• Provide strategic leadership as part of the Directorate Management Team, reporting to the Director of Adult and Community Services• Contribute to and lead areas of the corporate Forward Together Programme focused on delivering improved services and efficiency savings• Contribute to and lead key areas of the Better Together Programme including development of integrated models for reablement/intermediate care, carers services and support at home services (integration of Health and Social Care to improve services and achieve efficiency savings)• Provide inspirational leadership and role model DCC Corporate leadership and management behaviours,• Develop strategic partnerships across key stakeholders including health, other local authorities, private and voluntary sector providers• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with elected members and MPs to support the design and delivery of effective services across Dorset’s communities• Provide Directorate leadership for performance and hold other service Heads “to account” for performance and service improvement• Ensure compliance with key areas of legislation across the Directorate and support the delivery of Corporate service design and development including ICT, Procurement and Commissioning• Provide strategic leadership to a range of services including Strategic Commissioning and Contracts; Performance and Business Improvement and Innovation; Safeguarding and Quality (including Mental Capacity Act/Deprivation of Liberties);Community Safety Partnership; Financial Support Services and Trading Standards• Ensure services are of a high quality and safeguard our communities• Provide strategic leadership of Directorate workforce and the external workforce across Health, private sector, voluntary and community sectors• Responsible for £42m budget which includes staffing and service development funding• Ensure the collection of income and debt recovery on behalf of the Directorate

Lead Commissioning for Adult Services including Housing, Older People's Services, People with disabilities, personalisation. Work closely with private and community sector to develop services to meet local need.Produced vision document for Adult Social Care. Currently writing a Market Position Statement. Work with local health service to develop personal health budgets.Responsible for managing a team of Strategic Commissioning Managers and a service which includes contracts, monitoring, research and evaluation, property management, carers services, continuing healthcare, supporting people and brokerage services.

Managing Director of Tricuro Ltd - Local Authority Trading Company wholly owned by Dorset County Council, Bournemouth Borough Council and Poole Borough Council. Responsible for c.£40M with responsibility for a range of social care services across the county. Responsible for developing and the delivery of a 5 year business plan focused on achieving efficiencies, growth and development of new services. Providing effective leadership and creating a management structure that will ensure growth and expansion of the company and deliver returns to its three shareholders.Ensuring the maintenance of high quality care services for all clients and maintaining strong relationships with key partners and identifying new partnerships to enable future growth and expansion. Ensure the company establishing effective trading arrangements to attract private income and identify clear options for future investment. Maintain effective working relationships with the Executive Shareholder Group and be accountable to the Board of Tricuro. Deliver an effective marketing strategy to support growth and expansion of services.