We Are St Helens Borough Council
Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.
Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.
Making A Difference as an Adult Social Care Assurance & Improvement Lead
We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative Adult Social Care Assurance and Improvement Lead with a proven track record of delivering successful highly developed Project Management, analytical and judgement skills, whilst working as part a team to deliver the priorities within Adult Social Care.
The person will provide strong leadership, programme leadership and coordination to make Adult Social Services as modern, effective and efficient as possible. The post holder will support the DASS and Senior Leaders in setting and co-ordinating the delivery of outcomes. They will work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.
The Adult Social Care Assurance and Improvement Lead will play a vital role in driving innovation, making connections, and recognising the dependencies between programmes of work. In addition, the key purpose of the role is to support the day-to-day management of programmes, in particular Integration, BCF and Inspection Readiness across the Department.
Overview of the Main Duties of the Role
1. Promote an integrated, consolidated and consistent partnership-wide approach to programme management, supported by the appropriate governance arrangements, processes and stakeholder engagement.
2. To establish and implement a performance management framework and ensure performance is managed, monitored, and controlled to ensure successful implementation of programme delivery.
3. Ensure the programmes and associated projects are delivered on time, within budgets and that strategic goals are achieved.
4. Undertake all elements of the Adult Social Care Programmes, (in particular, CQC Assurance and BCF further alignment) to ensure the department is fully aware of changes and support the delivery and implementation of key elements of assurance and integration.
5. Develop Adult Social Care evaluation framework which incorporates benefits realisation to assess the strengths and weaknesses in readiness for CQC Assurance.
6. Lead and implement all 4 Themes as outlined in the CQC Assurance, as well as working with the BCF National Team in terms further development of the BCF Programme.
7. Provide a risk management process for all projects that fall in the remit of CQC Assurance, BCF and wider integration.
8. Identify and evaluate the risks associated with the programme activities and take appropriate action to control/mitigate the risks.
9. Lead, implement and manage the initiation and implementation of key CQC Assurance and other projects in consultation with senior stakeholders, actively leading projects where appropriate to defined cost and quality standards.
10. Monitor, evaluate and report to EMB, PLT and Policy Cabinet as required on the programme activities according to the evaluation framework and recommend any changes to enhance the programmes and CQC Assurance.
11. Develop and maintain all relevant programme management reporting, providing direction and support to relevant Assistant Directors and the DASS.
12. To manage stakeholder engagement ensuring that the views of residents, service users, partners, local businesses, and the wider public help shape future models of service delivery.
13. Use knowledge of anticipated changes in legislation and policy to identify priority areas for strategy and policy development and keep abreast of new developments, initiatives and innovation.
14. To assist with leadership and direction to the change and reform of the Council’s Adult Services to achieve the desired transformation in both culture and approach to modernising services and in responding to ongoing challenges.
15. To assist with the identification and anticipate the effect on service provision within the scope of the service of new developments giving consideration to internal and external forces to ensure that services are delivered in the best interests of the Council and residents in enhancing experience and service user satisfaction within Adult Social Care, aligned to CQC expectations.
Interviews will be held on ……..
Interested to Find Out More?
You can review our full job description details, and person specification information here.
You are also welcome to contact us for a chat before applying by emailing us at: jamailahussain@sthelens.gov.uk or victoriabulter@sthelens.gov.uk
Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment.
St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Employer. This means that the Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within the interview/selection process.
Equality & Diversity
St Helens Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. Further information about Equality & Diversity at St Helens Council can be found here https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/equality
St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Employer. This means that the Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within the interview/selection process
NOLAN Principles of Conduct in Public Life.
All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan
Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.
