Lead Officer for Self-Directed Support - (Perm/Full Time) - REF:HSCP/83471 - INV06881

Job Description

Lead Officer for Self-Directed Support                                         REF: HSCP/ 83471

Salary: Grade 10 £54,596 - £57,914                                           PORTAL REF: INV06881

Location: Municipal Buildings

Hours: 37 Hours per Week

Lead Officer for Self-Directed Support (1x FTE)

Inverclyde Council - Grade 10

Self-Directed Support is at the heart of modern social care, enabling people to exercise choice, independence and control over their lives. We are looking for an ambitious and influential leader to drive forward our Self-Directed Support agenda, working with services, communities and partners to embed person-centred approaches and deliver meaningful outcomes for the people of Inverclyde.

As Lead Officer for Self-Directed Support, you will provide strategic and professional leadership for the development, implementation and continuous improvement of SDS across the HSCP. Working closely with practitioners, managers, people with lived experience and partner organisations, you will lead on policy, strategy, governance, performance and practice development, ensuring that SDS is delivered in line with legislation, national guidance and best practice.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for an experienced and motivated professional with strong leadership, partnership-working and change-management skills. If you are committed to promoting rights-based, strengths-focused approaches and want to make a lasting impact on how support is planned and delivered within Inverclyde, we would welcome your application.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact, Scott Bryan  scott.bryan@ or Janette Urquhart Janette.Urquhart@

Inverclyde Council offers a wide range of benefits to employees including flexible working opportunities, attractive pension schemes, a Buy and Bank Annual Leave Scheme, career development and health and wellbeing support.

You can find out more in our Employee Benefits Booklet which is available on our website Employee Benefits - Inverclyde Council

Important Applicant Information:

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• Inverclyde Council is an accredited Living Wage Employer paying the Living Wage Rate where required.  Please click the link to `Essential Applicant Information' above for more information.

• Inverclyde Council is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from all members of the community.

• Applicants must have the right to work in the UK as we do not hold a sponsorship license.

Vetting by Disclosure Scotland

If you work in regulated work (children and/or protected adults) you will be subject to obtaining a satisfactory PVG. A small number of posts require a Standard or Basic Disclosure check and the majority of all other posts will complete a Criminal Convictions Form. All disclosure checks are obtained via Disclosure Scotland. If you are the successful candidate you will be required to pay the cost of the disclosure check required for your post.

Regulatory Bodies

If your post requires registration with a Regulatory Body such as HCPC or SSSC etc., you are required to obtain and maintain registration including paying any fees for HCPC. As part of the local government pay deal, local authority staff are no longer required to pay SSSC fees.  

Further Assistance

Alternative application packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille and Audio. To request an alternative application pack or require further assistance to attend and/or participate in an interview, please contact the HR Recruitment Team on [phone removed] or email Human Resources at: Human.Resources@ .

Armed Forces Personnel/Reservists

Inverclyde Council welcomes applications from former armed forces personnel / reservists. Many of the skills picked up during your military career could be transferred directly into a role with local government.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and who meet the essential criteria for the job.

Flexible Working

Inverclyde Council recognises the mutual benefits of having a flexible, effective workforce to deliver the best services to our community, whilst enabling employees to balance their personal, home and work responsibilities more effectively, with a view to achieving greater job satisfaction, motivation, morale and productivity. 

Employees are able to apply for a range of options including Part-Time Working, Job share, Compressed Hours, Homeworker, Hybrid Working and Flexible Retirement. More detail can be found in the Flexible Working Policy, linked in the download section of our Employee Benefits web page.