About us

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Warrington Adult Social Care as we continue to build on our Warrington Together partnership approach to the provision of care and support. One of the key tenets of the council strategy is an ambition to ensure “residents live healthy, happy and independent lives”. Responsibility for realisation of this ambition is vested in the statutory Health and Wellbeing Board, through the Health and Wellbeing Strategy, whose vision is for Warrington to be “a place where we work together to create a borough with stronger neighbourhoods, healthier people and greater equality across our all our communities, supporting people to live longer with more of those years in good health, where the gap in life expectancy between the least and most deprived areas reduced”.

The strategy seeks to support:

·     People to live in healthy, safe and sustainable communities,

·     People to have the skills and resources needed to improve their life chances,

·     People to value being and feeling well and will live active, independent and fulfilled lives.

The improvement in people’s quality of life through the ability to access appropriate, quality care and support when and where they need it is central to Adult Social Care’s vision of “Working together to support people to live well.”  We aim to work with communities to find new approaches to enhance wellbeing, develop prevention activities, and improve social care so that we can help people to live well for as long as possible in their own home or community.

Like many other councils Warrington Adult Social Care faces challenges-increasing demand for services resulting from a rapidly ageing population who will, rightly, expect timely access to high-quality health and care services, increasing population expectation as well as increasing dependency and mounting economic pressure resulting in demand for Council funded support. These challenges ultimately manifest in growing financial pressures for the Council as a whole. Adult Social Care has embarked on a transformative approach by building upon the current strategy to embed the strengths-based model more deeply, aiming to enhance services and outcomes for residents while achieving financial efficiencies crucial for long-term sustainability.

The role

Reporting to the Director for Adult Social Care, you will be a core member of the leadership and emerging transformation team, working with partners to continue our journey of supporting and enabling front line teams to be more effective in keeping people well and independent for as long as possible.

Within adult social care you will support delivery of the transformation of social care underpinned by emerging data-driven, co-produced and strengths-based approaches to care and support. You will work with our delivery partner, embedding benefits realisation into the fabric of how we work, ensuring our services are set up to succeed in delivering the best outcome for our residents. Supporting a range of inter-dependent programme workstreams, you will have the opportunity to build on current service offers as well as developing new ways of working that both improve outcomes and deliver best value.

We are looking for a values driven, politically aware and dynamic individual to join our established leadership team working together aiming to support people to live well in our community. You will have current experience of working with and analysing data to provide information, managing programmes of improvement work, excellent organisational skills and able to work with a broad range of people. Proficient in a range of office applications, you will also have the skills to provide high quality personal administration support to the Director of Adult Social Care. You will have excellent interpersonal skills, ensuring the continued engagement of colleagues in your work.

What's needed?

Working with us in Warrington, you can expect to join a team working collaboratively and dedicated to improving outcomes for people whilst delivering best value. You can count on a range of staff welfare offers and support in the role as well as our commitment to your personal growth and development.

Benefits

As well as a competitive salary, working for us means you get:

• 26 days annual holiday - raising to 31 after 5 years of service (pro-rata)
• Access to our attractive and competitive benefits package
• Access to our Health & Wellbeing Programme
• Flexible working

Key Dates & Further Information

If you would like to hear more about this post and our work in Warrington, we would be delighted to engage in a conversation with you or arrange an informal visit, if you are interested please do not hesitate to contact either or both of us-Caroline Williams Director of Adult Social Care at caroline.williams@warrington.gov.uk. We look forward to hearing from you and welcoming you to Warrington.

A market supplement will be considered for an exceptional candidate.

DBS clearance is required.

The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

DBS clearance is required.

Warrington Borough Council is a Disability Confident employer