Strategic Lead Mental Health

Job summary An exciting opportunity has arisen for Adult Social Care to recruit a strategic lead for adult mental health to work as part of our dynamic senior Leadership Team.Adult Social Care delivers its services as part of the Manchester Local Care Organisation, a pioneering partnership between Manchester City Council and Manchester NHS Health organisations.
This enables us to work better together, ensuring care is coordinated and resulting in a better outcome for Manchester citizens.Manchester is modernising its mental health delivery model and welcomes applications from experienced social workers who have a strong evidence-based vision for improving outcomes for people we support in Mental health services.
Main duties of the job About the Candidate Proud and passionate about Manchester and the adult social care/mental health sector A qualified Social Worker with a firm grounding in social care statutory functions, care act, MCA, safeguarding etc.
A high level of understanding of the Approved Mental Health Practitioner and Best Interest assessor roles and challenges they currently face.
A high level of understanding the challenges faced by Community Mental Health teams.
Able to lead empathically in a culture of high support and challenge.
Have an innovative, person centred and can-do approach to transformation.
Experienced in leading and managing services with a high level of understanding of mental health, adult social care statutory service delivery, and legal literacy.
Be able to deliver a programme of work at pace and co-produce with the workforce and people we support.
Essentially bring people with you on this journey for change.
Able to work collaboratively with commissioners and system partners including the VSCE to design and deliver best value provision with a keen focus on reablement and recovery.
This post will have a key leadership role supported by a transformation team in defining and delivering services that will support the maximisation of better mental health, independence, choice and control, enhancing the maximisation of prevention and alternatives to hospital admission where people in Manchester can thrive.
About us Were the local government authority forManchester, and have teams across the city helping to make this a great place to live for everyone.
Were proud to do local government differently, in a city with an international reputation for diversity, creativity, culture and passion.When you join us, youre joining a team of over 7,000 council staff helping to make our ambition for Manchester a reality.
Whatever your role, youll be supporting our residents and communities to be the best they can be, and helping to build a Manchester that's fairer for everyone who lives, works, volunteers, studies or plays here.To make our ambition a reality, every person we recruit needs to play their its part.
It takes a certain type of behaviour, attitude and way of working to get Manchester where it wants to be.
Our people and partners have agreed five behaviours the grounding for how we must work together and treat one another: We take time to listen and understand We work together and trust each other We show that we value our differences and treat each other fairly We own it and were not afraid to try new things Were proud and passionate about ManchesterA career with us means you can be yourself, thrive, and build the career your talent and ambition deserve.
Job description Job responsibilities Manchester Local Care OrganisationRole ProfileStrategic Lead Mental Health,SS1, Adult Social CareReports to: Assistant DirectorManchester Local Care OrganisationManchester Local Care Organisation (MLCO) has been established by the partners (Manchester City Council, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Greater Manchester Mental Health Service NHS Trust and Manchester Primary Care Partnership) to integrate, plan and manage community health and social care across the City.
By working better together, we are bringing community health and social care services together in our 12 neighbourhoods to form integrated Neighbourhoods Teams (INTs).
Our INTs will drive our collaborative approach, developing partnerships and building on existing community assets to facilitate improved delivery specific to each neighbourhood.
We will be able to provide improved care closer to home and to support the people of Manchester to live healthier, more independent and fulfilling lives and be part of a thriving and supportive community.
Your role is deployed into MLCO by your employer: Manchester City Council.Key Role DescriptorsThe Strategic Lead is part of the Directorate Management Team reporting to the Assistant Director (Complex Needs) and will be responsible for strategic, operational, and professional leadership of mental health social work and social care within Manchester.Responsible for the Approved Mental Health Professional service (AMHP) and leading on the delivery of excellent social work/social care and safeguarding services.To drive forward continuous improvement and standards to keep our most vulnerable, well cared for and safe/protected and to reduce, prevent and delay need for long term support.Oversee effective monitoring, ensuring appropriate and proportionate use of the Mental Health Act, Deprivation Of Liberty Safeguards, Care Act and other legislative functions and accountabilities and will work strategically in close partnership with the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board, Primary Care, Mental Health Trust and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust to deliver joined up services ensuring a true collaborative approach to mental health delivery.
Takes corporate accountability for the delivery of shared corporate responsibilities relevant to Corporate Objectives, Risk Register and Assurance Framework.
Oversees the tracking of progress against statutory functions, national standards and schedules, ensuring appropriate processes are in place to flag issues, risks and concerns with the relevant stakeholders.Ensures that MCC/MLCO develops a culture that promotes equality and values diversity and that the services provided meet the needs of all service users.
This may involve the development and monitoring of policies and procedures to ensure that services are inclusive to all.
The Strategic Lead will lead the provision of an efficient, effective, high-quality professional and well-co-ordinated mental health service, capable of meeting all statutory requirements with a multi-agency approach to social work and safeguarding and develop and implement qualitative and quantitative measures to determine performance against the organisational strategy, whilst clearly identifying links to national, regional, and local priorities and policy objectives.
The role holder will lead and drive the design, development and implementation of evidenced strategies and will commission, oversee, analyse and interpret complex information and deliver high quality projects, reports and presentations in relation to the organisations requirements.
The role holder will ensure that quality improvement and assurance is embedded into models of service delivery and commissioning arrangements.
They will work closely with the MCC/MLCO departmental management team, so that there is a consistent and strategic approach to mental health social work/care and safeguarding practice.
The role holder will be responsible for the provision of clinical/professional leadership to inform the strategic direction of mental health social work/care in Manchester and have a significant role within the multiagency partnership arrangements across the city and GM.
Provide managerial and leadership of service delivery through direct line management responsibilities or through an agreed pattern of matrix management as part of partnership arrangements.Key Role Accountabilities: Required to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present highly complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
It is expected the type of information would range across professional/clinical boundaries and covering all types of complex case management.Work collaboratively with service and operational leads with responsibility for social work, and AMHPs to monitor the performance and quality of use of the Care Act, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and DOLS to improve and develop all aspects of social care and providing visible social work and AMHP leadership.Inform operational developments, financial information to support budget management as well as negotiations and commissioning of new services and responding to both hard and soft intelligence to ensure safe and quality services are delivered.
Work to secure continuous improvement in standards of care, whilst actively promoting the relationships with key stakeholders to ensure high quality of services and safety with reference to lived experience remains at the forefront, working alongside colleagues within Manchester and the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board as part of effective, person-centred collaboration.
Ensure best practice is developed and delivered at organisational and departmental levels.
Challenge ways of working and persuade, motivate and influence other senior managers to realign their practice where necessary, including the presentation of complex information on all aspects of the function in a clear, understandable, and audience-appropriate manner to senior management and board level groups.Be responsible for quality and service improvement that complies with all requirements of clinical, professional, and corporate governance supporting Adult Social Care to contribute fully to the delivery of safe, effective, and efficient citizen focused services Manage employees and budgets successfully ensuring service needs and resource levels are identified and met, and develop, manage and update systems, policies and procedures ensuring the adoption of best practice methodology, rules, standards and thresholds.
Provide credible, effective, and visible social work leadership, working as part of a dynamic team, to deliver an effective service supporting managers and staff across ASC/MLCO to deliver safe sustainable services for its public.Lead on the development of the system wide ASC improvements in line with CQC standards ensure compliance and excellent ratings and provide a specialist consultancy role for all partners whilst developing and implementing policies, procedures and guidance which reflects local standards of practice, standards.Be responsible for devising, developing, and leading the implementation of appropriate information sharing systems to facilitate effective working practices and evaluation methods for the end-to-end processes and ensure accurate analysis of management information to inform short-, medium- and long-term strategies.
Ensure that benefits from research and development and from innovation are realised by MCC/MLCO & stakeholder organisations.
Behaviours, skills, and technical requirementsOur Manchester Behaviours We are proud and passionate about Manchester We take time to listen and understand We own it and were not afraid to try new things We work together and trust each other We show that we value our differences and treat each other fairly Person Specification Qualifications Essential Qualified Social Worker and be registered with Social Work England.
Experience at a senior manager level within mental health services with knowledge of relevant legislation and experience that would include but is not limited to: Care Act, Mental Health, Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding.
Good understanding of Approved Mental Health Professional and Best Interest Assessor practices.
Knowledge and experience of working with other social care services to achieve positive outcomes for Manchester citizens in line with Our Manchester values.
Willing to participate in the Duty Principal Manager rota.
In person assessments will take place mid December