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Head of Adults Social Care, Milton Keynes
Client:
Opus People Solutions Ltd
Location:
Milton Keynes
Job Category:
Other
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Yes
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Posted:
30.03.2025
Expiry Date:
14.05.2025
Job Description:
Job Title: Head of Adults Social Care
Responsible to: Director
Work Pattern: Hybrid (3 days a week in the office, 2 at home subject to business needs)
The role
Milton Keynes City Council is seeking a Head of Service to join their Adult Services leadership team. Working with external and internal partners, the Head of Service role is wholly responsible for the strategic leadership and operational management of a complex and diverse service(s) within adult social care.
These services must be of high quality, in line with national and local policy, relevant legislation and best practice, and deliver the best outcomes for adults with social care needs, whilst meeting the agreed financial and service performance targets.
Key requirements
* Statutory Social Work Services as outlined in the Care Act 2014 for Older People.
* Lead the MKCC Hospital Discharge arrangements for all adults in close partnership with the NHS Hospital and community services.
* Lead designated service to ensure continuous improvement by meeting both relevant health and adult social care national and local performance targets and by setting and meeting service improvement targets to provide early intervention and targeted and specialist services for adults.
* Responsibility for the access arrangements for all of Adult Social Care services ensuring that performance indicators are in place for a high-quality service prevention and intake service.
* Take full responsibility for the performance against national (ASCOF) and local performance indicators and the Council Plan to ensure continuous improvement by setting and meeting service improvement targets.
* Lead partnership working across the service for all areas including older people, hospital discharge, and safeguarding.
* Ensure that the safeguarding of vulnerable adults is consistently embedded across all Adult Services and partner organisations are engaged with this agenda. Accountable for quality, timely and proportionate responses.
* Prepare, monitor, and control adult social care service and relevant health budgets to ensure that financial targets are met, and systems are in place to identify pressure areas and respond appropriately.
* Work with both NHS and MKCC commissioners to ensure that service priorities are agreed and both MKCC delivered services and those commissioned externally meet the needs of service users and are of good quality.
Skills & experience
* To underpin this experience and knowledge, the role holder must be educated to degree-level or have equivalent experience in a relevant subject.
* Detailed understanding of the legislative frameworks and statutory requirements relating to adult social care services and health services and proven track record of success in a front-line service delivery environment.
* Evidence of high-level management achievement and/or training.
* Maintaining robust monitoring and risk assessment systems for the service area with high-level assurance and quality improvement measures.
* Considerable experience of working with a diverse set of stakeholders in the delivery of social care services.
* Experience of driving performance management using appropriate quality and management methods and models to deliver efficient and effective services.
Additional information
Reporting to the Director of Adult Social Services for Milton Keynes Council and as such is accountable for the delivery of services, including:
* Statutory Social Work services for older people
* The Access services into Adult Social Care
* Adult Safeguarding
* Deprivation of Liberty
Responsibility to ensure that resource management and financial management are central to strategic decision making. Services are delivered efficiently and effectively, ensuring there are sufficient resources available to discharge the Directorate’s functions in line with published priorities, performance standards, and budget requirements.
The closing date for completed applications is: 26th March 2025 (Midnight)
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