Thank you for your interest in joining East Sussex as our Head of Finance for the Adult Social Care and Health Department.

 

East Sussex is a great place to live and work. It is a county of huge contrasts. The

countryside is beautiful and largely unspoilt, and our towns and villages are vibrant, but we also have areas of significant need and challenge. We have strong, local communities and work closely with them and our partners from all sectors to help all to fulfil their potential.

 

The county council has a strong reputation for good services, effective partnership

working and innovation. We are committed, both politically and managerially across all departments, to serving all our residents to the very best of our abilities. We are proud of what we have achieved and are determined to build on our strong foundations to remain a well run and effective council.

 

In Adult Social Care and Health developing and maintaining effective partnerships is also a high priority for us, and we have a long and successful history of joint and integrated working, with our Borough, District and VCSE partners and particularly with the local NHS Trust in respect of the provision of community services.

 

As well as your finance skills, you will also need to be a team player who will work imaginatively and energetically as a core member of the Adult Social Care and Health Departmental Management Team to reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes for adults in the county.

 

With partners and residents, we aim to co-produce solutions that enable our citizens to live as healthy and independent a life as they can, for as long as they can. We do this by commissioning and directly delivering high quality, cost effective and efficient, personalised services to the County’s adults and older people, including protecting vulnerable adults from harm.

 

Our Adult social care strategy, "What Matters to You" provides some more detail of what is important to the people of East Sussex and the actions we are taking to respond to those priorities.

 

I hope that, after reading this information pack, you will want to join us at East Sussex, and we look forward to receiving an application from you.

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