Director of Children & Young People's Services

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The main responsibilities of this role are to be responsible for the strategic and operational performance of children and young people's services and ensure that performance and financial targets are met. You will also be responsible for leading the Directorate Management Team, maintaining a collective leadership approach, identifying, and jointly achieving the Directorate priorities.

You will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of specific integrated care pathways across children's services with education and social care colleagues with a focus on health inequalities.

The range of services provided by the directorate include:

CAMHS

CAMHS Borough Teams in Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley

Mental Health in Schools Teams - Greenwich and Bexley

Triborough Crisis and DBT Teams

Specialist Services - Greenwich and Bexley

Contraception, Sexual Health and Community Gynaecology

Community Paediatrics

Integrated Neurodisability Services

Children's Community Nursing

Therapies; Dietetics, Music Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy

Audiology

Children's Continuing Care

Young Greenwich School Nursing

LAC

Administrative Single Point of Access

As a member of the Executive Team, you will contribute to the attainment of the strategic goals and overall management of Trust business.

Can you help Oxleas continue to strive for equity for both its staff and those who use its services? Do you have the flexibility and openness of mind to work with colleagues in your services and in the Executive team to develop innovative approaches to improving patient health? Are you committed to improving outcomes for the diverse cultural and socioeconomic communities that we deliver services to? Can you be an advocate within the NHS and the wider clinical world for the innovations that you and our staff develop at Oxleas?

You will have led the delivery of health, education or social care within one or more complex organisations and have the vision and drive to bring about system-level change. Can you bring us, through your personal life experience or professional skills, insights that will enhance our ability to make a significant difference to the experience at work of our diverse staff and to the treatment of patients?

We are keen to encourage applications from the widest variety of people. We welcome applications from all people, including those from a global majority background, those who live with a disability (visible or not) and those who identify as LGBTQ+.

This is a highly rewarding role for someone who is dedicated to delivering the best possible healthcare to children and their families.

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria

• Educated to masters level or equivalent experience.
• Leading transformational change across services, involving other statutory and third sector providers and supporting other providers, teams and individuals to achieve objectives.

Essential

Essential criteria

• Educated to masters level or equivalent experience. Minimum of five years' experience at senior management level in a health or social care organisation.

Essential

Essential criteria

• Leading transformational change across services, involving other statutory and third sector providers and supporting other providers, teams and individuals to achieve objectives.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 216.4KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 304.4KB)
• Important Additional Information For Candidates (please read carefully) (PDF, 160.6KB)
• Privacy Notice for Staff (PDF, 268.6KB)
• Staff Benefits (PDF, 2.5MB)