Head of Service - Adult Social Care

Posted 30 April 2024
Salary Up to £55.00 per hour
LocationCambridge
Job type Temporary
Discipline Social Work & Care
Reference17812
ContactJames Carr

Job description

Opus People Solutions on behalf of Cambridge County Council have an exciting opportunity for Head Of Service to join thier Adult Social Care Team.

This role will be hybrid with opportunity to work from home 2-3 days a week and you will be also at all Cambridgeshire County Council hospital discharge bases.

This Head of Service role has a primary focus on hospital discharge and the Council's relationships with health colleagues to facilitate timely discharge that achieves the best outcomes for people in Cambridgeshire, supporting them to live at home, in their communities for as long as possible. You will report to a Service Director in our Adults, Health and Commissioning directorate where you will have a supportive peer group of Heads of Service covering various service areas.

In this role you will

Provide leadership to the transfer of care service and other adult social care functions, as needed.

Be highly visible across the wider health social care system, developing and maintaining key relationships to drive forwards our ambitions to work closer to communities with a 'home first' approach.

Lead operationally and well as strategically to ensure that the service is safe and effective while always driving forward improvement, including influencing wider system change.

Ensure your services are ready for CQC assurance and aspire to the highest of practice standards at all times.

If you strive to make a difference and this is the role for you , then we would love to hear from you.