Invidualised Commissioning Children’s and Young

This is a fixed term post to cover maternity leave and is a multifaceted role. The potholder has operational lead for ensuring that Tameside locality meets its statutory responsibilities in relation to Individualised Funding of Children and Young People (CYP) with continuing care, complex mental health and learning disability needs as well as operational responsibility of CYP on the Dynamic Support Database. There is also responsibility for a case load of people with complex needs in receipt of NHS funding for care and treatments, ensuring that they have appropriate packages that meet need, is effective and high quality whilst also being value for money.

The role works closely with the wider locality and the ability to build excellent relationships with key partners is essential to the success of the post of Individualised Commissioning Clinical Lead for children and young people. Due to the varied responsibilities a wide ranging working knowledge of legislation, guidance and policies affecting CYP and eligibility to health funding is key to ensuring statutory duties are met by the post holder.

NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care

Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services and to improve the health and wellbeing of people who live and work in their area. Their purpose is to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare; tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access; enhance productivity and value for money and support broader social and economic development in their area efficiency. This will be delivered in neighbourhood, place, combinations of places and GM system.

This role is in the Tameside locality within the Individualised Commissioning Team with direct links to the Head of Mental Health, Learning Disabilities & Autism and also Head of Children and Young People

Our NHS People Promise -the promise we must all make to each other, to work together to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Like many other employers, NHS GM currently has evidence of unwarranted inequalities in the workforce, most notably in relation to minoritised ethnic, female and\or disabled staff and their intersectionality. As a result, we will use positive action measures to bring benefits to our organisation, including a wider pool of talented, skilled and experienced people from which to recruit and a better understanding of the needs of a more diverse range of customers.

As detailed in the Job Description, the main duties of the post are

Act as Individualised Commissioning Practitioner for children and young people with complex needs who are Cared for, come under Transforming Care, require complex S117 aftercare and those with Continuing Care needs.

Identify and case manage children and young people who have a specialist package/ placement and are eligible for NHS funding

Chair and coordinate eligibility assessments and reviews for children and young people with complex needs.

Act as Commissioning Case Manager for all Children and Young People in individually commissioned placements, purchased by the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)

Ensuring that contracts in place for individual clients in receipt of NHS funding are being adhered to as well as supporting and enabling providers to improve the quality of care delivery

Provide training and expert advice to other professionals in relation to NHS Individualised Commissioning for children and young people with complex needs.

Manage children and young people through the Transforming Care agenda, including arranging and chairing high quality CETRs and providing data to NHS England.

Undertake an annual audit of the quality of CETRs and take forward actions identified

Maintain the CCG’s CYP Transforming Care Dynamic Support Database and ensure that actions agreed are delivered

Work with and develop integrated personalised approaches to commissioning with education and social care partners, ensuring that children and young people, and their families, are at the heart of all actions.