Service Area
Directorate
Adult Services
Service Area
Adult Services
Category
Job Title
Grade
BBC Chief Officer 2
Salary Range (£ pro rata for part time roles)
BBCO2 85,752 - 104,354
Contract Type
Full time permanent
Contract Hours
37
Job Advert
Bedford Borough Council is seeking an exceptional senior leader to complement its new innovative structure.
We believe that collaboration is key by providing effective, strategic, and operational leadership and management, to deliver innovative, efficient, and impactful services with the highest standard of service delivery.
We are seeking an inspirational, highly motivated, enthusiastic leader, with a clear vision and unrelenting commitment to support people to have choice and control over their lives, with a focus on living as independently as possible.
Reporting to the Executive Director of Adult Services, you will have significant adult social care management experience at a senior level, be innovative, have strong financial acumen, be educated to degree level or equivalent standard, and hold a suitable professional qualification related directly to the post.
You will be a key lead and active contributor in the continued evolution of integrated services and be accountable for development, performance and shift in culture towards greater integration and collaboration.
Accountable for providing strategic leadership for operational delivery over a range of areas, you will lead on key requirements relating to adult social care, ensuring services are delivered within budget and to council and national policies and frameworks, with a commitment to delivering the highest quality of service within available resources.
Acting as a professional lead on all matters within a portfolio of responsibility, this exciting position is responsible for a range of Council services that includes, but is not limited to:
· Health and Social Care Integration and Collaboration – including joint working on pooled better care fund
· Statutory social work-related team responsibility (Hospital S/W Team- Home First), Physical Disability Team, Sensory Services, Occupational Therapy.
· A range of CQC Regulated In house directly provided care services
· Adult Social Care Finance Assessment services; Direct Payments, Financial Protection, provider payments.
Closing Date: 22nd August 2025
Interview Dates:
* Virtual Stakeholder Panel: 4 September 2025
* Member Panel Interviews at Borough Hall: 11 September 2025
How to apply
When you are ready to apply, click on ‘Apply for Vacancy’; you will be asked to upload a CVand answer some application questions. The application questions require a yes/no response. Please make sure your CV shows how you meet the requirements for the role you are applying for, the job profile below will show the essential selection criteria. An optional CV template is provided below.
Please note:
The Council will not normally re-employ ex-employees in receipt of:
· a severance payment (within 12 months of leaving)
· a local government pension
Bedford Borough Council is proud to be a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, the Care Leavers Covenant, and is a Level 2 Disability Confident employer
Additional Vacancy Information
Allowance (pro rata for part time roles)
N/A
Work Pattern
weekdays 37 hours, with flexibility for committee etc
Is this an enhanced DBS role?
Yes
Is this a politically restricted role?
Yes
Is this a customer facing role which requires a fluent English Speaker?
Yes
Vacancy Location
Location
Bedfordshire
Location
Borough Hall Bedford
Is this a designated car user position?
Yes
Attachments
Job Profile
Attachments
Job Profile
Service Director for Integration & Collaboration job description (1).pdf (334 Kb)
CV Template
CV Template.docx (16 Kb) #J-18808-Ljbffr