The Role
Our client, a Local Authority in the South East, are seeking an Interim Assistant Director of Adult Social Services.
Responsibilities
- Provide strong and visible leadership within the service of Adult Social Care
- Foster effective operational partnerships between the service and external organisations
- Ensuring the delivery of professional and high quality services for Adult Social Care
- Ensure the implementation of strategies to continuously improve performance, champion development, and promote a positive image for Adult Social Care
- contribute to negotiations with external service providers,
- Contribute to the annual formulation of budgets and take a strategic quality driven approach to service and policy development
You will have
- Significant experience in Adult social care, policy development and management in a similar environment
- Experience at a senior managerial level of successfully managing significant social services programmes and or services
- Experience leading successful change programmes that focus on improved service delivery
- Extensive experience of strategic planning and policy formulation and implementation