Head of Commissioning - Adults
- NHS
- Full Time
- Stoke-on-Trent
- 77581.00 - 81549.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
Team: The All Age Commissioning Team leads the strategic planning, commissioning and market development of a wide range of services across Children & Families, Adult Social Care, Public Health and All Age Transport. The team plays a central role in driving transformation, delivering efficiencies, ensuring statutory responsibilities are met and shaping high-quality services for local residents.
Directorate: Adult Social Care and All Age Commissioning is responsible for shaping, commissioning and transforming services that support children, young people, families, adults and older people across Stoke-on-Trent. Working closely with health partners, providers and communities, we develop innovative, sustainable solutions that improve outcomes, deliver value for money and ensure residents receive the right support at the right time.
Role: This is an exciting senior leadership opportunity to lead strategic commissioning and transformation across a diverse portfolio of services. You will influence system-wide change, develop innovative commissioning solutions, deliver ambitious transformation and savings programmes, and work with partners across local government, health and the voluntary sector to improve outcomes for Stoke-on-Trent residents. The role offers the chance to make a lasting impact on the future of services
Main duties of the job
1.Lead the development and delivery of strategic commissioning plans across Adult Social Care and, Public Health.
2.Drive large scale transformation programmes, service redesign and innovation for externally commissioned services and in house provision to improve outcomes for residents and deliver sustainable savings.
3.Provide strategic leadership for market shaping, provider relationships and commissioning activity, ensuring high quality, value for money services.
4.Build strong partnerships with NHS colleagues, providers, communities and other key stakeholders to deliver integrated, person centred services.
5.Lead and support statutory improvement activity, including CQC Assurance and Adult Social Care market sustainability requirements.
6.Manage significant budgets and commissioning programmes, providing expert advice and assurance to senior leaders, elected members and strategic boards.
About us
We are a city of strengths, with a proud heritage and bright future. Working for Stoke-on Trent City Council is more than just a job, it's about making, protecting and improving the services for the local population, reducing inequalities and improving independence for the people who live and work in the city. And thats where you come in. We are always looking for people of the highest calibre with skills, knowledge and experience to help us deliver our compelling vision.
Stoke-on-Trent City Councils diverse and talented workforce is its greatest asset and most valuable resource. The skills, knowledge and experience of our c.4,600 employees are essential to delivering our ambitions and vision for our organisation and Stoke-on-Trent. We want to be an employer that people are proud to work for, and where our staff are supported, developed and rewarded in an inclusive way that helps them to excel and to deliver the high-quality services that our residents need.
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
The role of commissioning is to understand the population, their resources, needs, and aspirations, now and in the future. We plan with local people, and our organisational partners, to make the most effective use of local resources and develop solutions to meet needs and aspirations. We create an environment where we, local people, and organisational partners can deliver outcomes with consistency using the right skills and services in an appropriate vehicle. We support continuous improvement so we can be even more ambitious for our organisations and communities in the future.
We strive to achieve this in partnership with local people, NHS commissioners, Schools and specialist providers. This promotes a person-centred, place-based and outcomes focused approach across our whole local system.
We support our organisation, local people and partners to look forward, using analysis and evidence to inform plans, manage risks appropriately, apply insight and develop the market to enable the right services for our children, young people, families, adults and older people. We drive change so they receive the right service for their need while ensuring the best possible value is achieved, being flexible to allow for different circumstances and applying our specialisms. We learn and adapt to deliver positive outcomes in efficient and consistent ways, constructively challenging how services are provided and working together to build on our strengths.
The postholder will determine strategic priorities to be delivered by teams of Commissioning and Contracts Managers, including All Age Transport, Placement Planning Manager/s, Personalised Commissioning Manager, Officers, Care Brokers, Transport Brokers and Support Officers through matrix management arrangements. They will also line manage a number of Commissioning and Contracts Managers, including All Age Transport Commissioning Manager and Placement Planning Manager/s for the purposes of performance management and workforce development.
The role will require joint working with other Council directorates, Health colleagues, Schools, providers, communities and other partners, therefore building effective working relationships and developing holistic opportunities is vital.
Key Accountabilities
Role specific
To implement and maintain a 3-year Commissioning Plan, which supports the Council Strategy and has a line of sight to the Councils Vision.
To establish, develop, lead and operate integrated, strategic, place based commissioning of childrens health and social care services, adults social care, public health, transport, and housing, supporting children and young people, adults and older people to stay well and to maintain maximum independence when they have care and support needs.
Operating as a key member of the Commissioning leadership team and working closely with other chief officers and clinical and political leaders of the ICB and Council to integrate and align the full range of ICB and Council activities in pursuit of agreed joint objectives. Ensure the safeguarding of children and adults is embedded in all of the directorates activities.
Responsible for the integrated commissioning of the services within the Childrens, Adults and Public Health commissioning pillar of the directorate structures. These include early help, SEND, short breaks, complex care, Looked after Children commissioned placements, health protection, mental health, sexual health, substance misuse, adults social care and transport services
To lead the transformation and delivery of the All Age Transport function which cuts across Children and Families, Adults Social Care and Housing, Regeneration and Operations
In line with the Care Act (2024), Children and Families Act (2014) and the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Code of Practice:
To develop and maintain a sustainable care and support provider market locally.
Lead the support to the local area to ensure that it meets its statutory duties for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND) aged 0- 25, as well as the statutory duties for adults and older people.
Provide leadership for managers and specialist nurses/midwives and other staff in relation to SEND in partnership with our providers/stakeholders
Play a key role in driving the ICB and Councils joint ambitions to support children, young adults and older people to stay well and be able to live safely at home where possible, and where this is not possible to lead on the commissioning of appropriate placements.
To use professional expertise and leadership to ensure compliance with all legislation, government guidance and regulations across the commissioning cycle, taking an appropriate approach to managing and mitigating risk and positively withstand external scrutiny and inspections.
To build strategic relationships and connections across operational services, corporate Procurement, Legal, Audit and Finance Business Partners, providers, Health and other partners which enable person-centred, place-based and outcome focused services.
To ensure a strategic and evidence-based approach to commissioning is developed and maintained, using data and insight to monitor outcomes and shape Health, Public Health, Children and Adult Social Care in The City of Stoke-on-Trent.
To build and maintain effective relationships with key partners and service providers and ensure commissioned services deliver quality and value in line with plans and intended outcomes.
To lead collaboration and co-production which drives a person-centred approach to commissioning, proactively seeking and using feedback and views from service users, families and communities.
To work with the Lead for Intelligence and Policy to analyse, plan, deliver and review market sufficiency, sustainability and development for all needs and requirements which enable safe, sustainable and high quality local services.
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To oversee and monitor the delivery of relevant commissioning ...
