Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Jenny Wood is an experienced professional in adult social care and leadership, currently serving as the Director of Adult Social Care and Deputy Chief Executive at Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council since September 2016. Prior to this role, Jenny held the position of Director of Adult Social Care at Warwickshire County Council from April 2011 to September 2016, managing adult social care and support services while contributing to health integration and community initiatives. Jenny's expertise extends to previous roles as Head of Service for Older People's Services and Service Manager for Hospital Social Care Services at Sheffield City Council, where top-level performance was maintained in social services. Early in the career, Jenny worked as Joint Commissioning Manager with Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council and as a Senior Researcher at The Wellcome Foundation, focusing on cardiovascular research. Academically, Jenny holds a Master's degree in Social Work and a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, along with several post-graduate qualifications in leadership and social work.
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Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Council House, Manor Square, Solihull, B91 3QB. Serving 200,000 citizens daily. The Council compromises 51 councillors, representing 17 wards. It is currently led by the Conservative Party. Solihull Council's current plan shows: OUR VISION Solihull in 2018: Where everyone has an equal chance to be healthier, happier, safer and prosperous. - This is the vision we share with our strategic public, private and voluntary sector partners in order to improve outcomes for everyone in Solihull. It directs everything we do. OUR PURPOSE Lives not Services: To be an organisation that improves lives. An organisation needs a purpose in order to know how to make full use of the resources at its disposal. Our Purpose sits at the core of a culture we are creating that puts the emphasis on improving lives before anything else. Our Purpose complements Our Vision. OUR AMBITION Good to Great: To be an organisation that our citizens and staff say is a great one. As an organisation we have been told that we are a good one and that we could be better. So rising to that challenge we have set ourselves an ambition to be great. With greatness being a measure of the value our communities place on the work we do and how we are improving lives. OUR BRAND Open. Honest. Approachable. Keeping our Promises. Our Brand defines the personality of our Council. It was developed by local people who said this is how they expect the Council (its Councillors and staff) to behave. In return they will trust us to do the right things. Our Brand sits at the heart of The Solihull Way. Connect with Solihull Council on social media. Twitter: @SolihullCouncil Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/solihullcouncil