Job summary
Change Grow Live are a large national Health and Social care charity. We exist to help people achieve their goals, to be the best that they can be and to help change society for the better. Each year we support thousands of people facing challenges in their lives including drugs and alcohol, housing, justice, health and wellbeing.
Changes to the Health and Social Care system and Drug Strategy developments are moving at pace. The purpose of the role is to lead on engagement and collaboration across the Health system to support collaborative working. You will be the link between the substance misuse service and the integrated care system, to join up care locally around peoples needs, reduce drug and alcohol harms and contribute to a reduction of health inequalities.
Building effective working relationships with ICBs including GPs, Pharmacies, Acute Trust and MH Trusts, your role will be pivotal in achieving improved health outcomes for people in Kirklees.
The role will deliver training and updates, collaborate on projects, develop pathways, manage contracts and raise the profile of the Specialist Drug and Alcohol treatment services within Kirklees.
Main duties of the job
This is a newly created role to build collaboration with our partners across the Integrated Care System. Youll need to understand the footprint and key priorities of system partners as well as utilise excellent relationship building skills to develop system wide working to address health inequalities. Ideally with a background in the NHS, youll bring an understanding of partners priorities, gaps and opportunities and work collaboratively within the healthcare system to promote joint working and the benefits that specialist substance misuse services can bring.
We offer hybrid working in our offices across Kirklees as well agreed time working at home. Attending meetings and delivering training to key partners in local Surgeries and the Trusts will be necessary to develop our existing relationships, so some travel within Kirklees is to be expected. However as with any newly created role, we will shape how this looks together as the role progresses.
About us
Believe in people
At Change Grow Live, above all else we believe in people. It's the one thing that acts as a foundation for all our work.
If you use our services: we understand what you're going through. We won't judge. We believe you can make positive changes in your life.
If you work or volunteer for us: we believe in your potential. We believe you can do brilliant, life-changing work.
Our mission and vision
Our mission is to help people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.
The vision we're working towards is to develop, deliver and share a whole person approach that changes society.
We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.
We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work.
The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key activities within the role are:
Collaborative Working:
- Understand the operational footprint of the local Integrated Care System (Primary and Secondary Care) and its priorities in order to identify the relationships needed to work collaboratively.
- Map, monitor and understand the local Integrated Care System (ICS) and related activity.
- Build and sustain healthy relationships with local partners, understanding competing priorities and respond in a solution-focused way to challenges
- Apply a strength-based and system-focussed approach to working, sharing best practice and cascading any learning from positive service activity.
- Educate local leaders about the value of the service on a human level and to recognise the purpose and benefits of integrated working.
- Deliver training and updates to ICS Partners to ensure maximum awareness raising of Specialist Drug & Alcohol Services.
- Communicate with national organisational leads regarding ICS and CDP developments and cascade to service.
- Promote the principles of integration and remove barriers to sharing resources, processes and practice with internal and external partners (e.g., sharing best practice across services, consent to records, MDT plans, co-location, continuity of care etc.)
- Be a positive spokesperson for the work CGL and partners do in making real, practical improvements to our service users lives.
Project Management:
- Lead on project management of any partnership developments including partnership projects funded through additional funding grants
- Identify opportunities and embed partnership development events across the service to support specific learning/activity that will contribute to reducing drug and alcohol related harms and address local health inequalities.
- Lead and coordinate data analysis to feed into ICS and CDP developments
Contract Management:
- Provide guidance and oversight of Service Level Agreements, Information Sharing Protocols and Joint Working Practices with key partners across the service, liaising with national organisational leads for support as required.
- Oversee the contract management of Shared Care, Supervised Consumption and Needle Exchange contracts, payments, and contract monitoring.
Operational Responsibilities:
- Work with local management teams to embed neighbourhood and place level practice including co-location to further build positive working relationships based on CGLs core values.
- Be part of the service management team contributing to priority setting, attending relevant internal and external meetings (monthly/bi-monthly/quarterly)
- Be aware of the importance of Service User Involvement and champion collaboration with the people using our services at all times.
- Have a thorough understanding of how fulfilling your role (directly or indirectly) impacts on the people who use our services.
- Undertake any other duties as instructed by manager/s that will contribute to fulfilling the project aims.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key activities within the role are:
Collaborative Working:
- Understand the operational footprint of the local Integrated Care System (Primary and Secondary Care) and its priorities in order to identify the relationships needed to work collaboratively.
- Map, monitor and understand the local Integrated Care System (ICS) and related activity.
- Build and sustain healthy relationships with local partners, understanding competing priorities and respond in a solution-focused way to challenges
- Apply a strength-based and system-focussed approach to working, sharing best practice and cascading any learning from positive service activity.
- Educate local leaders about the value of the service on a human level and to recognise the purpose and benefits of integrated working.
- Deliver training and updates to ICS Partners to ensure maximum awareness raising of Specialist Drug & Alcohol Services.
- Communicate with national organisational leads regarding ICS and CDP developments and cascade to service.
- Promote the principles of integration and remove barriers to sharing resources, processes and practice with internal and external partners (e.g., sharing best practice across services, consent to records, MDT plans, co-location, continuity of care etc.)
- Be a positive spokesperson for the work CGL and partners do in making real, practical improvements to our service users lives.
Project Management:
- Lead on project management of any partnership developments including partnership projects funded through additional funding grants
- Identify opportunities and embed partnership development events across the service to support specific learning/activity that will contribute to reducing drug and alcohol related harms and address local health inequalities.
- Lead and coordinate data analysis to feed into ICS and CDP developments
Contract Management:
- Provide guidance and oversight of Service Level Agreements, Information Sharing Protocols and Joint Working Practices with key partners across the service, liaising with national organisational leads for support as required.
- Oversee the contract management of Shared Care, Supervised Consumption and Needle Exchange contracts, payments, and contract monitoring.
Operational Responsibilities:
- Work with local management teams to embed neighbourhood and place level practice including co-location to further build positive working relationships based on CGLs core values.
- Be part of the service management team contributing to priority setting, attending relevant internal and external meetings (monthly/bi-monthly/quarterly)
- Be aware of the importance of Service User Involvement and champion collaboration with the people using our services at all times.
- Have a thorough understanding of how fulfilling your role (directly or indirectly) impacts on the people who use our services.
- Undertake any other duties as instructed by manager/s that will contribute to fulfilling the project aims.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Excellent knowledge of drugs and alcohol and their effects,
- including in relation to mental health conditions
- Report writing experience including working to deadlines.
- Knowledge of local services and geography
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within the integrated care system
- (preferably NHS, in either a Primary or Secondary Care role)
- Experience of working collaboratively with health partners to
- identify gaps, and achieve common goals
- Experience working with vulnerable adults in a health and
- social care setting
- Experience of managing projects
- Experience of pathway development and effective
- multiagency working to address barriers to accessing services
- Experience of writing and delivering training sessions to a range
- of stakeholders
Desirable
- Experience of effectively managing a team to achieve KPIs
- Experience of working within substance misuse services
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Excellent knowledge of drugs and alcohol and their effects,
- including in relation to mental health conditions
- Report writing experience including working to deadlines.
- Knowledge of local services and geography
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within the integrated care system
- (preferably NHS, in either a Primary or Secondary Care role)
- Experience of working collaboratively with health partners to
- identify gaps, and achieve common goals
- Experience working with vulnerable adults in a health and
- social care setting
- Experience of managing projects
- Experience of pathway development and effective
- multiagency working to address barriers to accessing services
- Experience of writing and delivering training sessions to a range
- of stakeholders
Desirable
- Experience of effectively managing a team to achieve KPIs
- Experience of working within substance misuse services
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
