About North London Councils Partnership
The post sits within the North London Councils Partnership, which is hosted by Camden Council. The North London Councils Partnership is a local authority‑led partnership supporting 13 boroughs to deliver programmes of work that address shared priorities in social care in partnership, and promote a strong local authority presence within North London’s Integrated Care System (ICS). The Partnership is a high‑profile, high‑performing team that in 2021 won the national LGC award for Adult Social Care, demonstrating the impact of our work.
What You’ll Be Doing / How You’ll Be Involved
This key leadership role directs the North Central London (NCL) adult social care (ASC) programme across Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington Councils. It develops and leads a cross‑borough market‑shaping and management programme covering key ASC service priorities including accommodation‑based services, digital development and matrix leadership of workforce‑related activity. The role provides strategic leadership of joint work with health partners, influencing them to support excellent outcomes for residents, and builds effective professional ASC leadership networks across the five boroughs.
Adult Social Care Markets Strategy And Programme
- Lead the development and delivery of cross‑borough programmes of work with the ASC market that yield benefits for the local authorities, NHS partners and residents.
- Drive strategic collaborative and aligned commissioning approaches for ASC services across NCL to secure provision in line with local need and to yield substantial cost avoidance and/or financial savings, whilst ensuring the market remains sustainable.
- Champion a data‑driven and evidence‑based approach to innovative programme strategy, delivery and reporting, including cyclical market analysis of trends, opportunities and risks; sustainable cost modelling; data digitisation and access for boroughs; expanding the range of data sources; and demonstrating impact and performance.
- Provide strategic leadership and coordination on ASC issues and in response to changing circumstances or guidance where there is aspiration to develop aligned approaches, coordinate responses or joint strategies.
- Oversee complex market‑shaping workstreams (including quality, price, market oversight and sufficiency, digital), to deliver specified outcomes and savings against challenging timeframes.
Strategic Direction to NCL ASC Programme Board and Integrated Care System
- Form trusting, credible relationships with a range of partners through an ability to think strategically, persuade, negotiate and influence a complex local agenda. This will include working closely with the five Directors of Adult Social Care and senior commissioners to agree approaches across the five boroughs.
- Lead on planning for the NCL ASC Programme Board reporting to the five Directors of Adult Social Services (DASS) and their leadership teams, providing expert advice and guidance that drives forward programme delivery and ensures the Partnership is achieving the anticipated outcomes.
- Develop excellent strategic relationships with care providers to promote health and social care input (e.g. digital social care), understand providers’ challenges and opportunities, improve outcomes and quality, and inform supportive effective council‑NHS partnerships.
- Provide strategic and programme input on behalf of the five local authorities into a range of ISC workstreams with a focus on building effective joint planning and integrated working across health and social care.
All About You
We are looking for a proven and growing leader who is looking to further develop their skills, experience and impact in delivering complex change. You will benefit from direct exposure to senior local government officers and politicians across five local authorities. You will bring an ability to think strategically, persuade, negotiate and influence a complex and evolving local commissioning and market management agenda. You will also bring the skills required to develop and deliver a complex and evolving programme of commissioning and market‑shaping work that yields benefits for the local authorities, NHS partners and residents.
- You will be educated to degree level or equivalent, potentially with a professional qualification in health or social care.
- You will have extensive knowledge and experience of local authority and potentially health commissioning and ASC provider market management.
- You will have significant experience and understanding of building support for and managing complex, multidisciplinary projects across several partners that develop new approaches to address system challenges.
What We Offer
- 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 31 days after five years
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Flexible working opportunities
- Interest‑free loans
- Access to our incredible staff networks
- Career development and training
- Wellbeing support and activities
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require an Enhanced DBS. Please note Camden also offers the DBS update service.
Inclusion and Belonging
At Camden, we want every colleague to feel they belong and can thrive. We welcome applications from all parts of our community and particularly encourage people from Black, Asian and Other Ethnic Heritage communities, LGBTQ+ people, disabled and neurodiverse people, survivors of domestic abuse, and those from lower socio‑economic backgrounds or with care experience. We know that different voices and perspectives make us stronger, and we are committed to providing the support, adjustments and flexibility people need to succeed.
Anonymised Application
In keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion, the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.
Asking for Adjustments
Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier‑free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long‑term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.
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