East London Council - Head of Adult Social Care

Remedy Recruitment Group; East London; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in South Africa is seeking a Head of Adult Social Care to oversee transformation projects and governance initiatives in hospital flow. The successful candidate will lead efforts in cross-organisational collaboration, manage high-profile projects, and ensure operational performance against KPIs. Applicants should have a strong background in social care leadership and project management.

Qualifications

• Experience in leadership roles within social care or related fields.
• Strong understanding of hospital flow and discharge governance.
• Proven track record in managing transformation projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead hospital flow and governance initiatives.
• Develop alternative pathways for intermediate care.
• Oversee high-profile ASC transformation projects.

Job description

East London Council - Head of Adult Social Care

• Act as a place-based system lead for hospital flow and discharge governance, working closely with senior system partners to deliver an established improvement programme.
• Support the UEC system through winter pressures, and act as a senior escalation point and decision maker.
• Cross-organisational working to lead the mobilisation of ICB Physical Capacity Funding schemes for 2025/26, including ward based reablement.
• Work at a senior level with system partners to develop alternative pathways for intermediate care.
• Oversee the delivery of several high-profile ASC transformation projects already underway, including the reablement transformation programme, front-door transformation and strengths-based practice implementation.
• Oversee the delivery of remaining savings from the 2025/26 MTFS schemes aligned to OPD.
• Lead and influence wider improvement work - guided by the Transformation and Improvement Board (NTIB) and the Practice Improvement Board (PIB).
• Lead service-level responses to the pending CQC outcome and associated improvement actions.
• Ensure good operational performance is maintained and delivery against departmental KPIs.
• Provide support to the Principal OT to review future models to manage OT demand.

If you are interested in this role please send your updated CV in the first instance.