Description

Suffolk County Council, Ipswich IP1 2BX

Head of Operations and Partnerships (MHLD)

£61,498 - £71,632 per annum (pro rata if part time)

37 hours per week (part time hours will be considered)

Permanent

Reference: 3650

• Our mission is for people to live fulfilling and independent lives. Our work is to support them to achieve this.

Join us and you will lead our countywide Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism Adult and Community Services Social Care teams.

Are you a motivational and experienced social care leader?

You will be joining at an exciting time for the service having delivered around £6m of savings as part of a Corporate Transformation Programme in the past 4 years and implementing a new Mental Health operating model.

Building on opportunities arising from the newly forming Integrated Care System (ICS) we will work with partners in the best interest of the people we serve, focussing on quality and good customer outcomes.

Your role will be to:

• provide innovative leadership to social care teams deliver the Suffolk Social Care strategy for independence outlined in Supporting Lives and Connecting Communities provide leadership in delivering against the service’s corporate transformation programme, including a Supported Housing redesign and Transforming Care drive high-quality social work practise using the Signs of Safety model, including leadership of Suffolk’s AMHP service develop integrated working with Health and other colleagues be responsible for teams of around 150 social care staff with a budget of over £100m be a key part of the MHLDA Social Care management team deliver value for money.

What you will need

A commitment to delivering the best services for people in Suffolk and demonstrable evidence of high performance and partnership working at a senior level within a local authority or other organisation with comparable scope, size, and complexity. You will have a working knowledge and experience of Mental Health Social Work.

In return, we offer you:

• a highly supportive and experienced team to work with the ability to work flexibly to balance work and your personal priorities experience as a leader in innovative integration and transformation the great potential for changing people’s lives for the better.

Suffolk County Council offers a range of family and carer friendly flexible working options including hybrid working with up to 3 days per week working at home.

We will be happy to consider all options to support you, your work-life balance and career.

Travelling requirements for your role

Frequent Travel Essential - We positively encourage the use of technology to communicate and engage, but in this role, you will need to travel, so you must either hold a full and current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means. If you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability to meet the travel requirements of this role, please speak with the contact detailed below.

To find out more

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Sarah Nasmyth-Miller on 07717 302458.

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