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Dear Candidate,
I am delighted that you are interested in the Head of Finance: Adult Social Care and Health role with East Sussex County Council.
As a strategic Business Partner, you will work with, and support, the Adult Social Care and Health senior management team by providing financial advice, information and insight, as they manage their £340m gross budget (£233m net) to deliver services to the residents of East Sussex. As a member of my Finance Management Team, you will contribute, and bring your experience, to the continuous improvement in services that the Finance Service’s various teams provide and the ongoing development of our team members.
There are financial challenges ahead for local government and Adult Social Care and we are looking for innovative thinking and expertise, together with the ability to engage with and influence our customers, partners and stakeholders, to enable us to tackle these challenges head on.
If you can make a difference and impact, then East Sussex provides a welcoming and supportive place to work and further your career. With excellent transport links from London, and only 15 minutes from Brighton, together with the natural landscape of the South Downs National Park and English Channel coastline, it’s a great place to work, explore and relax.
I look forward to meeting you in the coming the weeks.
Best regards
Ian Gutsell
Chief Finance Officer
Our main areas of responsibility
Adult social care and health
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Assessing people’s need for social care
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Help for people to remain in their own homes
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Home care
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Respite care
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Day care
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Residential care
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Living at home programme
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Occupational therapy and home adaptations
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Community safety
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Health and wellbeing in the community
Children and families
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Adoption and fostering
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Child protection
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Improving the prospects for vulnerable children
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Improving behaviour in schools
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Early years education and child care
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Encouraging children to have a voice
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Looking after children in care
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Learning and schools effectiveness
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Improving pupil achievement
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Support for school head teachers
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Improving school attendance
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Providing school places
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Improving school buildings
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Adult education
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Improving e-communication in schools
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Home to school transport
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Communities, economy and transport
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Road maintenance
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Traffic safety
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Waste disposal
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Environment
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Passenger transport
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Statutory plans for a better environment for future generations
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Economic development
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Emergency planning
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Trading standards
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Consumer advice
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E-government
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Libraries, information and the arts
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Community planning
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Archives and records
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Registration of births, marriages and deaths
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Performance
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Managing Council performance
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Internal support teams
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Personnel and training
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Communications and web services
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Information and communication technologies
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Finance and procurement
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Property
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Legal services
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