Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Context

Occupational Therapists prioritise prevention and early intervention, supporting people to manage their health and reduce the frequency and need for crisis interventions and care services. The Occupational Therapy service delivers person centred, goal focussed assessment and support planning to enable people to live their best lives.

Occupational Therapists in North Yorkshire Council could work within the Prevention and Access team, community based locality teams or within the Intermediate Care Hubs. You may work with people in a variety of settings including peoples homes, VCSO settings, health and care home settings etc.

The Prevention and Access team is made up of Social Care staff who are the first point of contact for Adult Social Care. The aim of this service is to provide a better opportunity to ensure people get the right help at the right time, including diverting many people to other more appropriate solutions for their care needs, thus reducing demand for formal social care services through effective screening and triage to universal services and existing community resources. Occupational Therapy is delivered by a county wide service, with locality based teams who will respond to requests for Occupational Therapy assessments, supported and managed by an OT qualified manager.

Occupational Therapists will also work alongside MDT colleagues within Intermediate Care hubs to facilitate hospital discharges and supporting admission avoidance.

The specific requirements regarding operational working hours will be determined by service and operational team requirements.

Ability to travel across a large geographical area within North Yorkshire is essential.

Job Specifics

• To provide a professional OT assessment within the Customer Contact Centre and or the Locality Occupational Therapy Team or Intermediate Care Hub.
• To maintain professional skills and knowledge, it is expected that Occupational Therapists may rotate across all 3 services areas.
• To support people contacting the CSC for equipment advice to complete online self assessment tools
• To provide effective information, advice and guidance on equipment within the Prevention and Access Team.
• To provide a timely resolution to equipment enquiries within the Prevention and Access team in the CSC.
• To work creatively with people and their carers, family and friends throughout the Occupational Therapy process.
• To work collaboratively with partners in Intermediate Care Hubs, Community Social Care, Health, VCSO, housing and care providers (and any services required to support the person) to ensure that adults and or their carers outcomes are achieved.
• Use core Occupational Therapy skills to support people and or their carers to achieve their identified goals, through person centred and occupation focussed therapeutic interventions.
• Co-create therapy plans within a multi-disciplinary team, to meet the principles of the Care Act 2014. Using a person centred and strength based approach, the aim is to prevent, reduce and delay needs and to improve the persons wellbeing and quality of life.

*Note: Occupational Therapists will be expected to undertake Best Interest Assessor training as part of their career progression and statutory duty of working for a Local Authority.

Job Purpose

The core focus of the Occupational Therapist role is to support people to live their best lives.

Operational Management

• Undertake Occupational Therapy assessments with people and or their carers.
• Assess for and arrange equipment, assistive technology, where appropriate Direct Payments and minor, major adaptations to maintain and improve the persons independence.
• Undertake moving and handling assessments, risk assessments and create moving and handling plans when appropriate to support the person, formal and informal carers.
• Work as part of a team around the person to facilitate timely assessment, access to equipment and major adaptation solutions, including making recommendations for Disabled Facilities Grants.
• Determine eligibility under the Care Act where required.
• Co-produce and review support intervention plans to meet identified outcomes.
• Promote positive health and wellbeing, providing advice on healthy lifestyles and supporting people to access health improvement initiatives.
• Offer advice and guidance to people, carers and appropriate colleagues, care workers in the correct use of equipment and or techniques to facilitate achieving outcomes.
• Undertake or contribute to re-assessments, review of services as required.
• Represent the Directorate in court proceedings and with other agencies as required.
• Undertake a practice education role with students.
• Contribute to practice and service development.

Communications

• Maintain clear, concise and timely records in line with the Directorate's policies on file maintenance and HCPC, RCOT requirements.
• Maintain clear communication with people and carers in line with the Directorate's policies and HCPC, RCOT requirements.
• Effectively negotiate and manage conversations in difficult situations.
• Communicate appropriately and professionally at all times.

Resource Management

• Provide day-to-day advice and support and act as Professional Practice Educator to students.
• Contribute to team, directorate and organisational performance targets.
• Support people and or their carers to meet their assessed needs within the indicative budget.
• Consider best value equipment and adaptations to meet a persons needs.

Systems and Information

• Ensure that you utilise the current business processes to support the Adult Social Care function in relation to case recording, financial monitoring, ICT. Assisting in the collection of data and making appropriate use of IT systems.
• Assist in the timely and accurate collection of performance data using appropriate IT systems and processes.
• Contribute to the on-going improvement and development of Adult Social Care processes and systems.
• Assist in the collection of performance data using the appropriate IT systems.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy
• Professional skills and registration in line with the Health and Care Professions Council

Desirable

• Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Best Interest Assessor Qualification (or its successor).
• Practice Educator or a commitment to undertake the Practice Educator post graduate programme.

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of relevant social care legislation and associated guidance, for example the Care Act
• Knowledge and understanding of the impact of physical and sensory impairments and learning disability on independence and activities of daily living for all age groups.
• Understanding and application of the social model of disability.
• Knowledge and understanding of how Equality & Diversity, Dignity & Respect and Human Rights apply to this role.
• Wide knowledge base of disability equipment and its application.
• Theoretical and applied medical, surgical, sociological, psychological and psychiatric knowledge.
• Knowledge of the basic framework of community care legislation and regulations.
• Knowledge of basic health and social care policy.
• Knowledge of statutory requirements, including requirements in respect of carers, equality and anti-discrimination legislation, maintaining a safe working environment, data protection and confidentiality.
• Knowledge of Direct Payments.
• Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act.
• Knowledge of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards legislation.
• Knowledge of Mental Health Act.

Desirable

• Knowledge of relevant legislation in relation to children and young people.

Occupational Skills

Essential

• A person centred approach to working with adults.
• Moving and handling assessment and practical skills.
• Risk assessment, management and positive risk enablement.
• Demonstration, teaching skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills. Able to utilise skills to motivate, encourage and support people.
• The ability to converse at ease with people and provide advice in spoken English which is essential for the post.
• Effective written communication skills, communicates effectively in writing to produce documents in a range of formats and styles to suit a range of audiences. Excellent case recording and report writing skills.
• Resilience skills. Works productively in a pressurised environment and supports others to do so. Ability to act calmly during challenging circumstances and recover quickly from setbacks.
• Effective time management and planning skills, meets deadlines.
• Good IT skills including use of email, intranet, internet, word, excel and inputting data.
• Flexibility and adaptability.
• Decision making skills, can make decisions within own area of responsibility which may involve considering risks.
• Ability to work autonomously, seeking advice and guidance where required.
• Able to manage own time, diary and caseload in line with local policy expectations.
• Problem solving skills, uses creativity and innovation to generate solutions to problems.

Desirable

• Experience of Mental Capacity Assessments, including complex decision making.
• Able to present evidence for Continuing Health Care assessments.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of undertaking assessments and interventions with people of all ages.
• Experience of inter-agency working.
• Experience of working positively in a changing environment.

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience of contributing to the safeguarding of vulnerable adults.
• Experience of Occupational Therapy practice in a community setting.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

North Yorkshire Council

Address

County Hall

Racecourse Lane

Northallerton

North Yorkshire

DL7 8AE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further full description and information on the role and person specification please see attached job description

Person Specification

Qualifications Education and Training

Essential

• Current HCPC professional registration
• Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent, plus short specialist courses, experience to post-graduate equivalent diploma level
• Specialist understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and protocols within identified clinical area

Desirable

• Previous experience working as a community based Occupational Therapist
• Member of specialist interest group/network, locally or regionally
• Leadership qualification/equivalent experience if required

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Evidence of sound post-registration professional practice
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at a specialist level of care
• Experience of case load management within specialist service area, some of which may be complex

Desirable

• Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures

Skills, Competencies and Personal Qualities

Essential

• Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and fieldwork education/mentorship
• Ability to effectively commute between the organisations various sites and patient homes
• Required to work within North Yorkshire Council while receiving supervision and support from HTFT.

Desirable

• Ability to manage daily operations and maintain a safe working environment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Scarborough

174 Prospect Road

Scarborough

YO12 7LB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.humber.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Context

• The Care Act was the most significant change in social care legislation in 70 years. The Act introduced a number of new duties for local authorities, including the wellbeing principles and statutory responsibilities to carers and safeguarding adults at risk of harm or neglect. The Act also introduced a new national eligibility criterion for adult social care. The Act represents a shift in social care practice to encompass all professions within social care and emphasises personalisation in social work practice, where assessment is considered an intervention and where social work practice should take account of the individual strengths of the person, their family and friends and wider community.
• The new Adult Social Care Assurance Framework will measure the quality and effectiveness of adult social care services within the Local Authority. There will be a significant focus on developing staff awareness of performance, quality, the experience and outcomes for people using social care services and continuous assessment of local authorities against nationally agreed Key Lines of Enquiry.
• You will work as part of the team under the Practice Lead, Portfolio Lead or Countywide Group Manager in a specific locality or team. The focus of the Advanced Practitioner in the team is to implement the requirements of the Care Act with a focus on quality, performance, practice and outcomes for people. In a local team, this extends to include complex casework and supporting Practice Leads with safeguarding coordination and any other relevant legislation applicable to specialist country wide teams.
• Working across adults, older adults community social care teams as well as in specialist team areas, the main focus of the role will be supporting the Practice Lead, Portfolio Leads and Countywide Group Managers with quality assurance, team performance, coordination of safeguarding and complex casework. Advanced Practitioners will have line management responsibility of a small number of Social Care Coordinators and Wellbeing Officers.

Operational Management

• Directly line manage a small group of social care coordinators and wellbeing Occupational Therapy Assistants.
• Work with specific teams within the scope of the line manager in ensuring that practice is compliant with relevant legislation, is safe and of good quality.
• Develop staff awareness and practice in respect of performance and quality.
• Ensure the compliance of designated operational teams with various performance requirements.
• In conjunction with leads to undertake quality monitoring of adult social care, social work, occupational therapy practice through the review of assessment and support planning in accordance with timescales and other quality standards agreed in local procedures alongside other procedures.
• Ensure that support planning reflects the personal, familial and community assets or strengths of the adult with care and support needs or carer and that the principles of best value are consistently applied.
• Ensure that practice and support planning meet the desired outcomes for people and that their views and opinions are reflected in social work practice and recording.
• Ensure that the national eligibility criteria are consistently applied, with a clear rationale for the decision being made and that due consideration is given to the wellbeing principle.
• Report to line manager any areas of concern around practice, performance or concordance with legislative requirements.
• Ensure the Practice Development Officers are aware of any issues and assist in developing, implementing and managing improvements in practice within Adult Social Care Community teams and their interfaces with other professionals in relevant agencies.
• Ensure teams have processes in place to support the Performance framework and highlight interventions and trends in social care, social work, occupational therapy practice within their specific locality.
• Lead on a program of audit and review of activities across the Directorate which identify improvements in performance and lead to better service standards.
• Report to the leads any issues of particular risk to adults with care and support needs or care or services which might attract attention from Members or the media.
• To work towards the highest possible levels of data quality.
• To ensure a consistency of approach and outcomes.
• Deputise for leads as required.

Resource Management

• Provide day-to-day information advice and guidance to staff within a specific locality.
• Support the Practice Team in ensuring that training delivered meets required standards and reflects current best practice.
• Ensure local managers and staff to use initiative in the identification of key issues in relation to improving performance, existing systems and activity, and produce proposals to address these.
• To ensure that all staff and managers have a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities, with regard to the performance and quality agenda and to develop appropriate skills to deliver the performance agenda.
• Be a Practice Educator for students who are placed in or visiting the team as agreed with line manager.

Communications

• Communicate effectively with other practitioners and professionals to ensure required outcomes are achieved.
• To ensure regular communication of performance issues to all staff in ways that are easily understandable.
• Provide professional information, advice and guidance as required.
• Represent North Yorkshire Council as required with internal and external customers.
• Develop expertise in coaching and mentoring staff who are less experienced.
• In conjunction with the Practice Development Officers deliver workshops and or learning events to support the ongoing development of social work practice in specific teams, locality or across the county as required.

Systems and Information

• Ensure that practitioners utilise the current business processes to support the Adult Social Care in relation to case recording, quality, performance, and financial monitoring and outcomes for people.
• Based on the analysis of the data collection contribute to the development and monitoring of improvement plans within a specific locality.
• Assist in the collection of performance and outcome data and make appropriate use of IT systems.
• Contribute to the ongoing improvement and development of Adult Social Care processes and systems in conjunction with the strategic objectives of the Directorate.
• To work with leads in developing team/ service targets for performance gains on a monthly basis in line with national and Directorate expectations.
• To ensure early identification of variations in performance and quality using diagnostic tools.
• To work with leads to develop solutions and implement action plans locally and ensure that best practice is shared across the County.
• To analyse and interpret data in order to identify the most effective courses of action.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educate to degree level or equivalent with a professional social care qualification. e.g. Degree in Social Work, Occupational Therapy, DipSW, CQSW.
• Professional registration with Social Work England or HCPC.

Desirable

• Best Interest Assessor Training
• Approved Mental Health Professional qualification
• Practice Educator or equivalent qualification

Occupational Skills

Essential

• Ability to work independently using experience and initiative.
• Ability to work well with others to promote Directorate and Health and Adult Services policies and objectives.
• Ability to contribute to an annual service performance plan and monitor standards to facilitate continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills. Ability to use persuasion, influencing and or negotiation techniques to influence others.
• Resilience skills. Works productively in a pressurised environment and supports others to do so.
• Ability to act calmly during difficult circumstances and recovers quickly from setbacks.
• Effective time management and planning skills, meets deadlines.
• Effective written communication skills, communicates effectively in writing to produce documents in a range of formats and styles to suit a range of audiences. Excellent case recording and report writing skills.
• Decision making skills, can make decisions within own area of responsibility which may involve considering risks.
• Ability to monitor quality and service standards.
• Good IT skills including use of email, intranet, internet, word, excel and inputting date into the Councils assessment system.
• Flexibility and adaptability.
• Problem solving skills, uses creativity and innovation to generate solutions to problems.
• Resource Management skills.
• Planning and project management skills.
• Ability to respond to a changing environment and performance demands, flexible and adaptable.
• Creative and Innovative.
• Highly motivated.
• Open manner, with the ability to work well with colleagues at all levels in the organisation.
• Effective leadership skills and the ability to promote Directorate and Adult and Community Services operational policy and objectives.

Experience

Essential

• Advanced practitioners must have substantial experience in adult social care undertaking complex work in the application of relevant legislation.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of effective assessment and social care practice to deliver the best outcomes for people.
• Knowledge and understanding of social care policy developments and good practice at a local and national level.
• Knowledge of community, residential and day services for adults with social care needs.
• Good working knowledge, understanding and application of the Care Act and regulations.
• Knowledge and understanding of other relevant legislation for adult social care, for example the Mental Capacity Act, Human Rights Act and other relevant legislation pertaining to Specialist area.
• Knowledge of statutory requirements, including requirements in respect, equality and anti-discrimination legislation, data protection and confidentiality.
• Knowledge and understanding of how Equality & Diversity, Dignity & Respect and Human Rights will apply to this role.
• Understanding of information for internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Understanding of quality and service standards at a multi-agency level.
• Demonstrable experience of adult social care operations and management in a local authority, major independent service organisation or equivalent.
• Demonstrable experience of undertaking complex assessment of health or social care needs in a community setting.
• Experience of applying asset and strength-based approaches into practice.
• Demonstrable experience of initiating the appropriate statutory and other actions required to undertake adult protection investigations.
• Experience of working positively in a changing environment.
• Experience of working with management information.
• An understanding of the performance assessment framework and ability to understand and analyse trends.
• Experience of promoting the achievement of equality standards throughout the organisation.

Desirable

• Have an awareness and understanding of financial systems and budget management.
• Experience of working with and implementing organizational culture change strategies.
• Relevant experience in the management of specific resources in a changing organisational environment, including human and financial resources.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

North Yorkshire Council

Address

County Hall

Racecourse Lane

Northallerton

North Yorkshire

DL7 8AE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Ensure that resources are used in a planned way in order to maintain an efficient and cost-effective service which takes full account of both changing needs and resource availability.

Contribute to and implement an annual Service Performance Plan. Ensure quality outcomes for individuals within the promoting a persons wellbeing, independence, and healthy outcomes.

In conjunction with the line manager, contribute to the improvement and modernisation of business processes consistent with the Council and Directorate standards and procedures

Ensure that the service complies with both the Care Quality Commission regulated activities and ensure that the service works within NYC policies and procedures.

Contribute to the development and maintenance of multi-disciplinary partnerships with other organisations, including health providers, Clinical commissioning groups and other commissioners exploring and negotiating on behalf of NYC on mixed models of service delivery within a specified service(s)

You will undertake and monitor and sign off the induction of new starters supporting their completion of the skills for Care Induction.

Ensure care staff work in accordance with individual care and service plans.

Agree and organise services for new/transferring people.

Ensure clear arrangements are in place regarding the provision of unscheduled care to residents in emergency situations.

Ensure effective communication with individuals using the service, families, carers, and others involved in caring for residents.

Ensure Senior Care & Support Workers and/or Team Leaders plan and implement rotas for staff cover, organise, and ensure adequate staffing cover, authorisation of timesheets and other payments.

Recruitment, Selection and Induction of staff.

Ensure risk assessments are carried out and that staff work within the Risk Management framework. Responsibility for the health and safety and welfare of all staff in your area of responsibility.

Monitor sickness absence across your area of responsibility. With appropriate guidance from Human Resources take a lead role in proactively dealing with any formal issues arising from sickness absence, disciplinary, performance, grievances etc.

Appraise the line manager of matters arising which are particularly sensitive in nature or are controversial.

Deal with any complaints assigned.

Deputise for line manager as appropriate

Contribute to the analysis of community needs and commissioning plans.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• We are looking for someone who has:
• Previous experience in a care setting, including supervising or leading staff.
• Strong leadership, organisational, and communication skills.
• Experience of staff supervision, performance management, and development.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, health and safety, and risk management principles.
• A commitment to delivering high-quality, person-centred care.
• The ability to make decisions confidently and work effectively under pressure.
• Excellent spoken and written English skills.
• Additional Information
• A satisfactory DBS check is required for this post.
• It is an expectation that Registered Managers actively develop their knowledge, skills, and competencies in line with recognised management standards.
• This role involves regular spoken communication and requires a confident use of the English language.
• A level 3 qualification in Care, Promoting Independence or equivalent is required with a commitment to undertake a level 5 qualification in Leadership for Health and Social Care
• There is a requirement for the successful applicant to achieve registration with CQC as a fit and proper person to manage a registered service.

Qualifications

Essential

• An NVQ level 3 in Care/Promoting Independence or CQF Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care
• The Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young Peoples Services OR commitment to achieve this qualification within 12 months.
• Registered Manager Qualification or commitment to achieve Managers qualification within 12 months. Post holders require registration with Care Quality Commission (CQC) and will need to undertake a successful interview process to achieve registration as a fit and proper person to manage a registered service.

Desirable

• A management qualification.
• A professional social care or health qualification e.g., Social Work, OT, Nursing
• Management or Business qualification to NVQ level 4, BTEC, HNC

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

North Yorkshire Council

Address

Harrogate area

Harrogate

North Yorkshire

HG1 1AB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job context

North Yorkshire Council is committed to delivering high-quality services in collaboration with partners to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families. At the heart of this ambition is the ability to transform and commission services across the system that make a measurable difference.

The Head of Commissioning is a key member of the Childrens Partnership and Sufficiency Leadership Team, leading commissioning and contract activity and ensuring a sustainable provider market that meets statutory duties including sufficiency.

This role will lead all commissioning activity and contract designs for Childrens Services ensuring that coproduction is at the heart of each stage of the commissioning cycle and that services are commissioned to meet peoples needs at the right time, at the right place and in a way that supports good outcomes for people.

Work in conjunction with the Assistant Director for Childrens Sufficiency and Partnerships

with other Directorates, elected members and other senior colleagues across the Council as required.

The role has responsibility to ensure there is a consistent and coherent approach taken to commissioning and contracting for services across CYPS.

To provide strategic leadership for the commissioning of children's services, ensuring services are effective, evidence-based, financially sustainable and improve outcomes.

Job Purpose

Provide strategic leadership for commissioning across CYPS, leading transformation and delivering high-quality, value for money services through partnership working.

Operational Management:

Deputise for Assistant Director where required.

Lead commissioning delivery to meet need and outcomes ensuring an integrated overview of commissioning plans, contractual issues and quality outcomes, driving continuous improvement.

Oversee commissioning lifecycle

To ensure compliance with all statutory guidance and national policy

Drive improvement and innovation, commissioning county wide needs assessments and market audits to inform the commissioning requirements across CYPS.

Ensure commissioning activity supports the Councils statutory and legal obligations including safeguarding.

To oversee the implementation of decommissioning and mobilisation of new commissioned services across CYPS

To ensure sustainable and diverse markets are supported across the county

The post holder will ensure all portfolio areas have an appropriate governance framework, and will monitor performance levels.

Lead full commissioning cycle including needs assessment, market analysis, service design, procurement, contract management and evaluation.

Establish robust performance frameworks, monitor outcomes, and lead continuous improvement.

Foster innovation, accountability and inclusion within commissioning teams.

Resource management:

Manage budgets effectively, including revenue and capital budget, ensuring that services are financially stable and within budget when commissioning and where possible achieving significant income and efficiencies for the Local Authority.

Lead development of fee frameworks and support negotiation of contractual terms, including leading contract meetings

Lead, manage and supervise commissioning and contract managers, embedding best value and utilisation.

Develop mechanisms to support provider sustainability and minimise provider failure.

Identify and implement changes in practice that lead to service efficiency and integrated working.

Provide leadership, motivation and regular supervision, appraisal and development to those staff for whom they are responsible, ensuring the effective performance of all members of their team.

The post holder will ensure their behaviours and those of their managers comply with the expectations of the Managers Pocket book and that their managers and staff all comply with the Councils Behaviour and Skills Framework

Deliver value for money and efficiencies while maintaining statutory compliance.

Partnerships:

Lead strategic partnerships, working collaboratively various internal and external partners and stakeholders.

Represent the Directorate at relevant policy, organisational, co-ordination and consultation forums with external agencies, other Council Directorates within the Service Area or wider Directorate as required

Develop and maintain relationships with key regional and national organisations

Build partnerships across health, education, social care, police and voluntary sector.

Strategic management

Lead commissioning strategy for CYPS

Define models of care, stimulate the provider market, and ensure commissioning decisions are evidence-based and cost-effective.

Provide oversight of the market, including risk escalation, reporting, and mitigation strategies

To work unsupervised and take responsibility for own workload, dealing with complex issues, delegating work, as appropriate.

Improve and modernise business processes.

Develop policies, guidance and procedures to ensure consistent working practices, ensure clarity of function and explore opportunity to joint working arrangements with other directorates.

Evaluate transformation which has taken place to ensure lessons are learnt and used to improve further transformation.

Translate national policy and legislation into local commissioning and improvement approaches.

Communications:

Produce reports for senior leaders, communicating risks, trends and impacts clearly as required.

Build strong stakeholder relationships and foster collaboration across organisations.

Strengthen relationships with teams and partners to support innovation and joint working

Ability to provide information, written and oral, in an extensive range of formats to an extensive range of audiences whilst being sensitive to the nature of the transformation and the audience, ensuring the end goal is achieved effectively.

Negotiate with partners (internal and external) individually and collectively to achieve the Directorates and commissioning partners aims and objectives.

Lead engagement and consultation processes to achieve the introduction of new initiatives and change in their locality

Represent the Directorate at appropriate inter and intra agency meetings, promoting, liaising, consulting and engaging with managers, staff, people who use our services and their carers and other stakeholders in challenging situations

Systems and information:

Use evidence, analysis, resource mapping, and service reviews to inform commissioning decisions.

Develop and maintain systems for strong market intelligence based on data, evidence and lived experience

Lead the use of complex data and information to inform transformational decision making is a key aspect to this role.

Provide an overview of relevant and complex information to assist senior and strategic managers and officers in their understanding of commissioning issues within CYPS

Ensure performance monitoring systems are in place to demonstrate appropriate governance for integrated care and support arrangements.

Ensure compliance with procurement law, safeguarding, equalities and information governance

Safeguarding:

Ensure services meet statutory requirements and that all professionals safeguard and promote the wellbeing of children.

Be committed to safeguarding and promote the welfare of children, young people and adults, raising concerns as appropriate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience.
• Relevant professional or postgraduate qualification in commissioning, management, public service leadership, social care, education, health, or a related discipline
• Masters degree or leadership qualification.
• Professional membership of a relevant body.

Other Requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel across the county and work outside office hours as required.
• Willingness to undertake further professional development to fulfil the requirements of the role.
• This role is politically restricted.

Experience

Essential

• Significant senior leadership experience within childrens services commissioning, including leading large-scale commissioning programmes and service transformation.
• Experience managing substantial budgets, resources, contracts and provider relationships.
• Experience developing commissioning strategies informed by needs analysis, evidence, data and market intelligence.
• Experience working successfully with elected members, senior stakeholders and multi-agency partners.
• Detailed understanding of childrens services legislation, policy, safeguarding and corporate parenting responsibilities.
• Knowledge of public sector procurement, commissioning frameworks and outcome-based commissioning approaches
• Experience of working in a large upper-tier local authority.
• Experience of regional commissioning collaborations.
• Experience of inspection preparation and improvement activity.
• Knowledge of integrated commissioning with health partners.
• Experience commissioning SEND, placements, or specialist childrens services.

Career Progression

Essential

• At NYC we value our employees, and as part of this we can provide wider opportunities to progress in your career. Through discussion with your manager identify areas of interest and consider avenues to progress to them, e.g. apprenticeships and work shadowing/coaching.
• As a large council we have a range of roles, across our services, and can provide a wealth of career and development opportunities to help our employees find fulfilling career development opportunities.

Occupational Skills

Essential

• Strategic and collaborative leadership, with resilience, sound judgement and a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Strong political awareness, sensitivity and ability to influence and negotiate effectively.
• Commercial acumen and ability to make data-driven decisions that support value for money and improved outcomes.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

North Yorkshire Council

Address

County Hall

Racecourse Lane

Northallerton

North Yorkshire

DL7 8AE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)