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Assistant Director of Adult Social Care

Job Posted: 5 days ago

Salary: £ 700 - 800 / Day
Job Type: Contract
Location: SY2, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Expire in: 23 days

Job Description

Interim Assistant Director of Adult Social Care

Rate:£(Apply online only)/ Day umbrella

Location: Shirehall Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6ND Hybrid - Two days a week on site – Tuesday and Thursday.

We are seeking an experienced and credible senior leader to help shape and deliver high-quality adult social care services. The Assistant Director will provide leadership across operational services, drive service improvement, ensure statutory and regulatory compliance, and champion person-centred, strengths-based approaches to practice.

Role: To provide operational and strategic leadership for Adult Social Care in Shropshire, ensuring high quality, lawful, person-centred services that promote independence, safeguard vulnerable adults, and deliver strong outcomes for residents. The postholder would be expected to lead service improvement, ensure regulatory readiness, manage performance and risk, and work corporately with partners across health, care, housing and the wider council.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the operational delivery of adult social care services across the council.

• Ensure compliance with statutory duties, professional standards and safeguarding responsibilities.

• Drive quality assurance, service performance, continuous improvement and effective use of resources.

• Manage budgets and resources effectively.

• Provide visible leadership across adult social care teams and contribute to wider corporate leadership.

• Work in partnership with health, community and voluntary sector organisations to improve integrated support for residents.

• Support transformation, redesign and modernisation of services in response to demand, policy change and financial pressures.

• Advise senior officers, elected members and partnership boards on adult social care issues, risks and opportunities.

• Promote strengths-based practice, independence, prevention and high quality outcomes for adults and carers.

Candidate: The role requires experience of senior leadership in adult social care with a strong grasp of statutory responsibilities, service transformation, partnership working and performance improvement.

A successful candidate would need credibility with practitioners and partners, the ability to lead through change, sound political awareness, and a clear commitment to person centred practice, safeguarding and improving outcomes for local people. Relevant professional qualifications and leadership credentials

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