Commissioning Officer - Service Development

In light of our ageing population and increasing pressures on health and social care services, preventative programs are a vital element of our wider commissioning strategy. Working in partnership with service users, voluntary sector organisations, health services and colleagues in public health and operations, you will help shape and monitor preventative services to improve the health and wellbeing of older people, other adults at risk of poor/deteriorating wellbeing and unpaid carers in the London Boroughs of Richmond-upon-Thames and Wandsworth.

You will draw upon your knowledge of prevention and voluntary sector provision to assist in the commissioning of a program of evidence-based prevention and wellbeing services. You will believe in co-producing strengths-based services with the people who are using them and have an understanding of the wider risk factors and conditions that impact on people's health and independence. Under the direction of senior team members, you will build relationships with providers, service users, unpaid carers and internal colleagues working across the Council. You will have excellent interpersonal and critical thinking skills, the creative ability to provide innovative solutions, and will be extremely organised to ensure deadlines are met.

Educated to degree standard or equivalent by recent and relevant work experience. Please see the Job Description for the full list of role requirements.

When the London Boroughs of Richmond Upon Thames and Wandsworth joined forces (Better Service Partnership) to co-commission the best possible Adult Social Care Services, we did so with a clear idea - to provide high calibre, value-for-money services for our local communities. Learning from best practice in both of our boroughs and elsewhere, we are working closely with the NHS and community partners to establish an integrated approach, delivered primarily by local voluntary and community sector organisations and actively engaging our local communities. Our ambition is that older people and/or other adults at risk of poor/deteriorating wellbeing, as well as their unpaid carers, are supported more effectively than ever before to maintain their health and wellbeing, thereby preventing, delaying or reducing their need for care services.

Test/Presentation: A 45-minute skills test will be included in the interview process.

Richmond and Wandsworth Better Partnership Service are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. This campaign is anonymised.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils