A bit about Jamaila

Jamaila is currently Corporate Director of Adult Social Services and Integration, for the City of York Council. She is part of the senior management and leads on the delivery of all adult social care assessment, in house provider and external services as well as ensuring a programme on integration with health, housing, and community providers. Jamaila has vast experience in transformation and large-scale change, she has over 28 years’ experience across the health and social care sector and worked at a national level to redesign social work training and education as well as the National Commissioning Academy.

Jamaila is passionate about working with people of all ages to design and deliver innovative services that support best outcomes for people reducing inequalities and improving health. Passionate about ensuring safe high-quality care Jamaila is the Humber and North Yorkshire regional safeguarding network chair, ensuring people receiving services access good care consistently.

As Chair of the York Communities Board Jamaila works closely with housing colleagues and the third sector to deliver a whole programme of supporting families with good housing provision, digitalisation, reducing poverty as well as ensuring good partnerships that support integration.