Sutton (On-Site)
Permanent, Full time
£47,532 - £55,620 (£57,663 unconsolidated maximum)
About the Borough :
In Sutton, there is much for us to be proud of both as a council and as a borough. This includes high levels of resident satisfaction, the quality of our services, our success in addressing our financial challenges to date, the way that we involve and engage with residents on key issues facing the borough, and the enthusiastic and motivated staff that we employ.
Looking ahead, there are plans for the delivery of new homes and new schools and the London Cancer Hub is being developed, while the Council is also seen as a driving force within the South London Partnership of five outer south west London boroughs focused on strategic growth, regeneration and investment.
All of this demonstrates a good track record and an authority that is ambitious and set to deliver more improvements for the borough. We've set out our vision for the future of Sutton in our corporate plan - Ambitious for Sutton. This strategic plan will shape the outcomes we achieve, the services we provide, and the impact we have on residents, to make Sutton a great place to live, work and raise a family.
Situated in Zone 5, Sutton is less than 30 minutes by train from central London, and south and south west London are easily accessible by public transport. There are 10 train stations which serve key neighbourhoods within the borough providing direct connections to London Victoria, London Bridge, London Blackfriars and St Pancras International. Sutton also has direct rail connections with Epsom, Dorking, Guildford and Horsham, as well as Wimbledon for an interchange with the London Underground and West Croydon for the London Overground. There's also an extensive road network which provides close and easy access to the M25 and M23.
About the Service and Team :
The Commissioning Service shapes vital services-from children's and adult social care to education and wellbeing-ensuring quality through procurement, monitoring, and smart contract management. We drive innovation by challenging the status quo, fostering collaboration amongst stakeholders, and empowering service users to shape the services that impact their lives.
The primary responsibilities of the Children's Social Care Commissioning Team are to commission children's placements, post-16 support and accommodation for care experienced young people and unaccompanied asylum seeking young people and services for children with disabilities and their families.
We're dedicated to ensuring vulnerable children and families not only feel safe, but truly thrive. By deeply understanding their needs and strategically using resources with our partners, we seek to maximise the impact of every action and every pound invested.
About the Role and Our Ideal Candidate :
About the Role
Become a champion for vulnerable young people in Sutton, using your expertise to strategically lever and manage resources to design and deliver impactful housing and support solutions which support them in building bright and independent futures.
The successful candidate will:
We're looking for someone to lead on the housing and support needs of vulnerable young people by working with Council professionals and delivery partners to commission effective support systems for young people in support of their successful journey to independence.
You will have:
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we're committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We're constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps. Our Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme embraces new ways of working. It provides improved work life balance for our staff as it allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week.
Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:
Please apply online outlining what skills, abilities and experience you can bring which makes you an ideal candidate for this role. Please ensure you refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile when completing your application.
To support our diversity agenda and reduce the risk of bias in our recruitment activities, our short listing process completely anonymises personal information that can identify job applicants e.g. name, title etc. Our hiring managers review and short list applications based on the information provided as part of your application as to how well you meet the requirements and criteria for the role, as outlined in the job profile.
The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Additional Information :
We pride ourselves on being a diverse, inclusive and welcoming Borough and we aim to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve - the key highlights from our recent Equalities Workforce Report can be seen here. We are respectful of difference and realise the positive value of diversity in our workforce. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and disabled candidates, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce. As part of our Disability Confident Committed status, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.
We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda.
The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the GOV.UK website for right to work guidance.
In Sutton, there is much for us to be proud of both as a council and as a borough. This includes high levels of resident satisfaction, the quality of our services, our success in addressing our financial challenges to date, the way that we involve and engage with residents on key issues facing the borough, and the enthusiastic and motivated staff that we employ.
Looking ahead, there are plans for the delivery of new homes and new schools and the London Cancer Hub is being developed, while the Council is also seen as a driving force within the South London Partnership of five outer south west London boroughs focused on strategic growth, regeneration and investment.
All of this demonstrates a good track record and an authority that is ambitious and set to deliver more improvements for the borough. We've set out our vision for the future of Sutton in our corporate plan - Ambitious for Sutton. This strategic plan will shape the outcomes we achieve, the services we provide, and the impact we have on residents, to make Sutton a great place to live, work and raise a family.
Situated in Zone 5, Sutton is less than 30 minutes by train from central London, and south and south west London are easily accessible by public transport. There are 10 train stations which serve key neighbourhoods within the borough providing direct connections to London Victoria, London Bridge, London Blackfriars and St Pancras International. Sutton also has direct rail connections with Epsom, Dorking, Guildford and Horsham, as well as Wimbledon for an interchange with the London Underground and West Croydon for the London Overground. There's also an extensive road network which provides close and easy access to the M25 and M23.
About the Service and Team :
The Commissioning Service shapes vital services-from children's and adult social care to education and wellbeing-ensuring quality through procurement, monitoring, and smart contract management. We drive innovation by challenging the status quo, fostering collaboration amongst stakeholders, and empowering service users to shape the services that impact their lives.
The primary responsibilities of the Children's Social Care Commissioning Team are to commission children's placements, post-16 support and accommodation for care experienced young people and unaccompanied asylum seeking young people and services for children with disabilities and their families.
We're dedicated to ensuring vulnerable children and families not only feel safe, but truly thrive. By deeply understanding their needs and strategically using resources with our partners, we seek to maximise the impact of every action and every pound invested.
About the Role and Our Ideal Candidate :
About the Role
Become a champion for vulnerable young people in Sutton, using your expertise to strategically lever and manage resources to design and deliver impactful housing and support solutions which support them in building bright and independent futures.
The successful candidate will:
- Drive the future of the borough's supported accommodation offer by designing, developing and delivering commissioning recommendations which make best use of the council's resources and deliver strong outcomes.
- Unite stakeholders - from young people and social care professionals to housing and support providers, housing and welfare professionals - to co-create, deliver and review an outstanding post-16 support and accommodation offer for vulnerable young people.
- Proactively review and ensure sufficiency of post-16 support and accommodation services to meet the evolving needs of our vulnerable young people.
- Actively monitor and manage supported accommodation contracted provision to achieve high-quality and cost-effective service delivery.
We're looking for someone to lead on the housing and support needs of vulnerable young people by working with Council professionals and delivery partners to commission effective support systems for young people in support of their successful journey to independence.
You will have:
- Proven ability to work confidently with other functions and partners to lead partnership work.
- Skill-set to develop and execute comprehensive commissioning strategies and recommendations to achieve desired outcomes.
- Knowledge of procurement and experience of procuring new services.
- Experience of designing and using performance management frameworks to achieve high quality service delivery.
- Excellent communication, negotiating and influencing skills.
- Strong data management and analytical skills.
- Understanding of children's social care commissioning, ideally home placements for 0 - 25 year olds - desirable
- Understanding of housing landscape - desirable
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we're committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We're constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps. Our Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme embraces new ways of working. It provides improved work life balance for our staff as it allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week.
Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:
- Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)
- General Council Flexi-time (Please note, this applies to roles at grades 1-9 only)
- Public Health Service Localised Flexi-time Scheme - accrual of up to 5 days per year
- Three volunteering days per year in Sutton
- Comprehensive learning and development programme
- Local and national discounts for shopping, eating out and leisure activities
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Car parking scheme
- Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
- Zip car scheme
- Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses
- Confidential wellbeing and counselling support
- Subsidised gym membership
Please apply online outlining what skills, abilities and experience you can bring which makes you an ideal candidate for this role. Please ensure you refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile when completing your application.
To support our diversity agenda and reduce the risk of bias in our recruitment activities, our short listing process completely anonymises personal information that can identify job applicants e.g. name, title etc. Our hiring managers review and short list applications based on the information provided as part of your application as to how well you meet the requirements and criteria for the role, as outlined in the job profile.
The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Additional Information :
We pride ourselves on being a diverse, inclusive and welcoming Borough and we aim to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve - the key highlights from our recent Equalities Workforce Report can be seen here. We are respectful of difference and realise the positive value of diversity in our workforce. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and disabled candidates, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce. As part of our Disability Confident Committed status, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.
We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda.
The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the GOV.UK website for right to work guidance.
Closing date: Mon 14/04/2025 at 00:55
Job reference: 3456