Rochdale Council
Location
Rochdale, Greater Manchester | United Kingdom
Job description
Job ref: RO90483
Location: Number One Riverside, Smith Street, Rochdale OL16 1XU
Salary: £57,691 to £61,419
Grade: SM3
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 24 th March 2024
Interview Date: to be confirmed
Interview Type: In Person
We are on an exciting journey of growth, transformation and integration developing a workforce fit to meet the demands of the future, empowering communities for adults and families. Working closely with our partners, providers and wider stakeholders, we are on a journey to develop an integrated workforce promoting and valuing the wellbeing and work life balance of its employees.
As Head of Commissioning for Health, Housing and Prevention, you will be responsible for commissioning a range of services to meet the needs of Rochdale residents both now and in the future, as well as readying the department for the upcoming CQC inspections.
You will be required to drive the implementation of commissioning strategies for health, housing and prevention, instilling our core values and by ensuring ‘people are at the heart, from the start, of every commissioning decision’. You will lead on the creation of innovative approaches to high quality, affordable and outcomes focused services. You will lead a programme of developing new accommodation for those with additional needs in borough preventing the need for people who need services having to go outside of the borough. You will develop strong relations with health colleagues working in an integrated fashion to ensure best outcomes. You will also drive the work around prevention to help prevent, reduce and delay the need for people to access traditional services, enabling people to live independently at home for as long as possible and able.
You will bring expertise and knowledge of developing and leading large scale transformational change programmes. You will be good at building relations and working collaboratively across an integrated system to achieve the best outcomes for people in Rochdale.
We are looking for someone who can bring a high level of creativity, energy and enthusiasm and be unwavering in pursuit of our ambitious goals for health and social care improvement. If you feel you can use your experience to make a real difference, we would love to hear from you!
To learn more about our service, please (watch our video / read our links) and for an informal discussion about the role, please contact Hayley Ashall, Assistant Director, for Commissioning of Adult Social Care and Prevention ([email protected])
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The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects staff to share this commitment.
Casual User Car Allowance is payable
Rochdale Borough Council is a great place to work. Please click here for information on Number One Riverside and the borough of Rochdale.
At Rochdale Borough Council we are committed to our Values and Behaviours.
· Proud of the difference we make
· Passionate about the diversities of the Borough
· Pioneering and Open in our Approach
This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. This means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority; giving you access to our service-related benefits.
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£57.69k per annum
