Strategic Director, Integrated Health and Care (Place Executive Lead)

Job summary

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The Strategic Director, Integrated Health and Care (Place Executive Lead) will be jointly accountable to the Chief Executives of Southwark Council and South East London Integrated Care Board. The post holder will bring partners together around a shared ambition to deliver the value and opportunities of 'place-based integration', to hold delegated budgets and responsibilities, and to enable delivery of system-wide transformational change for the benefit of our population.

We are seeking someone who can harness the confidence and ambition that is evident in our residents and communities at large to drive social change and to support us in creating a borough where the lives and well-being of all our residents are improved in the future. You will have senior experience in local government, the NHS or the VCSE sector and have deep knowledge of local community and the optimum ways of collaborating with them. You will have significant leadership experience of working across organisational/sector boundaries and have a track record in securing or supporting improvements in experience and outcomes of care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will hold delegated responsibilities for the following:-

Responsible for discharging delegated responsibilities from the ICB Board and Southwark Council including delegated budgets, statutory duties, and LCP functions - in line with Nolan principles and robust governance.- Working with partners to accelerate scope of delegations within the LCPbeyond those from the ICB and Council.- Working with partners to explore creative ways and mechanisms to make best use of the Southwark pound within the LCP (e.g. through section 75 arrangements, Better Care Fund, alliancing) and transform the way services are provided for the benefit of our populations.

About us

Southwark represents a place of huge excitement and opportunity with a vibrant spirit pushing to achieve more for residents. It is a place of growth, development and opportunity. We are a borough with a rich and proud history, strong sense of community and a great ability to transform and renew, sometimes very much against the odds.

Southwark, possibly more than most, typifies the changes, challenges and opportunities of being part of London as a global premier city and international destination of choice for business, enterprise, entertainment and the arts.

There have been big improvements in health outcomes in our borough in recent decades. Life expectancy has increased, while child mortality and teenage pregnancy have declined. However, despite these advances, some residents are still struggling. More than a third of people in Southwark live in areas with the highest levels of deprivation in England. These inequalities continue to widen health outcomes.

With demand for health and care services continuing to rise, it is imperative for organisations, communities and people to find a different way of working together which is asset-based, sustainable and meets the needs of local people in a more consistent way.

Partnership Southwark offers a vehicle to facilitate a new and more collective way forward - working together for a brighter future.