver an effective, efficient service aligned to local needs, strategic plans, and our statutory requirements.
5. Build collaborative relationships with partners across the Council, Health, Third Sector, Community Groups, and our provider market.
6. Contribute to the identification of gaps in service provision and ensure services are fit for purpose.
7. Identify opportunities for further transformation through broadening our approach to collaborative working and integration across health and social care.
8. Manage multidisciplinary professional teams.
9. Responsible for delivery of budget action plans, budget management, and budget settings.
10. Responsible for the achievement, performance, outcomes, and objectives for a designated area.
11. Manage all aspects of risk and be accountable for the safety of staff, service users, and contractors in accordance with all statutory obligations and relevant health and safety policies.
12. Lead, co-ordinate, and ensure the effectiveness of activities for the purposes of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk of abuse in Calderdale.
13. Act as part of the Extended Leadership Team to establish shared responsibility for the corporate management of the Directorate, supporting cross-directorate leadership and change.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree in a relevant subject or equivalent level qualification
* Hold a recognised Health and Social Qualification
* Hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work purposes; adjustments can be considered for candidates with a disability
* Be registered with the appropriate professional body
Experience
* Please see attached role profile.
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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