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24 Months Fixed Term Contract

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The Integrated Adult and Children’s Social Care Commissioning Team delivers a high quality service across all areas of the Children’s Services and Adults Housing and Health Directorates; this is an exciting time to join the team as we are developing new ways of working to support a wide range of opportunities for those who live in Thurrock.

Better Care Together is an integrated programme across health, social care and local residents focusing on local services and support to live well in Thurrock. This post will be instrumental in our integrated approach across all-age mental health and dementia.

In addition, the Brighter Futures Children's Partnership brings together the full spectrum of partners responsible for planning and delivering health, care and education to the children, young people and families of Thurrock. Commissioning is an integral part of the delivery of the aims of the partnership to ensure positive outcomes for children and young people and their families in Thurrock.

Thurrock is a positive place to work and we hope that you will consider joining us. You will be working alongside an experienced team and will contribute to our developing integrated commissioning approach and delivering on this varied, interesting and challenging area of work

Thurrock Council’s Integrated Adult’s and Childrens Commissioning Team is looking to recruit to an All-Age Mental Health and Dementia Commissioner. We need a person who can work alongside colleagues, partner agencies and those people with lived experience to drive change.

The key responsibilities for this role are varied and include:

• Delivering the Commissioning process for All-Age Mental Health and Dementia
• Ensuring that the services commissioned for those with lived experience of Mental Ill Health and Dementia are informed and driven by a comprehensive assessment of need.
• To explore new and creative ways of meeting needs within a strength based and Human Learning Systems approach
• To ensure that Mental Health and Dementia remain integral to Thurrock’s Market Position Statement, development and diversity. To ensure that the Mental Health and Dementia agendas are integrated within the Brighter Futures agenda and Thurrock’s Better Care Together transformation program.
• To develop and sustain care and support responses that maximise choice, independence and control out lined in the Care Act 2014 and all relevant legislation and guidance

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required at an Enhanced level

For an informal discussion please contact Allison Hall Service Manager Adults Commissioning on 01375 659699 or Keighley Hylton Service Manager Childrens Commissioning on 07394402514.

Closing Date: 27 November 2022

Our vision – An ambitious and collaborative community which is proud of its heritage and excited by its diverse opportunities and future.

Thurrock Council is committed to equal opportunities. As a Disability Confident Employer, disabled people will be offered an interview where they meet all essential criteria on the person specification. We champion flexible working and job share applications are welcome.

Thurrock Council is committed to the principles of agile working and seeks to empower our employees, wherever service needs allow, to work flexibly in order to optimise productivity and enhance performance

We serve a diverse community where people are different yet equal. Diversity underpins everything we do.

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We are home to some of the most exciting opportunities in the country. Our growth programme is possibly the largest and most ambitious in the country. £6 billion has already been invested by the private sector in Thurrock up to 2017, with 7,000 new jobs created and 1,170 new businesses coming to the borough, including leading ports and logistics centres, retail and creative industries. We expect a further 30,000 new jobs to be created by the year 2037. More than 1,000 acres of land are ready for commercial development, with 30,000 new homes likely to be built. Thurrock is at the heart of global trade and logistics, with no fewer than 3 international ports. We are well positioned on the M25 and A13 corridors, with excellent transport links west into London, north and east into Essex, and south into Kent.

A great place to live

Our urban centres are a vibrant mix of established towns and new young communities, with a diverse and growing population of around 160,000 residents. Rents are more affordable than those in neighboring London boroughs Our population is diverse, with a mix of nationalities living across our towns and villages. Massive investment and growth is bringing new jobs and opportunities to the area. For shoppers, we have 3 huge malls within easy reach – Lakeside in Thurrock, Bluewater and Westfield Stratford.

Green and pleasant land

Whilst London is directly on our eastern border, Thurrock itself is not as built-up. Behind our 18 miles of riverfront we have a varied green belt that covers 70% of the borough. Those who prefer unspoilt countryside will enjoy our 2 nature reserves – Rainham Marshes Nature Reserve and Thameside Nature Park – along with many other open parks and woodlands. Thurrock can offer you a great quality of life.

Equality duty

Thurrock Council is committed to eradicating discrimination on the basis of race, religion or belief, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, age and marital status. We also recognize that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We are committed to agile working and welcome applications from those interested in flexible working. We strongly welcome applications from individuals that consider themselves to have a disability and individuals from black and minority ethnic groups as we recognize the positive benefits of a more diverse workforce at all levels.

Our values

At the heart of our organisation is a common approach to defining ‘who we are’. Our values, quite simply, inform everything we do – our thoughts, words and actions.

Every individual and every organisation is involved in making hundreds of decisions every day and these decisions are a reflection of our values and beliefs.

Not only this, our values guide our vision of empowering all our staff regardless of which part of the business they work in.

Proud – of everything we do and championing Thurrock Council

Ambitious – by continually improving

Compassionate – by building relationships based on empathy, respect and dignity

Empowered – by removing barriers to influence better outcomes

Collaborative – by working together to achieve better outcomes

Inclusive – by fully accepting and supporting those we work with and serve

It is through our behaviours and day to day actions that we demonstrate and bring to life our values. By working together and embodying these values we will be able to successfully deliver our vision and priorities.