Head of Service – Adult Social Care, 30001800

Overview

Our Benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

• Flexible working
• Flexible Bank Holidays
• A comprehensive wellbeing package
• Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
• A comprehensive pension scheme
• IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
• Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
• An employee recognition scheme

About the role

This Head of Service role has a primary focus on hospital discharge and the Council’s relationships with health colleagues. We aim to facilitate timely discharge, achieving the best outcomes for people in Cambridgeshire, and 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.

We work on a hybrid basis and expect the post-holder to be in the office at least two days per week. We have offices at New Shire Hall in Alconbury Weald, Hereward Hall in March and other locations; we are happy to discuss the most suitable option with the successful candidate.

For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Donna Glover, Service Director at donna.glover@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

About you

You will be an authentic leader with social work values at the centre of all you do. You must be able to quickly understand and work within the wider system priorities and complexities, using your skills to navigate barriers and maximise opportunities to drive towards ever improved outcomes for the people the service supports. You will operate with absolute clarity about adult social care’s role and responsibilities, including the boundaries around those and where the responsibility of other partners sits. You will be committed to leading a diverse and inclusive service where all colleagues feel supported and have a voice, and you will demonstrate this at all time in your own behaviours.   

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. 

http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers