Programme Head – Leadership and Management
Skills for Care
Home based
- Expired
- Salary:
- £51,413.04 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 14 July 2015
Job overview
Skills for Care is the employer-led workforce development body for adult social care in England. We work with employers across England to make sure their people have the right skills and values to deliver high quality care.
Home of the National Skills Academy for Social Care, we offer workforce learning and development support and practical resources from entry level right through to those in leadership and management roles.
By working with employers and sharing best practice, we help raise quality and standards across the whole sector and ensure dignity and respect are at the heart of service delivery.
The role will have specific responsibility for a broad portfolio of Leadership and Management activity. The purpose is to provide the vision, leadership, policy direction and strategic and operational management for all aspects of Leadership and Management work to support the improvement of strategic and operational work force development in the social care sector.
The successful candidate should be a flexible and dynamic thinker across strategic, policy and operational areas in the field of Leadership and Management and will be responsible for the planning, strategic development and delivery of the Leadership and Management strategies in England.
Strong communication and networking skills are essential as the post holder will work closely with key strategic stakeholders and government departments and represent the Adult Social Care sector in terms of developing Leadership and Management policy.
The successful candidate should have in depth knowledge of Leadership and Management issues within adult social care as they will be required to work proactively and collaboratively through the matrix management approach to ensure that Leadership and Management development and issues are given consideration and incorporated appropriately in the development of all other programmes of work in Skills for Care
The ideal candidate would also have in depth working knowledge of the adult social care and learning and development sectors as well as social care issues and strategic/policy drivers.
If you are interested in this role please visit the website for the full job description.
Closing Date: 14th July 2015, 12Noon
Interview Date: 21st and 23rd July 2015 in London
About Skills for Care
- Skills for Care
- West Gate, 6 Grace Street
- Leeds
- LS1 2RP
- United Kingdom
About us
Who we are
Skills for Care is the employer led authority on the training standards and development needs of nearly one million social care staff in England providing over £25 million in funding to support improved training and qualifications for managers and staff.
NOTE: Skills for Care is not a training provider, nor is it able to recommend or endorse any courses or training providers.
What we do
- We provide robust data about the social care workforce
Employers can use the National Minimum Data Set (NMDS) Online, our Workforce and Qualification Research and reports about the workforce to improve training and qualifications of their staff to boost their business.
- We help develop new ways of working and delivering services
Our New Types of Working and Workforce Development Strategy will help employers and their staff be innovative and flexible to capitalise on future business development opportunities
- We create a flexible qualifications framework that underpins workforce development, learning and training for 1.3million social care workers
For employers to develop a highly trained workforce we produce Induction Standards, National Occupational Standards, Qualification Frameworks, Knowledge Sets and Leadership and Management tools to ensure they can make their business the best service provider in their area
- We help improve the image and status of the social care workforce
To help employers improve recruitment and retention we demonstrate social care is a long-term career, where 90% of staff are happy in their work. Our national Accolades awards celebrate the achievements of innovative social care employers every year.
- We are the employer voice on emerging Government policy
To make sure that employers have an effective voice in shaping government policy that is realistic and practical
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