Job Introduction
ASC Commissioning Disabilities
Strategic Commissioning Manager – Disabilities
2 posts
Pay Scale £48,474 - £51,515 p.a.
Full Time, Permanent.
BCP Council Adult Social Commissioning for Disabilities is seeking two highly motivated Commissioning Managers to join their team.
The posts will be working to support the commissioning requirements of people with care and support needs that primarily focus on mental health, learning disabilities and Neurodivergence. Ranging from low level support in the community to people with complex care and support needs. One Post will specialise in Learning Disabilities and the other in Mental Health and Neurodivergence.
The Role:
- To ensure commissioned services are delivered to meet the priorities for improving the health and well-being of vulnerable adults, young people in transition to adulthood and their carer’s. This will involve working with key partners within the Integrated Care System and wider such as the NHS, the voluntary and community sectors and providers of services, to identify local service development and opportunities for joint working.
- Contribute to the development, implementation and monitoring of service commissioning plans to enable a considered and co-ordinated approach to delivering the Council’s strategic objectives in social care, which are effective and customer focused.
- Represent the service unit and the Council in multi-agency forums, working parties, local and regional bodies to contribute to the exchange of information and the promotion of best practice/practice excellence’ developments.
- Analyse data, and work with stakeholders and partners to identify and develop alternative methods and channels for service delivery to meet increasing demand with reducing resource.
- To recruit, lead, motivate and manage staff to deliver a high quality, flexible and responsive service to internal and external customers.
- To provide effective oversight and co-ordination to drive service improvement and ensure that commissioning projects are delivered on time and within budget.
- To ensure effective budget monitoring arrangements are in place within the team and that timely corrective action is taken to deal with any variances and eventualities that arise.
About you:
- Degree level Education or significant experience of adult social care commissioning including expertise in a number of specialist areas
- Experience of developing service user and stakeholder involvement in the commissioning and delivery of services to implement and deliver strategic service outcomes
- Experience of initiating and leading change across a range of contexts, delivering service improvement initiatives and demonstrate positive outcomes for service users
- Knowledge of current relevant legislation and statutory duties, responsibilities and best practice in relation to the commissioning and contracting of Adult Services
You will be working in a supportive management and learning environment. There will be opportunities to attend wider meetings, webinars and training to further develop your knowledge and skills in the commissioning and social care sector.
Our team are driving forward the personalisation agenda with a view to more place-based commissioning and increasing choice and control through Individual Service Funds. If you share our excitement in taking forward a strength-based approach to commissioning, and championing the rights of people to be fully involved and supported within their own communities, then we would love you to be a part of our team.
If you would like to learn more about the role, please contact Siobain.hann@bcpcouncil.gov.uk - Head of Strategic Commissioning for Disabilities for an informal discussion.
About BCP Council
BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services. By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.
Our Benefits
We offer an excellent benefits package for further details see here
As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We have been in a process of collective bargaining since 2019 and have positively worked forward to reach an agreed position with the unions for the new contractual offer. This has taken longer than we hoped and therefore we are having to consider all alternative avenues available to enable us to remove inequality in the organisation as a result of bringing together 3 councils.
We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation, and all colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. We want to reassure everyone that whichever route is taken to reach the new terms and conditions, we can honour continuous service and there will not be any job reduction as a result of the implementation of Pay and Reward. If you have any questions at all about this process, please feel free to raise this with the hiring manager.
DBS
BCP Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the community and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Applicants to this post will be required to complete the appropriate level of Disclosure & Barring Service Check. Please refer to the Job Description or Role Profile for more details.
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