Total 1 quality assurance control job vacancies in Alconbury, Cambridgeshire, PE28 4WY

Are you ambitious and looking to take on a new role, to lead on the Adults, Health and Commissioning’s preparedness, for the successful delivery of the CQC assurance programme working closely with the whole team to manage implementation and continuous improvement of our plans to achieve assurance.

If yes, then we want to hear from you!

Cambridgeshire County Council is seeking an experienced and skilled adult social care senior professional to provide leadership and direction to support the Adults, Health and Commissioning Directorate to meet readiness for assessment.

Can you rise to the challenge? Cambridgeshire County Council is preparing for a new phase of assurance, as the Care Quality Commission, begin to roll out their programme of the assessment of Adult Social Care services; this brings some exciting opportunities to work with us in our readiness for this process, along with our engagement through the whole workforce and our improvement journey, knowing ourselves better.  With a new Executive Director for Adults, Health and Commissioning having recently joined the council, we will be focussed on evidencing and providing assurance on our journey to further improve services to the people of Cambridgeshire. This will also involve working closely with internal and external partners, to demonstrate how we all work effectively together.

The role will provide vital support and leadership in service development, including improvement programmes, performance improvement and providing support alongside the co-ordination to the adult social care self-assessment and CQC assurance process.

If you have the passion for driving change and an ambition to help shape our future, this could be the perfect next role for you.

This is a two year fixed term post.

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

• Flexible working
• Flexible Bank Holidays
• A comprehensive wellbeing package
• Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
• A comprehensive pension scheme
• IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
• Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
• An employee recognition scheme

You will have the opportunity to influence and implement real and positive change, ensuring Cambridgeshire County Council continues to provide excellent services.

You will lead on the Adults, Health and Commissioning Directorate’s CQC assurance programme, ensuring a focus on workforce engagement, through implementation and continuous monitoring of the delivery of improvement programmes, to achieve our strategic ambition and improve the lives of the people of Cambridgeshire. In addition, the post holder will lead on the coordination of the expected CQC assurance visits, working closely with the Principle Social Worker, Service Directors, key internal and external partners, together with people who draw on services, those with lived experience and providers of care and support.

In this key role, you will work working closely with the Executive Director for Adults, Health and Commissioning, Principal Social Worker, Service Directors, and liaise closely with Children's Social Care, key partners and providers to ensure there is shared understanding of the Directorates strategic ambitions and priorities in the delivery of adult social care services.

The post holder will have a wide knowledge of national policy drivers, and transformational change in a Local Authority to understand key relationships, with partners, stakeholders along with experience of supporting senior leaders.

You will lead on the implementation of the assurance readiness improvement plans, reporting progress regularly through to the CQC assurance strategic board.

For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Patrick Warren-Higgs, Executive Director Adults, Health and Commissioning (DASS) at Patrick.Warren-Higgs@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The successful candidate will:

• Be highly motivated, proactive and innovative person with a proven track record of delivery.

• Coordinate and lead the readiness for CQC assessment, working closely with colleagues across the Directorate and wider Council, in shaping and producing the relevant plans, and engagement of teams, through to the development of implementation and monitoring arrangements.

• Create a strong and inclusive engagement plan, to ensure buy in and ownership from the Adults, Health, and Commissioning workforce, along with the wider corporate leadership.

• Collaborate with regulatory bodies, stakeholders, and expert practitioners to ensure adherence to regulatory standards and promote best practices.

• Provide comprehensive support and regular reporting on progress to the DASS by managing projects, problem solving and highlighting and resolving risks and issues.

• Prepare reports, making recommendations to assist and influence senior managers.

• Contribute to a clear and compelling strategic vision for assurance and transformation within Adults, Health and Commissioning aligning with Cambridgeshire’s Strategic Ambitions.

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers

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