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NHS Highland is the lead agency for the delivery of adult community care services in the North Highland area. Due to the expansion of the Adult Social Care Leadership Team the exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit specialist Principal Officers. Together this team is responsible for the overall management and improvement of NHS Adult Social Care. The Principal Officers will be a positive addition to this established team to contribute to supporting the social care workforce and key partners in delivering high quality person-centred services.
These posts will be directly responsible for professional supervision and oversight of the statutory social work service as well as providing professional advice to senior management teams. These posts will require you to be registered as a Social Worker with the SSSC and have established experience as a senior Social Worker in Adult Services.
Successful candidates will need to possess strong leadership and managerial skills gained in an operational role; involving both people management and budgetary responsibility. They will also need to demonstrate they can to contribute to and influence health and social care integration and translate strategy into operational deliverables.
Informal enquiries to Ruth MacDonald, Head of Service - Social Work Services and Professional Standards; email: ruth.macdonald4@nhs.scot; tel: 07990 828680
Closing date for completed Applications: 12th January 2021
Please note that we are unable to accept late applications
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