Recruitment

"Working with you to live a life that matters to you."

In Stoke-on-Trent, our vision is for every adult to live in the place they call home with the people and things they love, in communities where they care and are cared for, doing and achieving the things that matter to them.

To make this vision a reality, we are moving towards an approach to adult social care that:

• recognises and nurtures strengths in individuals, their families, and their communities, by always putting the person at the centre; 
• Promotes partnership working, connecting people with their communities and services, and promoting independent living;

We see our workforce as our greatest asset to achieve this. High-quality care and support depends on a highly skilled and appreciated workforce, rewarded appropriately for their vital contributions to people’s lives.

We are looking for people to join our workforce who have the values and skills to support every adult to be:

• Safe: Protected from harm and equipped to keep themselves safe.
• Healthy: Access to health services and equipped to manage their wellbeing.
• Fulfilled: Able to aspire to life goals, living in homes that promote independence.
• Included: Access to quality social and leisure opportunities, building community connections.
• Heard: Utilizing lived experiences to motivate change and improve services.
• Cared for: Receiving personalized, high-quality support with choice and control.

If this sounds like you, join us in making Stoke-on-Trent a place where every adult can thrive.

The All Age Commissioning Service has an ambitious transformation programme to redesign our services for children, young people, working age adults and older people. We are committed to supporting people to grow their independence, have their own front door and remaining living in their local communities. We are developing innovative services that allow our residents to thrive and allow increased choice and control over their services,

A number exciting opportunities for experienced commissioners to join the team have now become available, these opportunities will enable you to make a real difference to the outcomes of people in Stoke on Trent.

As a Commissioning and Contracts Officer, you will undertake commissioning activities to deliver improved outcomes for residents across the city. You will be expected to work collaboratively with partners across a range of agencies to monitor services and to assist in the co-production of services to meet the needs of the people in Stoke on Trent. Performance management of suppliers, quality assurance and undertaking due diligence checks are regular features of the role. You will ensure that service development is informed by, and responds to, changes in legislation, statutory guidance or regulatory frameworks and will support colleagues to ensure that all activity is compliant with corporate commissioning, contract management and procurement frameworks.

If you would like an informal discussion about any of these exciting roles please contact Paris.Parnell@stoke.gov.uk (Strategic Manager 0-25 Commissioning) or Kate.Phillips@stoke.gov.uk (Strategic Manager 18+ Commissioning)