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WORKFORCE

Head of Integration and Joint Commissioning

Aberdeen is an exciting place to live, work and visit - a bustling cosmopolitan city with a unique heritage and a global energy hub

Aberdeen is an exciting place to live, work and visit - a bustling cosmopolitan
city with a unique heritage and a global energy hub. Aberdeen is also one
of the few places in the UK to show strong signs of economic growth with
ambitious plans for new infrastructure. Aberdeen City Council’s vision is for
Aberdeen to be an ambitious, achieving, smart city.

Three Heads of Service within the Council have been promoted to Director
level positions and the Council is looking to fill these positions – two within
the Education, Culture and Sport Directorate, and the third within the Social
Care and Wellbeing Directorate - we are looking for ambitious, creative and
passionate people to join us to take on the challenge of the following roles:

SOCIAL CARE & WELLBEING DIRECTORATE
Head of Integration and Joint
Commissioning - £77,937
You will be responsible for planning and developing provision of the full range of high quality social work services to adults, ensuring that the Council’s statutory responsibilities in this regard are properly discharged. This will include managing the Council’s response to the Scottish Government’s policy on integration of health and social care, together with the production of a Joint Commissioning Strategy for all Adult groups (in collaboration with the NHS). A relevant Social Work qualification is essential as well as current registration with the Scottish Social Services Council or equivalent.

Further information on the organisation, the roles and how to apply is available at www.aspenpeople.co.uk/ACC

For a confidential discussion please contact Catriona Mackie
or Katy Gall on 0141 212 7555.

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