Programme Manager - Mental Health inIlford inIlford PUBLISHED 21 OCT 2024

£45,955 to £59,085 a year  PERMANENT 
This is an extremely exciting time to be joining the Barnardo's Health Directorate.

We are looking for a Programme Manager for Mental Health to help drive our Children and Young People's Mental Health programmes of work. This role will support the Strategic Programme Lead for Mental Health in the practical delivery of the aims and objectives of the Corporate Strategy. The overall ambition is to ensure that Barnardo's can deliver better mental health outcomes, sustainably, for more babies, children, and young people across the UK, making sure they are safer, happier, healthier, and more hopeful.

The Programme Manager position is ideal for candidates who have operational children and young people's mental health delivery experience but are now looking for a new challenge and seeking a role that delivers transformational change at scale and pace. For candidates with a health background, joining the voluntary sector can offer more flexible working with high degrees of autonomy and independence. It is a dynamic sector, often leading the way with new ideas and innovative solutions. In this role you will develop a deep understanding of the needs of children, young people, and families, which will enable you to creatively design, plan and deliver outcome-focused programmes. It is a fantastic opportunity to be closer to the action, where you will see the real difference, you make to the lives of children and young people.

You will need to be a driven and dynamic team player who has proven ability to support and influence project implementation and will have experience working within or alongside a range of health sectors and with a variety of health stakeholders. The role will involve the successful production of accessible reports, papers, project plans, risk assessments and management information.

About us

This is an extremely exciting time to be joining the Barnardo's Health Directorate. The Health Team is an ambitious and dynamic team, with a focus on what Barnardo's needs to deliver to ensure we become an integrated Health & Social Care charity.

Barnardo's has a new 3 year corporate strategy Changing Childhoods, Changing Lives", which identifies the need to support children and young people struggling with their mental health and wellbeing and the Health Team are integral to ensuring the success of the strategy.

We are looking for a Programme Manager for Mental Health to help drive our Children and Young People's Mental Health programmes of work. This role will support the Strategic Programme Lead for Mental Health in the practical delivery of the aims and objectives of the Corporate Strategy. The overall ambition is to ensure that Barnardo's can deliver better mental health outcomes, sustainably, for more babies, children, and young people across the UK, making sure they are safer, happier, healthier, and more hopeful.

The Programme Manager position is ideal for candidates who have operational children and young people's mental health delivery experience but are now looking for a new challenge and seeking a role that delivers transformational change at scale and pace. For candidates with a health background, joining the voluntary sector can offer more flexible working with high degrees of autonomy and independence. It is a dynamic sector, often leading the way with new ideas and innovative solutions. In this role you will develop a deep understanding of the needs of children, young people, and families, which will enable you to creatively design, plan and deliver outcome-focused programmes. It is a fantastic opportunity to be closer to the action, where you will see the real difference, you make to the lives of children and young people.

You will need to be a driven and dynamic team player who has proven ability to support and influence project implementation and will have experience working within or alongside a range of health sectors and with a variety of health stakeholders. The role will involve the successful production of accessible reports, papers, project plans, risk assessments and management information.

About us

This is an extremely exciting time to be joining the Barnardo's Health Directorate. The Health Team is an ambitious and dynamic team, with a focus on what Barnardo's needs to deliver to ensure we become an integrated Health & Social Care charity.

Barnardo's has a new 3 year corporate strategy Changing Childhoods, Changing Lives", which identifies the need to support children and young people struggling with their mental health and wellbeing and the Health Team are integral to ensuring the success of the strategy.

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