Adult Social Care and Public Health
Enabling our communities to live with freedom, dignity and independence.
With a career in Adult Social Care and Health at Kingston, you’ll know that you’re making a lasting difference to people’s everyday lives. Empowering them to achieve independence and truly thrive in their communities.
Our career opportunities in this area span across a number of services including:
Adult Social Care
Our social care teams work with some of our most vulnerable residents to keep them safe from harm and to ensure they have the support and independence that they need to thrive. Our teams provide dedicated support to those whose primary care needs relate to their mental health, those with physical and/or learning disabilities, those being discharged from hospital who require additional support, young people transitioning from children’s social services into adults, and those struggling with a reliance on alcohol or drugs.
Whether you’re new to a career in care or have experience in this area already, we can provide you with a meaningful career where you can make a real difference and impact on people’s everyday lives. Some typical roles in this area include:
- Support Coordinators
- Social Workers and Senior Social Workers
- Occupational Therapists and Senior Occupational Therapists
- Team Managers
Commissioning and Transformation
Our commissioning and transformation teams are playing a vital role in enabling to Kingston become a national leader in Technology Enabled care, integration and the development of pathways that recognise the uniqueness of every individual's experience. At a time of shrinking resources, and growing need, these teams are taking new and innovative approaches to translate our corporate strategies into operational plans, working alongside other colleagues across the Council and our partners, including the NHS. Working in these teams, you’ll have the opportunity to make a real difference, by commissioning and transforming our services to support early intervention and prevention for our most vulnerable adults, promoting their independence.
Roles in this team vary from entry to manager level and a background in commissioning and transformation isn’t necessarily essential, you may come from a social or healthcare background which will bring skills enabling us to best identify what our communities need now and in the future and monitor the delivery of these commissioned services.
Public Health
Our public health teams work with our partners in the NHS to deliver a range of services, interventions and initiatives to support and promote the health and wellbeing of all of our residents in our communities. Some examples include promoting active and healthy lifestyles through sport, stopping smoking, supporting those substance misuse addictions, sexual health services and ensuring all residents benefit from these services, reducing inequalities in health outcomes. This team plays a vital role in monitoring, adapting and then protecting our local communities from public health hazards, including infectious diseases, environmental threats and health pandemics. Our Public Health Teams play a big part in reviewing data available and turning that data into insights and intelligence that helps inform all Council decision-making on public health matters.
