Senior Joint Commissioner - Learning Disabilities and Autism

Job summary

The Integrated Commissioning Team for LDA is committed to improving the lives of autistic people and people with a learning disability of all ages by enabling them to maximise their independence, live healthy lives, be part of their community and have choice and control over their care and support. Commissioning responsibility extends across a range of specialist health and community-based service provision. The team is hosted by Warwickshire County Council, within the Children and All Age Disabilities Commissioning Team, on behalf of:

• Warwickshire County Council
• Coventry City Council
• NHS Coventry and Warwickshire ICB

The post-holder will be responsible for leading, developing, reviewing, and implementing strategic commissioning intentions for autistic children, young people and adults and people with disabilities across Coventry and Warwickshire. This will include direct commissioning and transformation activity as well as oversight of the workplans for the team.

The post holder will have financial responsibility to manage cost centres and will be expected to work closely with finance leads across the system to manage budgets, forecast, and prioritise resource.

The post holder will be a forward-thinking and creative strategic commissioner taking a lead role in the planning of integrated and ICB commissioned services, also working collectively with local authority colleagues to identify commissioning solutions in partnership.

Main duties of the job

The Integrated Commissioning Team are responsible for a range of commissioning intentions and priority transformational activity including, but not limited to:

• Delivering responsibilities for integrated commissioning for children, young people and adults as outlined within NHS operational planning guidance and the Care Act;
• Delivering all age commissioning intentions for autistic people and people with learning disabilities.
• Ensuring the alignment of strategic integrated commissioning intentions and place-based activity/priorities.
• Co-ordinating and delivering the Coventry and Warwickshire Autism Strategy;
• Developing integrated pathways, models of care/support and associated commissioning arrangements.
• Focused market development and engagement across the Coventry and Warwickshire system to ensure specialist provider development including working with housing leads and providers to facilitate the development of appropriate accommodation and care options.
• Pursuing funding opportunities, such as NHSE capital grants, to further evolve the local offer according to evidenced need.
• Contributing to the system focussed activity on reducing health inequalities experienced by autistic people and those with a learning disability.
• Working with commissioners and providers to ensure that non-specialist provision is developed in an accessible way so that the needs of autistic people and those with LD are considered and reasonable adjustments promoted

About us

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshires economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants.

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays & an additional day at Christmas, & access toVivupbenefits & discounts platform.

Please be advised successful applicants will be subject a relevant Disclosure and Barring

Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice& our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

Interview date: 17th January 2025