Our client in South East London is looking to appoint a Senior Commissioner to lead the Children’s Mental Health partnership and ensure co-ordination and delivery of the priorities and work-plan, including the response to covid.
This role will require you to lead a system-wide response to strengthening the wellbeing, mental health and resilience of children and families and the embedding/adaptation of services to address additional wellbeing pressures caused by Covid. You will work closely with officers and partners on commissioning/de-commissioning services and resource allocation to meet the needs of children and families with mental health needs and manage the relationship with key providers.
There is a need to drive change to secure improved outcomes for children and young people through using an evidenced based approach to identify the outcomes we wish to achieve for residents. This will require the post holder to develop and support strong partnerships with stakeholders to promote emotional wellbeing, mental health and recovery, including schools, health partners and children and families.
This assignment is set for 3 months initially and the daily rate is £550 umbrella. If this role is of interest you then please get in touch.