Mental Health Commissioner

Mental Health Commissioner London, England

Critical Project Resourcing
Full Time London, England 62.5 GBP HOURLY Today
Job description

I am currently recruiting for a Mental Health Commissioner to join a Local Authority in West London on a contract basis.

***Please note daily rate of pay is an umbrella rate***. Mainly remote working, with occassional office work.

The client is looking for someone to take a lead role in the redesign and development of commissioning functions in relation to good quality services for children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs, and their families. The commissioner will be responsible for services relating to the educational and care needs of children and young people, to ensure sufficiency of appropriate interventions across the age range for children and young people. The commissioner will ensure that that commissioned services meet the needs and outcomes of children and young people in the borough by adopting a strong partnership approach to ensure outcomes for children and young people, their families are improved. You will have an in-depth understanding of the legal and regulatory framework relating to Mental Health Act 1983, Human Rights Act 1998, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Care Act 2014, and the Children’s and Families Act 2014.

Main duties of the role will include:

  • Lead the commissioning functions for CAMHS and MHST across social care and public health.
  • Work with social care, schools and parents, and other stakeholders to monitor changing needs of children and young people with mild to moderate mental health and evaluating current service delivery to inform commissioning of future services to ensure they remain responsive to changing policies and needs.
  • Contribute to all relevant strategic, transformation and joint commissioning plans using evidence based on best practice and best value
  • Support the Strategic Director of Children's Services and the Head of Integrated Commissioning in setting the strategic direction and objectives for Children’s Commissioning and meeting those objectives by implementing measurable and actionable programme plans.
  • Work with colleagues to ensure an integrated approach to commissioning and contracting children’s social care services, mental health and substance misuse and domestic abuse support services.
  • Ensure effective financial value is achieved in the delivery of commissioned services, considering national and local policy frameworks and the financial obligations of the NHS and Local Authority.
  • Contribute to Children’s commissioning partnership arrangements including the SEND strategy, Local Offer, Sufficiency Strategy and Better Care Funds; plus other programmes associated with it, managing this within NHS North West London

Knowledge and skills required:

  • Good practical knowledge of legislative, social and economic issues relating to health, education and social care services for children and young people and their families.
  • Proven experience of the commissioning and transformation process (needs and gap analysis, procurement, contract management and review, service redesign and change management), including knowledge of procurement rules and legislation.
  • Proven experience of evaluating services to ensure that specified service outcomes are being met and of addressing under-performing services.
  • Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills with the ability to communicate successfully at all levels to a variety of audiences.
  • A good understanding of demographic profiling, health inequalities and health and social care issues in a diverse community.
  • A good understanding of the THRIVE framework and processes for CAMHS or other similar models.

If you are interested in this role and have the relevant skills and experience, please apply for immediate consideration.

Job Type: Temporary contract

Salary: Up to £500.00 per day

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in London

Reference ID: VR/42057JA

Mental Health Commissioner
Critical Project Resourcing

www.cpresourcing.co.uk
Sevenoaks, United Kingdom
Unknown / Non-Applicable
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Company - Private
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