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 with local communities. We are looking for 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. As part of the new Senior Management structure across Health and Adult Services, we are excited to be able to offer the role of Head of Practice/Principal Social Worker. 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 delivering change in an ever-changing landscape. Working closely with the Chief Social Care Practitioner, you will be responsible for the oversight of the seven 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. This is a highly visible role, your pursuit of strengthening practice with 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. We expect you to: 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, practice that makes every contact count and permeates the whole system ad 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 takes place in Northallerton.