Senior Project Manager

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Ensure collaboration between the three Trusts and Way through (our community partner) in relation to TUPE and ongoing workforce planning.

Despite being separate contracts, the North & South London L&D and MHTR services are expected to collaborate closely to ensure seamless service delivery. This includes sharing best practice, learning from each other's experiences, and jointly addressing challenges related to service delivery and external partnerships.

This post will support this collaboration, facilitating a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining how we will work together. This may include, but is not limited to:
• joint meetings
• data sharing
• shared training initiatives
• other cooperative activities

This post will lead the integration of the L&D service with the Primary Men's MHTR service is central to the delivery of the South London Integrated Non-Custodial service, working with SLP Trusts and partners. The aim is to create a streamlined, collaborative pathway that ensures continuity of care for individuals as they move through the CJS, promoting better outcomes and reducing reoffending rates.

Supporting the process for vetting and onboarding staff as part of the mobilisation period and seeking to collaborate with commissioners and partners to unblock vetting process blocks.

Supporting new arrangements for data collation, and reporting to the North London collaborative who have overall pan-London data responsibility for L&D and MHTR

Support colleagues to ensure contracts are agreed and signed in the period prior to contract commencement.

Undertake the required reporting on progress to relevant groups across the SLP and wider partners as necessary, ensuring lead Executives and groups (SLP Adult Secure Programme Partnership Group and Clinical and Service Director Group) are appropriately briefed and regular reporting is given to these groups.

Work with senior colleagues across organisations to ensure compliance with local governance procedures and deadlines, ensuring that information is expressed in the appropriate style for each organisation/Trust. Provide adaptable communications at the appropriate level; this may be complicated by the various stakeholders' processes

Lead and establish working groups and workstreams (e.g. the Mobilisation Working Group) as necessary to align with the agreed strategic direction and mobilisation and delivery plans and work with leads to deliver these.

Ensure that processes are in place to ensure that key commitments made in the tender submission are met and work with colleagues to deliver these.

Ensuring robust information sharing agreements are in place, formalised through an MOU between the services that will underpin the integration. These agreements will allow for the secure and timely exchange of data, ensuring continuity of care as individuals transition from police custody to court and where applicable into community-based treatment.

Leading the integration and pathway development with the Women's MHTR service (not jointly commissioned but applying the same principles of integration), L&D practitioners will identify and screen eligible women and consult with the women's MHTR service to ensure appropriate referrals and support through the PSR process.

To support the London L&D and MHTR team and lead on specific work plans around co-development and making sure the voices of service users are captured in the strategic ambitions moving forward. Including supporting a service peer review process.

The post holder will champion service user involvement in all aspects of service mobilization and delivery, working with Trust and Community partners, the North London L&D and MHTR service, SLP and NHSE.

The postholder will be expected to uphold organisational policies and principles on the promotion of equality, to create an inclusive working environment where diversity is valued, everyone can contribute, and everyday action ensure we meet our duty to uphold and promote equality.

Responsibility for leading and collaboration on a range of policy implementation across multi agencies including the North London L&D and MHTR service, SLP, NHSE, Community partners and HMPPS.

The post holder will be required to work closely with a range of partners including the North London L&D and MHTR service, SLP, our Trust partners SLaM and SWLStG, our community partner Waythrough, NHSE, Police and HMPPS. The post holder will collaborate with people who have committed offences as service users, their carers, and members of the public in ensuring effective consultation and involvement.

The postholder will work with colleagues and stakeholders to develop services and pathways that are equitable and demonstrate outcome focused activity.

To model a collaborative and influencing style of working, negotiating with others to achieve the best outcomes. Embedding this approach across the team.

To work with colleagues within SLP and more broadly in the North region to develop mechanisms to collect evidence to improve services or patient pathways and provide evidence and intelligence to improve national standards for care and treatment both internally and externally.

The postholder will be expected to: -
• Ensure health, safety and wellbeing of self and staff within team.
• Ensure compliance with all confidentiality and governance requirements within the department.
• Adhere to the NHS Managers Code of Conduct and any other relevant professional codes of conduct at all times.

There will be line management responsibilities for this post, and the post holder will be required to support colleagues and junior staff throughout the team and for new starters via team inductions, and they will be expected to take an active part in team support via reflective practice.

Where required the individual may be asked to work alongside a colleague offering skills development as well as leading team training on possible project management techniques or assisting in development of specific training tasks as the role requires. As such the person should be able to design, facilitate and lead in training packages as required.

Supervision and support as part of line management and reporting to the L&D and MHTR service will be offered as well as trust-based HR systems.

The role does not require direct budget management; however, the individual should be aware of budgetary forecasting, being able to take part in and support financial planning alongside colleagues from the wider team.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive knowledge of Liaison and Diversion and Mental Health Treatment Requirement services and how these work with the Criminal Justice System

Skills, Knowlegde and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Highly developed communication skills with the capability to analyse, review and make sense of highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information across a diverse range of subjects relevant to post portfolio.
• Demonstrable skills in presenting complex concepts and information which may include difficult and controversial issues, across a wide range of audiences Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
• Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.

• Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.

Essential criteria

• Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Job description and Person Specification (PDF, 408.4KB)
• Important Additional Information For Candidates (please read carefully) (PDF, 160.6KB)
• Privacy Notice for Staff (PDF, 268.6KB)
• Staff Benefits (PDF, 2.5MB)