Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing Joint Commissioner

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.

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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.