Learning Disability, Autism & Mental Health Transformation - Associate

Job summary

Are you driven by the desire to improve outcomes for individuals with learning disability, autism, or mental health needs? Do you possess the skills, experience, and expertise to support health and care systems, regional and national teams in driving ambitious transformation in services for this vulnerable population? If so, we want to hear from you!

At MLCSU, we are deeply committed to tackling longstanding inequalities faced by people with learning disability, autism, and enduring mental health needs. Our mission is to ensure that everyone is supported to lead meaningful lives. With a proven track record of actively supporting health and care partners in transforming learning disability, autism, and mental health services, we are at the forefront of change.

We support health and care systems to:

- Enable people to live fulfilling lives in their local community, preventing crisis and support hospital discharge

- Keep people well and tackle physical and mental health inequalities

- Keep people safe and ensure they receive compassionate, effective and high- quality of care

As one of the most reputable care system support services in the country, we are expanding our specialist center of expertise for learning disability, autism, and mental health transformation. To achieve this, we are seeking a diverse range of skilled associates to join our flexible resource pool. We specifically value experience from health, local government, and the third sector.

Main duties of the job

If you have experience in the field of learning disability, autism, and mental health and a deep understanding of the population's needs, we encourage you to apply. The positions we offer cover a wide range of grades and skills, including change, programme, and project management. Additionally, we are keen to hear from individuals with specialist experience in areas such as LeDeR (learning from lives and deaths of people with a learning disability), care commissioning and oversight, advocacy, and experts by experience.

Supporting a wide geographical footprint, an agile working culture is central to our operations. We are investing significantly in IT equipment to equip our staff with the very best tools to excel in their roles.

If you are passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of this population, we encourage you to send your CV to us. Join us in making a difference!

About us

The NHS is the biggest employer in Europe. It's a world-renowned institution and an exciting place to work, full of challenges and opportunities.

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) is one of the biggest and best-performing commissioning support units in the country, with among the highest levels of staff and customer satisfaction. We work together as a team of over 1,600 expert staff based across the Midlands and North West to make a difference - for our customers, patients and communities.

Offering a full range of professional services to hospital trusts, local authorities, integrated care systems (ICSs) and other public bodies\ across the country, our NHS values underpin everything we do.

In return, we provide a supportive environment in which to learn and develop, with the opportunity to further your skills and career within an exciting and evolving environment.

Joining our inclusive and innovative team comes with a range of benefits including flexible & agile working arrangements, pension scheme and generous annual leave allowance.

With our training schemes and support networks, you will be empowered to play a leading role in the future of healthcare, whatever your specialism or interest. And as a member of NHS staff you will receive plenty of discounts too.