Mental Health

4 weeks ago


Lewisham, United Kingdom AKTON Resourcing Ltd Full time

Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing Joint Commissioner
Lewisham
£400/day

Full time position: 35.00/hrs a week

Children and Young People Service
Start date: ASAP

AKTON Recruitment is working closely with the local authorities and we are looking for a Joint Commissioner to join the Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing team in the Lewisham area. 3 - 6 months contract. DBS required for this role.

Main Purpose of the job:

To ensure the strategic allocation of resources to improve outcomes for children and young people in Lewisham.
To lead integration across the wider Children's partnership, driving change to secure improved outcomes for children and young people.
To programme manage complex change programmes to improve service outcomes.
To commission/de-commission services for both London Borough of Lewisham and South East London Clinical Commissioning Group (Lewisham) in line with applicable governance requirements
To lead the holistic commissioning of services, resource allocation and pooling of budgets to meet the needs of specific children or young people, particularly those with complex needs.
To ensure that commissioning decisions and informed by clear performance and quality measures.___________________________________________________________________

Summary of Responsibilities and Personal Duties:

PERSONAL DUTIES

* To ensure the strategic allocation of resources to improve outcomes for children and young people in Lewisham.

* To lead integration across the partnership, driving change to secure improved outcomes for children and young people.

* To programme manage complex change and service improvement programmes, and all related resources (including supervision of internal and external staff and consultants) to improve service outcomes.

* To commission/de-commission services for both London Borough of Lewisham and SEL CCG (Lewisham), in line with applicable governance requirements.

* To lead the holistic commissioning of services, resource allocation and pooling of budgets to meet the needs of specific children or young people, particularly those with complex needs.

* To ensure evidence based resource allocation.

* To lead contract management and monitoring activities for strategic service providers across health and local authority.

Experience

Experience of leading virtual teams and coordinating service transformation and planning effectively, strategy development and making recommendations to Boards and senior management.
Substantial experience of effective project management and delivery, demonstrating application of project management approaches and principles, and effective change management.
Substantial experience of the commissioning cycle, such as analysis, market development, tendering and contract management.
Experience of budget management and reporting, including making recommendations on the strategic allocation of resources.
Experience of stakeholder communication, management, negotiation and influence, to a range of audiences including senior management, service professionals and service users to achieve service objectives and deliver outcomes for children and young people.
Knowledge

Comprehensive knowledge of the equalities and diversity agenda and statutory frameworks and the impact a Commissioner role can have in achieving equalities objectives.
Comprehensive knowledge of legislation and strategy/policy frameworks for children's services and partnership arrangements, and the application of this knowledge to commissioning
Excellent understanding of the political interface in a local authority and the role and needs of elected members, and of the role and governance of CCGs



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