Interim Assistant Director of Commissioning Adult Social Care

Interim - Assistant Director - Commissioning and Partnerships, Health & Adult Social Care £600 - £650 per day (Perm salary per annum up to £92,000) Contract: 3 months possibility of extension Brighton BN1 1JW Do you want to improve lives through helping us to build innovative services that create a thriving and productive county and support for those who need it most? Our mission is to promote and improve health and wellbeing, supporting people to live independent and fulfilling lives To achieve our vision we need Brighton & Hove to be a city where health is everyone's business, so we work with partners to influence the social, economic and environmental factors that affect our health and wellbeing, as well working with communities to enable residents to adopt healthy lifestyles. Health and Adult Social Care is undergoing a period of substantial change, undertaking a four-year Better Lives, Stronger Communities transformation programme to deliver a strengths-based approach to the way services operate. This interim Assistant Director post will be an integral part to how change is achieved and will focus on the following deliverables to support the directorate's aims: To define a proposal for how to structure Commissioning going forward in Health & Adult Social Care, resulting in a diagnostic report to support the proposal's aims To stabilise line management arrangements. The Head of HASC Commissioning currently has a large number of direct reports - the proposal for restructure will include an assessment of how to achieve more streamlined line management to improve performance To provide an overview of the current market within Brighton & Hove of Care Provision. This will require interaction with providers and result in a piece of engagement work to start the conversation about changing to a strengths-based model of community and home care. An assessment will be required of how we can work with our partners to ensure market rates, quality and access continue to meet the needs of the service. To develop insight about how commissioning is supported across BHCC in terms of procurement, contract monitoring and performance and to report back where efficiencies and improvement could be found as a result of co-working or adoption of best practice. To develop a report outlining the commissioning implications of a growth of in-house delivery services in line with BHCC priorities To work across the 4 areas of commissioning to develop a proposal for how efficiencies can be delivered in excess of £50,000. Are you an experienced political operator and have experience of working in organisations with a strong trade union presence? We will need someone experienced in working at a senior level in an adult social care role with a focus on partnership working, market influence and management. Do you want to shape services to achieve priorities? Yes This is a fantastic opportunity to influence the future direction of the wider organisation. What are you waiting for? Apply today Guidant is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.