By 
LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH-6
London
England
2020-10-24T20:26:40Z
Lead Commissioner, Vulnerable Children and LAC
PO8: £57,837 per annum, rising in annual increments to £62,145
Are you passionate about partnerships, creating innovation and improving the lives of children and young people? Are you looking for a role which enables you to lead improvements in children’s social care commissioning and have a tangible impact on some of our most vulnerable? And are you able to demonstrate your proven ability to develop and lead complex change projects taking in wide landscapes of need, stakeholders and demographics?
If so, we have the role for you.
We are looking for a Lead Commissioner to join our integrated children’s commissioning team to drive forward our Vulnerable and Looked After children portfolio of work. Working within Lambeth, you’ll have responsibility over a wide range of commissioned services (both Council and CCG) as well as a number of transformation and strategic projects. You’ll lead work on our new placement sufficiency strategy, oversee the transformation of youth services in the borough, while also ensuring our looked after and vulnerable children and young people have their health needs met.
You will be expected to establish, lead and maintain positive relationships and work proactively with provider organisations as well as with internal stakeholders including education, social care and health partners; all to support the delivery of transformational change. The role takes a lead in an integrated partnership with key stakeholders, colleagues and the community, in a politically sensitive environment, to co-design and co-produce outcome based commissioning.
You will lead all phases of the development and commissioning cycle for children’s services, creatively drawing on a wide range of resources and assets across the partnership, organisation and community to ensure that both the council and the CCG’s strategic priorities as set out in the Lambeth Children and Young People’s Plan 2018-22 are delivered in an effective and timely manner.
You will be expected to drive the usage of co-operative and co-productive commissioning techniques, and whole system change to ensure outcomes are achieved in collaboration with Lambeth’s diverse communities. In order to do so, you will have wide ranging knowledge and experience of cooperative commissioning, co-design, co-production with high level of skill in community engagement, partnership working, stakeholder management and understanding of working in a political environment.
If you have any questions or queries around the role, please contact Dan Stoten, Integrated Associate Director of Integrated Children, CAMHs, Young People and Maternity Commissioning, on Daniel.stoten@nhs.net
Please upload your CV and supporting statement covering the essential criteria for shortlisting from the job specification.
Click here to download the job description
Closing Date: Sunday 15th November 2020 at midnight
Lambeth aims for quality services and equal opportunities for all and is committed to safer recruitment.
