Grade: Grade L
Vacancy Hours: Full time 37 hours per week
Contract Type : Permanent
Weekend Working: No
Interview Date: Friday 22nd July 2022
Venue for Interview: Virtual (MS Teams)
Come, join the Service Development team, and help
to shape the future of adult social care services across North Yorkshire.
Who we are?
We are a transformational team working across the unique service area of:
- Service Development (Commissioning)
Our core aim is to develop a long-term sustainable transformation plan, for delivery of Health and Care Services. As a team we place innovation at the heart of everything we do. We will do this through the delivery of the following key success factors:
- We develop, deliver and commission sustainable services, that demonstrate we make a difference;
- We have a collaborative, holistic approach with all internal and external stakeholders and partners;
- We ensure that we deliver economically sustainable and efficient services, that demonstrate we provide value for money; and
- We develop, deliver and commission the most
effective care that is available, with the aim of improving outcomes, that
are innovative and evidence based.
We have the following exciting and pivotal role available, please see below to find out more about Service Development and the role available.
Who we are?
The Service Development Team is an engine room for commissioning, service transformation and improvement. The Team consists of Strategic Service Development Managers, Senior Service Development Officers and Service Development Project Officers who have responsibility for a locality and a defined strategic portfolio.
- People are at the heart of what we do, ensuring access to services that are inclusive and equitable.
- We encourage place-based local care and developing strong local relationships. We gather intelligence from each of our localities around areas for development or gaps in service to inform our future plans.
- We create opportunities to encourage system-wide leadership
- We continually strive to develop services which are truly co-produced with our partners, ensuring equal partnership between people who use services, carers and wider stakeholders, whilst raising the ambition to strive for innovation and always thinking of new ways of working.
What do we do?
Ø Our role is to be a critical friend to ensure we champion people who use our services, deliver value for money and efficiency throughout Health and Adult Services, working with the Practice Team, Care and Support and partner organisations.
Ø Service Development has recently embarked on an ambitious programme to transform the way we commission and deliver services, which includes the following portfolios; residential & nursing care, home based support, community based support, complex care services.
Ø We work with wide range of stakeholders to collectively define our ambition for service development to achieve positive outcomes for people.
What role is available?
Ø Senior Service Development Officer Commissioning (HARA – Harrogate area)
More information is available in the job description and person specification.
If you have any queries or wish to have a conversation about the post, please contact Helen Thirkell, Strategic Service Development Manager, Service Development Team at helen.thirkell@northyorks.gov.uk or by calling 07989309679.
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