The National Skills Academy for Social Care:
Jobs

The National Skills Academy for Social Care is seeking to appoint its first Director, and interim communications support. Initially, all posts will be hosted by SCIE and based at Golding’s House, 2 Hays Lane, London SE1 2HB.

Director

Based London SE1
c £100k

Closing date: Friday 19 December 2008

The National Skills Academy for Social Care, which will be established in March 2009, is seeking to appoint its first Director. The Academy is a key driver in the transformation of social care – working to make ‘Putting People First’ a reality.

Our purpose is to identify, celebrate, endorse and promote excellence in skills development, learning support and training practice in social care in England. We will help to develop the skills of all adult social care staff including leaders, managers, care workers and trainers in the private, voluntary or statutory sectors. Through a range of integrated initiatives, we will provide skills and development information and practical support which is easily accessible to employers - large and small – and the growing numbers of personal budget holders who operate in this arena.

Reporting to the Board, which is employer led, the director will provide active leadership, shape strategy, and work collaboratively with a range of skills and social care bodies. A charity and limited company, initially the Academy will be hosted by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), you will ensure the organisation is established on sound business principles .

Whatever your background, you will understand the issues faced by businesses in the sector and likely barriers to training and development. You may be running an independent or voluntary care business, operating at national or regional level or have a vocational training background – but above all you will be passionate about identifying excellence, improving skills, and ultimately outcomes, for people who use care services.

For further information please visit www.nsasocialcarerecruitment.com

For a confidential discussion please contact our advising consultants at Gatenby Sanderson Sally Wood on 020 7426 3984 or Maggie Hennessy on 0207 426 3961.