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Executive Director for Place Health and Adult Social Care
c. £150,000
Purpose of the role
The Executive Director for Place Health and Adult Social Care is a joint role, combining the statutory Director of Adult Social Care position at Barnsley Council with the Executive Place Director role at NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB).
Reporting to the Chief Executives of Barnsley Council and NHS South Yorkshire, this position holds membership in both the council’s Senior Management Team and the ICB Executive Leadership team.
The post holder will be a full voting member of the unitary Board of NHS South Yorkshire, overseeing a £3bn NHS resource. They will lead a joint management team overseeing Adult Social Care and health, managing a net budget of £57m for Adult Social Care and £190m for the Barnsley place within the NHS.
At a governance level, the post holder will report to the council’s Cabinet, as well as chairing the Barnsley health and care partnership, which has an important convening role and oversees the health and care plan.
About the role
Barnsley is widely recognised as the place of possibilities, where public service partners work exceptionally well together to drive progress for our communities.
This joint role exemplifies both the pioneering spirit and practice of our collaborative approach, alongside the strong and stable governance and organisational architecture that successfully underpins it.
In a world where closer integration between health and social care makes sense in theory, but is often hard to achieve in practice, Barnsley Council and NHS South Yorkshire ICB have succeeded in developing a joint role and a wider team which is maximising resources and improving outcomes.
Our Health on the High Street project and Barnsley 2030 vision have set new benchmarks, whilst our Adult Social Care services have garnered national acclaim for their impact and user satisfaction. Our proactive health approach leads with preventive measures, advocating early interventions for community health and wellbeing.
This is an outstanding, and in many ways, unique opportunity to become the council’s Director for Adult Social Care and the Integrated Care Board’s Executive Place Director for Barnsley. As chair of the Barnsley health and care partnership you will have exceptionally wide convening powers to drive initiatives that promote health equity, prevent ill health, and enhance Adult Social Care practices.
We are open minded regarding your professional background and are keen to hear from those with experience from either council or healthcare settings. However, we are uncompromising when it comes to your ability to nurture collaborative relationships across diverse stakeholders, including employees, residents, partners, the voluntary sector and political leaders. A commitment to innovation, health equity, and excellence is essential.