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SalaryManchester City Council
Working Hours: 35 Hours Per Week
Contract Type: Permanent
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The Department of Public Health are at the forefront of delivering the Manchester Population Health Plan which sets out the vision that by 2027 we will be living longer, healthier lives; and the Making Manchester Fairer Plan which is a city-wide action plan to address health inequalities across Manchester over the next 5 years to tackle social determinants of health (i.e. housing, employment, poverty, debt.)
We are looking for a candidate to lead and manage various drug & Alcohol work-streams. These may include work-streams that focus on: Young People, Criminal Justice, Alcohol, In-patient Detox and Residential Rehabilitation. The role will also involve coordinating performance monitoring information across drug & Alcohol services to progress activity and outcomes, and working collaboratively with service providers, colleagues, citizens, and other stakeholders on service development.
Public health is about working together with a range of partners through the development of strategies, policies, work programmes and commissioning of services to improve the health of the population of Manchester, protect them from threats to their health; prevent and mitigate risks to support better health outcomes; and create the conditions in society and the environment that lead to better health. This work is done using the best available evidence, data, and insight.
The Department works closely with the NHS as part of the Manchester Integrated Care Partnership.
- Health Improvement and Wellbeing: this includes work to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals of all ages, create the conditions in communities that support good health and wellbeing, and to improve health equity.
- Health Protection and Healthy Environments: this includes work to prevent and control infectious diseases, sexual health, emergency preparedness and response planning, addressing inequalities in health protection, environmental hazards, regulatory work.
- Healthcare Public Health and Partnerships: this includes work to address broader determinants and complex barriers to health, population health strategic partnerships, health and care service inequalities, screening, and early detection.
- Core functions: this includes knowledge and intelligence, contracting, project management and business support.
- Well organised with good problem solving and decision making skills
- Able to juggle competing priorities
- An effective communicator
- Skilled at developing trust and relationships
- Flexible and adaptable
- Open minded and understanding of others
- Able to work with people to reach a common goa
We’re the local government authority for Manchester, and have teams across the city helping to make this a great place to live for everyone. We’re proud to do local government differently, in a city with an international reputation for diversity, creativity, culture and passion.
When you join us, you’re joining a team of over 7,000 council staff helping to make our ambition for Manchester a reality. Whatever your role, you’ll be supporting our residents and communities to be the best they can be, and helping to build a Manchester that's fairer for everyone who lives, works, volunteers, studies or plays here.
To make our ambition a reality, every person we recruit needs to play their its part. It takes a certain type of behaviour, attitude and way of working to get Manchester where it wants to be. Our people and partners have agreed five ‘behaviours’ – the grounding for how we must work together and treat one another:
- We take time to listen and understand
- We work together and trust each other
- We show that we value our differences and treat each other fairly
- We ‘own it’ and we’re not afraid to try new things
- We’re proud and passionate about Manchester
A career with us means you can be yourself, thrive, and build the career your talent and ambition deserve.
Creating an inclusive team at Manchester City Council
At Manchester City Council, we strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We want to further increase the diversity of our workforce, in particular the number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff and disabled staff at all levels of the Council. This advert is open to all applicants, and we would particularly encourage applications from candidates identifying with one or both of those characteristics.
If you want to find out more about the role, our ways of working, flexible arrangements or any workplace adjustments, please let us know by emailing jobs@manchester.gov.uk. If you are invited to interview, we will ask you if you require any adjustments for you to best demonstrate your suitability for the role in the interview process.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
- Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
- If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
Accessibility
As a Disability Confident Employer, we provide support for employees with physical or mental-health conditions, a disability or neurodiversity. Our workplaces are accessible by design, and we make workplace adjustments including providing aids, adaptations and equipment. These, combined with our flexible working policies such as disability-related leave, enable our employees to perform their role, thrive and be their authentic selves in work.
We’ve also included some useful tips on how to submit the best application.
When you join us
We want everyone to be able to be themselves at work and give their best. If you need additional support to undertake the duties of the role, we’ll make every effort to source any necessary aids, adaptations or equipment. If, however, any task proves to be unachievable, we will look at redesigning parts of the role.
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