Job Description
Purpose of the Job:Responsible for the overall delivery of the team ensuring that all agreed service plansand statutory responsibilities are met, and quality services delivered. The role hasresponsibility for ensuring that services are outcome-focused, that the needs of peoplewith care and support needs and their carers are met, risks are mitigated as far aspossible and that the effective use of resources is maximised. Main duties and responsibilities: 1. Provide professional, strategic, operational and motivational leadership of staff including recruitment, training and development and creating a learning culture within the team to facilitate continuous improvement. Ensure that the different skills, experience and knowledge of team members are harnessed to maximise the benefits of an integrated approach to service delivery for people with care and support needs and their carers2. Drive consistent high standards of practice in line with the Practice Framework ensuring that the team carry out their statutory functions including the effective and timely delivery of assessments, interventions and support promoting person centred creative care and support planning3. Hold lead responsibility for statutory adult safeguarding, promoting best practice in making safeguarding personal, and ensuring effective action is taken to manage and reduce risk for people with care and support needs and their carers4. Drive performance, quality assurance and innovation for the service area in ..... full job details .....