Joint Director for Delivery & Partnerships

Provide CIC

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Job summary

Following the formation of the Mid and South Essex (MSE) Community Collaborative , we are seeking an innovative and committed individual to join our growing team. This is an exciting time for the NHS across Mid and South Essex as the partnership has been designed to foster collaborative working across community services, primary, acute and social care, with the key focus for delivering improved health and care to the communities we serve. The collaborative singularly provides you with a great opportunity to grow and develop your career.

Provide CIC, EPUT and NELFT are highly successful and growing organisations in their own right but also work in this collaborative arrangement to strengthen the place community services holds across our system.

The Integrated Care System in Mid and South Essex requires a new approach to leadership to ensure we can collectively address the challenges growing demand and complexity, twinned with financial austerity, present and the MSE Community Collaborative plays a key role in its future success. Provide CiC and EPUT now have the opportunity to recruit a new Joint Director for Delivery & Partnerships covering the Mid and South Essex geography within the collaborative. Your strong people skills will enable you to work across organisational boundaries and be a highly influential leader ensuring community care and mental health services hold their place in the system. You will be a strong decision maker and able to motivate colleagues across multidiscplinary teams to deliver high quality services whilst ensuring cost-effectiveness.

Main duties of the job

If you have a passion for transforming lives and a strong track record of leading teams in a complex organisation, we would love to hear from you. Above all you will be a people person who has experience of working both operationally and strategically, locally and across systems.

In return we offer a highly competitive salary, access to the NHS Pension Scheme and personal development opportunities to support your growth and wellbeing.

About us

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people's homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:

Vision:Transforming Lives

Values:Care, Innovation and Compassion

Mission:An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men's Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.

Date posted

28 August 2024

Pay scheme

Very senior manager (VSM)

Salary

Depending on experience Salary information can be found on the attached Job Description

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

828-PROVIDE3160

Job locations

Provide HQ/Hybrid

Colchester

CO4 9YQ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Full job description and salary range information can be found in the job description attached to this advert.

Interviews will be conducted on 27th September, at St Margaret's Hospital in Epping, Essex.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Full job description and salary range information can be found in the job description attached to this advert.

Interviews will be conducted on 27th September, at St Margaret's Hospital in Epping, Essex.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Relevant clinical or social worker professional qualification at degree level, or relevant and equivalent operational and strategic knowledge of these areas.

Experience

Essential

A minimum of three years' senior operational management experience of community health, mental health and/or social services
Measurable success in managing equalities initiatives.
Comprehensive knowledge of health and social care policy and Mental Health Legislation.
Ability to work in partnership with senior clinicians and other key professionals within and outside the organisation and a partnership approach to work across interagency

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Relevant clinical or social worker professional qualification at degree level, or relevant and equivalent operational and strategic knowledge of these areas.

Experience

Essential

A minimum of three years' senior operational management experience of community health, mental health and/or social services
Measurable success in managing equalities initiatives.
Comprehensive knowledge of health and social care policy and Mental Health Legislation.
Ability to work in partnership with senior clinicians and other key professionals within and outside the organisation and a partnership approach to work across interagency

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).