Strategic Commissioning and Partnerships - Adult Social Care

Location: Solihull

Salary: £67,909 - £71,218 per annum

Reference: SOL/TP/194/650

We have an excellent opportunity for someone with creativity and drive to lead our Markets and Performance Team. This role is key to delivering our purpose in Adult Social Care:

To enable people to stay as independent and well as possible for as long as possible. When people do need long term support, this is timely, proportionate, responsive, and good quality and enables people to continue to live their lives the way they want to.

We need your skills to shape the market, to secure the right quality of services and to bring innovation to helping deliver solutions for care and support.

This opportunity provides a chance to:

Set the standards to be delivered through our commissioned services, delivering a range of responsive care and support.

Take the lead in looking for new opportunities to create sustainable, quality care. ensure that the diverse voices of those who draw on care and support are heard and shape the services on offer. draw on the expertise in the social care provider market to deliver the best services and outcomes for Solihull people. Whatever your professional background, you will be able to demonstrate that:

You have the ability to manage contracted services to ensure compliance, quality and sustainability. You can build and sustain relationships with care providers to enable flexible solutions and new opportunities. You understand the commissioning process and can provide strategic leadership to deliver in these areas. You have a sound understanding of what excellent and compassionate social care looks like and see that it is delivered every day. You can help to deliver our vision for adult social care in Solihull: to make a difference, in the right way, every day If you are drawn to know more about this role, please contact Karen Murphy, Assistant Director for Strategic Commissioning and Partnerships by e mail at karenmurphy@solihull.gov.uk to arrange a convenient time for a call.

We offer:

A range of flexible working options: the Commissioning Team works in a hybrid way, with most work being carried out from home with typically one day a week office based. We do require you to be available when required for face to face meetings and to conduct business with providers and the public as necessary. Generous annual leave entitlements with the opportunity to purchase up to 10-days additional leave per year A flexitime scheme with up to 24 days per year Access to our Employee Assistance Programme – a 24 hour independent, free and confidential advice and support service Family and carer friendly policies Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme Employee benefits including staff discounts, subsidised travel passes and Cycle 2 Work Scheme Closing date: 10 September 2024.

If you are shortlisted for this post, you will be issued with online testing on 16^th September 2024.

Interviews date: 27 September 2024

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Please note that this is an essential car user post therefore applicants must be able to drive, have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, however for disabled applicants, reasonable adjustments will be made where required.

Please note we do not accept CVs.

This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.

Solihull Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit.

Solihull Council has a responsibility for, and a commitment to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.