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Please refer to the Job Description for full details.
1. Duties and Responsibilities
The SWL Headof Mental Health Support Teams (Procurement Programme) is responsible for:
The strategic planning, leadership and overall programme management of specific workstreams focused on Mental Health in schools including full procurement process through 2025/26. Coordinating the delivery of these programmes across all parts of the ICS working with partners such as local authorities, schools, health and care providers, the VCSE and patients and carers.
Ensuring that MHST specifications are evidence based and take a population health approach to understanding need, addressing health inequalities, and setting clear outcomes and standards to measure success. Ensure population health management data is used in operational delivery as appropriate.
Working in partnership with colleagues across South West London or Pan London to ensure alignment with other programmes. creating joint working to benefit of the whole of SWL.
Leading on ensuring that strong and appropriate public and patient engagement is undertaken in lead areas. Ensure the voice of people with lived experience / experts by experience are at the heart of all transformation programme activities associated with the portfolio.
Working with the Place leads the postholder will lead on co-ordinating system wide opportunities for change and transformation across MHSTs
Being a subject matter expert for the ICB in the areas of their portfolio. Liaise with external centres of excellence as necessary to ensure SWL is receiving best practice guidance to inform SWL delivery and transformation.
Identifying where delivery of programmes in their portfolio is off-track, or where desired outcomes are not being achieved, and to propose and seek agreement to remedial action to address this, acting where necessary.
Working with partners to ensure that SWL is in the best place to secure the maximise the opportunity any transformation funding offers. Working with the SWL Finance Team to ensure that any transformation money is appropriately accounted for and reported on.
To keep up to date with national and local developments and research best practice models of care within MHST services, in order to regularly provide expert advice to colleagues, partners and stakeholders, ensuring this knowledge is appropriately reflected in service planning.
Be responsible for proposing and drafting changes, implementation, and interpretation to policies, guidelines and contracts which may impact the services in the portfolio.
Priority will be given to SWLICB staff who are currently looking for suitable alternative employment.
An exciting opportunity has become available to join South West London ICB to take forward the development of a key programme supporting improved mental health outcomes for children and young people.
The school based
Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) programme
delivers an evidence-based support for children and young people within schools, support for senior mental health leads in education setting to develop and support in the delivery of a 'whole school approach' to mental wellbeing and provision of advice to school and college staff. The MHST programme has a budget of around £8m in 2024/25.
The post holder will be operating at a senior level within SWL ICB to review and baseline the current services before undertaking the procurement of this high profile, complex and high value set of services within the Mental Health Support Teams Programme. The post holder will be credible, technical and experienced programme manager, with a depth and breadth of experience engaging stakeholders, managing complex programmes and leading procurements to successful programmes.
The SWL Head of Mental Health Support Teams (Procurement Programme) is responsible for:
o The strategic planning, leadership and overall programme management of specific workstreams focused on Mental Health in schools including full procurement process through 2025/26. Coordinating the delivery of these programmes across all parts of the ICS working with partners such as local authorities, schools, health and care providers, the VCSE and patients and carers.
o Ensuring that MHST specifications are evidence based and take a population health approach to understanding need, addressing health inequalities, and setting clear outcomes and standards to measure success. Ensure population health management data is used in operational delivery as appropriate.
o Leading on ensuring that strong and appropriate public and patient engagement is undertaken in lead areas. Ensure the voice of people with lived experience / experts by experience are at the heart of all transformation programme activities associated with the portfolio.
o Identifying where delivery of programmes in their portfolio is off-track, or where desired outcomes are not being achieved, and to propose and seek agreement to remedial action to address this, acting where necessary.
Please refer to the Job Description for full details.
1. Duties and Responsibilities
The SWL Headof Mental Health Support Teams (Procurement Programme) is responsible for:
The strategic planning, leadership and overall programme management of specific workstreams focused on Mental Health in schools including full procurement process through 2025/26. Coordinating the delivery of these programmes across all parts of the ICS working with partners such as local authorities, schools, health and care providers, the VCSE and patients and carers.
Ensuring that MHST specifications are evidence based and take a population health approach to understanding need, addressing health inequalities, and setting clear outcomes and standards to measure success. Ensure population health management data is used in operational delivery as appropriate.
Working in partnership with colleagues across South West London or Pan London to ensure alignment with other programmes. creating joint working to benefit of the whole of SWL.
Leading on ensuring that strong and appropriate public and patient engagement is undertaken in lead areas. Ensure the voice of people with lived experience / experts by experience are at the heart of all transformation programme activities associated with the portfolio.
Working with the Place leads the postholder will lead on co-ordinating system wide opportunities for change and transformation across MHSTs
Being a subject matter expert for the ICB in the areas of their portfolio. Liaise with external centres of excellence as necessary to ensure SWL is receiving best practice guidance to inform SWL delivery and transformation.
Identifying where delivery of programmes in their portfolio is off-track, or where desired outcomes are not being achieved, and to propose and seek agreement to remedial action to address this, acting where necessary.
Working with partners to ensure that SWL is in the best place to secure the maximise the opportunity any transformation funding offers. Working with the SWL Finance Team to ensure that any transformation money is appropriately accounted for and reported on.
To keep up to date with national and local developments and research best practice models of care within MHST services, in order to regularly provide expert advice to colleagues, partners and stakeholders, ensuring this knowledge is appropriately reflected in service planning.
Be responsible for proposing and drafting changes, implementation, and interpretation to policies, guidelines and contracts which may impact the services in the portfolio.
Priority will be given to SWLICB staff who are currently looking for suitable alternative employment.
An exciting opportunity has become available to join South West London ICB to take forward the development of a key programme supporting improved mental health outcomes for children and young people.
The school based
Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) programme
delivers an evidence-based support for children and young people within schools, support for senior mental health leads in education setting to develop and support in the delivery of a 'whole school approach' to mental wellbeing and provision of advice to school and college staff. The MHST programme has a budget of around £8m in 2024/25.
The post holder will be operating at a senior level within SWL ICB to review and baseline the current services before undertaking the procurement of this high profile, complex and high value set of services within the Mental Health Support Teams Programme. The post holder will be credible, technical and experienced programme manager, with a depth and breadth of experience engaging stakeholders, managing complex programmes and leading procurements to successful programmes.
The SWL Head of Mental Health Support Teams (Procurement Programme) is responsible for:
o The strategic planning, leadership and overall programme management of specific workstreams focused on Mental Health in schools including full procurement process through 2025/26. Coordinating the delivery of these programmes across all parts of the ICS working with partners such as local authorities, schools, health and care providers, the VCSE and patients and carers.
o Ensuring that MHST specifications are evidence based and take a population health approach to understanding need, addressing health inequalities, and setting clear outcomes and standards to measure success. Ensure population health management data is used in operational delivery as appropriate.
o Leading on ensuring that strong and appropriate public and patient engagement is undertaken in lead areas. Ensure the voice of people with lived experience / experts by experience are at the heart of all transformation programme activities associated with the portfolio.
o Identifying where delivery of programmes in their portfolio is off-track, or where desired outcomes are not being achieved, and to propose and seek agreement to remedial action to address this, acting where necessary.
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