Teqniq is searching for a Head of Learning Disabilities & Mental Health to work in the public sector.

Job Description:

Principal Accountabilities:

Work collegiately with colleagues on the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), and make a proactive contribution delivering departmental and corporate objectives.

Lead and manage a portfolio of customer focused services in alignment with both corporate and departmental aims and priorities.

Provide leadership and management to achieve high performance and effective operational delivery; which will include managing the effective use of resources and staff.

Support and develop partnership working, including acting as an effective ambassador and advocate with external organisations.

Strategic leadership to designated service areas in order to meet departmental and partner expectations for managers and comply with statutory requirements arising from relevant legislation and Government guidance.

Oversight of two key areas of adult social care: Learning Disabilities and Mental Health. For all team areas, integration or a more joined up approach with health, including in Neighbourhood Model, will be critical to improving outcomes for our residents.

Strategic Thinking and Planning

To lead and advise on strategies for service development and improvements, and the achievements of departmental and customer objectives.

To be responsible for effective joint performance management arrangements are in place to achieve strategies, objectives and business plans, translating strategic aims into practical and achievable plans.

To be responsible for ensuring that joint performance review mechanisms are in place to monitor extent of progress and achievement of objectives and goals.

Managing Services and Delivery

To ensure that services meet the relevant legislative requirements.

To develop new and innovative ways of doing things recognising and promoting the positive benefit of change to improve services and achieve goals.

To promote a culture of organisation learning across the whole service encouraging constructive challenge and learning by mistakes.

To consider the wider implications of issues during the business planning process and conclude with a realistic and thorough assessment of risk including mitigating actions.

To be responsible for ensuring that robust information systems are in place and maintained across health and social care, including the sharing of data with health partners such as GPs.

To analyse information to identify priorities, make decisions, determine action and review progress.

To be responsible for ensuring that the work carried out by all functions in the service area are in accordance with required workplace standards and standing orders, legal requirements and national and local objectives and that adequate monitoring and auditing processes are in place.

Responsible for ensuring the effective and efficient delivery of services across the designated service area by providing leadership and expert guidance and support to the Deputy Head of Service, Team Managers and staff teams within your service area, enabling them to deliver quality services to customers within clearly defined resources.

Responsible for achieving National, Local and team performance targets, with a view ofimproving the quality of service delivery.

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