Technology Enhanced Lives Growth and Innovations Manager

Role Responsibility

We have an opportunity within the Adult Social Care Innovation Delivery team to manage our new Technology Enhanced Lives Service. The Technology Enhanced Lives Service is critical to the Authority’s vision for Social Care and Health in Kent; the service will harness the opportunities of digital technology to enable independent living, provide greater choice and control, and optimise a person’s outcomes. This role will lead, grow and embed innovation across Kent; connecting technology to people and communities.

The successful candidate will help to lead a transformational shift from a focus on traditional forms of social care and support to a ‘digital first’ model. Care technology will be a central component to how services are delivered in Adult Social Care, aligned with the core principles of our Making a Difference Every Day strategy. Working with our delivery partner PA Consulting, the post holder will be responsible for ensuring ongoing quality and delivering a sustainable care technology service.

If you have extensive senior leadership experience, exceptional problem-solving ability and can build effective partnerships to deliver joint priorities, this new role could be right for you. The post holder will play a key role in inspiring a cultural shift in the organisation and social work practice, utilising creative ways of engaging the workforce at all levels to build confidence and capacity that will drive more innovative and creative ways of supporting people.

About the Team

This role will sit within the Innovation Delivery Team. There are two Technology Enabled Care Coordinators, and they manage a small team of Technology Enhanced Lives Officers. 

During Summer 2023 we awarded a 5-year contract to PA Consulting to work with us as Partner to implement the Technology Enhanced Lives service. The post holder will work in collaboration with PA Consulting to implement and manage the service. 

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Interviews will take place 15th and 16th January.

Contact Details

For further information on this role, please contact:

Georgina Walton.  Georgina.walton@kent.gov.uk  03000 415535

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.