Deputy Director Community Mental Health

Job summaryWe are looking for Deputy Director for Community mental health service in Brent.You will also support the delivery of the Community mental health provisions in Brent including developing and reviewing pathways and participating in the many different forums, partnership meetings related to the role. This role includes the operational management of Community mental health services including CMHT, EIS and the Wellbeing clinic. Further to this you are part of the Brent Management team leading the community agenda and its delivery.Main duties of the jobThis role will lead the delivery of the Community mental health agenda across Brent. As well as overseeing the operational management of the community mental health services.The post holder will be the key representative of mental health services to the public, statutory and voluntary organisations. This includes working with internal and external partners across the ICBs and National teams as necessary and delivery and development, planning & meaningful co-production. The post holder needs to be dedicated to partnership working and appreciate the value community partnerships, including with VCSE, can bring to statutory health and care services.About usCNWL provides NHS servicesthroughout a person's life, in physical and mental health and everything inbetween, at GPs and hospitals to the community and in their own home.The majority of our services are provided in the community. In this sense we are a very modern part of the NHS, something the new Long Term Plan wants to see more of, with better integration and coordination of care, delivered as close to home as possible Where community care is not possible we offer a number of inpatient mental health settings to treat people in hospital . .Partnerships are central to what we do here - with patients and their families, with staff and with other organisations, especially commissioners and providers but also with local authorities, GPs, and the voluntary sector.DetailsDate posted26 October 2026Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 8cSalary 85,641 to 97,746 a year per annum inc. HCAS (pro rata if p/t) ContractPermanentWorking pattern Full-time Reference number333-J-BR-0883Job locationsFairfields HouseRoe Green KingsburyLondonNW9 0PSUnited KingdomJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesOperational DeliveryOversight and responsibility for the delivery Community mental health services that provide person-centred, high quality and clinically safe care that is integrated within the local communityDelivery of services that respond to challenge set out in the NHS Long Term Plan and other national policy by delivering purposeful care in the community that reduces avoidable admissions and support care closer to homeOversight of delivery of initiatives that aim to develop more needs-led integrated approach to community supportEnsuring clinical safety and effectiveness through completion of risk assessment and management plans within agreed timescale and service delivery in line with evidence-based practice. Ensuring standards within the service meet the regulatory standardsEnsuring services are clinically effective through monitoring of appropriate outcome measures and service user and carer experienceEnsure performance standards are met and create and maintain a performance management culture at individual staff member, team, service and directorate levelContribute to the development of a culture within services overseen of innovation, quality and service improvement.Communication and strategic work:Lead complex strategic work to develop and deliver Trust community mental health vision with an ability to articulate a strategic vision for change and help translate this into practical steps that can be taken to embed and sustain real changeLead discussions on a group/ 1;1 level with internal and external partners including service users and carers including being an ambassador for the Trust in wider system meetingsAcross the Trust, receive, analyse and interpret highly complex information, make decisions and communicate decisions effectively and sensitively according to the needs of the audienceWork with internal and external teams to identify gaps; enable the testing of innovative solutions and ensuring the spread of good practise across the TrustsWorking to Trust strategic and transformation colleagues to make a case for change, anticipate problems and formulate a strategy to overcome any identified barriersEnsuring that service users, carers, community organisations and other key stakeholders are actively involved in the development and delivery of servicesPartnership WorkingEnsure that:As a major provider of community mental health services, the organisation is appropriately represented, and involved with all key strategic planning bodies at Trust, ICB and relevant Local Authority functionsTrust service continue working in partnership with other providers and stakeholders to achieve outcomes specified.Work with wider partners and as part of a system to deliver on NHS Long Term Plan and other national and local policy frameworks.Please note: This vacancy does not meet the criteria for Skilled Worker sponsorship, unless you meet the criteria by temporary exemption from current changes to immigration rules put in force on 22/07/2025. Separate provisions are applied to workers who have been sponsored and continuously held a Skilled Worker visa since prior to 04/04/2024."As such, if you dont meet the Transitional Provision (above) we are unable to consider your application unless you can provide documentary evidence of your right to work in the United Kingdom. If you believe you are eligible for sponsorship or already hold a valid right to work in the UK, please ensure you provide full details of your immigration status in the Pre-Screening Immigration section of your application form.Please noterole eligibility also depends on whether the role meets the salary threshold for the relevant occupational code (SOC CODE).For further info please visit: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK Job description Job responsibilitiesOperational DeliveryOversight and responsibility for the delivery Community mental health services that provide person-centred, high quality and clinically safe care that is integrated within the local communityDelivery of services that respond to challenge set out in the NHS Long Term Plan and other national policy by delivering purposeful care in the community that reduces avoidable admissions and support care closer to homeOversight of delivery of initiatives that aim to develop more needs-led integrated approach to community supportEnsuring clinical safety and effectiveness through completion of risk assessment and management plans within agreed timescale and service delivery in line with evidence-based practice. Ensuring standards within the service meet the regulatory standardsEnsuring services are clinically effective through monitoring of appropriate outcome measures and service user and carer experienceEnsure performance standards are met and create and maintain a performance management culture at individual staff member, team, service and directorate levelContribute to the development of a culture within services overseen of innovation, quality and service improvement.Communication and strategic work:Lead complex strategic work to develop and deliver Trust community mental health vision with an ability to articulate a strategic vision for change and help translate this into practical steps that can be taken to embed and sustain real changeLead discussions on a group/ 1;1 level with internal and external partners including service users and carers including being an ambassador for the Trust in wider system meetingsAcross the Trust, receive, analyse and interpret highly complex information, make decisions and communicate decisions effectively and sensitively according to the needs of the audienceWork with internal and external teams to identify gaps; enable the testing of innovative solutions and ensuring the spread of good practise across the TrustsWorking to Trust strategic and transformation colleagues to make a case for change, anticipate problems and formulate a strategy to overcome any identified barriersEnsuring that service users, carers, community organisations and other key stakeholders are actively involved in the development and delivery of servicesPartnership WorkingEnsure that:As a major provider of community mental health services, the organisation is appropriately represented, and involved with all key strategic planning bodies at Trust, ICB and relevant Local Authority functionsTrust service continue working in partnership with other providers and stakeholders to achieve outcomes specified.Work with wider partners and as part of a system to deliver on NHS Long Term Plan and other national and local policy frameworks.Please note: This vacancy does not meet the criteria for Skilled Worker sponsorship, unless you meet the criteria by temporary exemption from current changes to immigration rules put in force on 22/07/2025. Separate provisions are applied to workers who have been sponsored and continuously held a Skilled Worker visa since prior to 04/04/2024."As such, if you dont meet the Transitional Provision (above) we are unable to consider your application unless you can provide documentary evidence of your right to work in the United Kingdom. If you believe you are eligible for sponsorship or already hold a valid right to work in the UK, please ensure you provide full details of your immigration status in the Pre-Screening Immigration section of your application form.Please noterole eligibility also depends on whether the role meets the salary threshold for the relevant occupational code (SOC CODE).For further info please visit: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UKPerson Specification Qualifications EssentialEducated to Masters level in a health or social care discipline or equivalent senior-level work experienceA recognised senior management qualification in leadership, policy, strategy, business management or other relevant fieldEvidence of on-going personal and professional developmentDesirableA relevant professional qualification Experience EssentialSignificant experience inclusive of recent operational (including budget/financial) management of learning disabilities and or ASD services, at a middle management level, in a health or social care organisation.Proven experience of managing a sector or borough multidisciplinary team (including senior managers and clinicians) on various sites within a multi disciplinary settingRecord of successful leadership in an operational capacityExperience of policy development and strategic planning resulting in change management projects/programmesExperience of successful interagency partnership working including primary care, local authority and voluntary sectorAbility to negotiate complex contracts with the approval senior managementExperience of working within statutory and other regulatory frameworks within which mental health and social care services operate and translating these at an operational levelExperience of developing programmes designed to improve user and carer involvementExcellent presentation skillsExperience of managing a diverse workforceExperience of organising and chairing of small and large steering groups Leadership Competencies EssentialAnalytical rigour: encourages rigour and provides critical challenge in determining outcomes; Presents data and conclusions in a logical and defensible way; undertakes robust risk and impact management; seeks others' views to test own thinkingDecision making: Sensitive to complex political and organisational issues; weighs up available information and applies sound and timely judgement; considers consequences, impacts and implications; decisive in times of change, challenge and ambiguityCommunication: builds rapport through consistent, confident and open communication style; routinely checks for understanding to test receipt of messages; energises, convinces and persuades; encourages honesty of messageRelationships: awareness of, and works collaboratively with key decision makers in area of operation; promotes partnership and collaborative working within teams; demonstrates the ability to seek out and harness the views and contributions of othersDrive for results: Champions measurable achievement of outcomes; makes best use of diverse talent, capabilities and technologies to achieve optimum results; recognises and recovers under delivery; negotiates the prioritisation of work targets and resourcesBusiness thinking: Understands external context at national and local level; translates context and purpose to enable teams to see their contribution; encourages teams to consider innovative approaches and review applicability to working environmentDesirableDetailed knowledge of policy agenda in Mental Health services Person Specification Qualifications EssentialEducated to Masters level in a health or social care discipline or equivalent senior-level work experienceA recognised senior management qualification in leadership, policy, strategy, business management or other relevant fieldEvidence of on-going personal and professional developmentDesirableA relevant professional qualification Experience EssentialSignificant experience inclusive of recent operational (including budget/financial) management of learning disabilities and or ASD services, at a middle management level, in a health or social care organisation.Proven experience of managing a sector or borough multidisciplinary team (including senior managers and clinicians) on various sites within a multi disciplinary settingRecord of successful leadership in an operational capacityExperience of policy development and strategic planning resulting in change management projects/programmesExperience of successful interagency partnership working including primary care, local authority and voluntary sectorAbility to negotiate complex contracts with the approval senior managementExperience of working within statutory and other regulatory frameworks within which mental health and social care services operate and translating these at an operational levelExperience of developing programmes designed to improve user and carer involvementExcellent presentation skillsExperience of managing a diverse workforceExperience of organising and chairing of small and large steering groups Leadership Competencies EssentialAnalytical rigour: encourages rigour and provides critical challenge in determining outcomes; Presents data and conclusions in a logical and defensible way; undertakes robust risk and impact management; seeks others' views to test own thinkingDecision making: Sensitive to complex political and organisational issues; weighs up available information and applies sound and timely judgement; considers consequences, impacts and implications; decisive in times of change, challenge and ambiguityCommunication: builds rapport through consistent, confident and open communication style; routinely checks for understanding to test receipt of messages; energises, convinces and persuades; encourages honesty of messageRelationships: awareness of, and works collaboratively with key decision makers in area of operation; promotes partnership and collaborative working within teams; demonstrates the ability to seek out and harness the views and contributions of othersDrive for results: Champions measurable achievement of outcomes; makes best use of diverse talent, capabilities and technologies to achieve optimum results; recognises and recovers under delivery; negotiates the prioritisation of work targets and resourcesBusiness thinking: Understands external context at national and local level; translates context and purpose to enable teams to see their contribution; encourages teams to consider innovative approaches and review applicability to working environmentDesirableDetailed knowledge of policy agenda in Mental Health servicesDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.Certificate of SponsorshipApplications 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 CheckThis 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.Certificate of SponsorshipApplications 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).Employer detailsEmployer nameCentral and North West London NHS Foundation TrustAddressFairfields HouseRoe Green KingsburyLondonNW9 0PSUnited KingdomEmployer's websiteEmployer detailsEmployer nameCentral and North West London NHS Foundation TrustAddressFairfields HouseRoe Green KingsburyLondonNW9 0PSUnited KingdomEmployer's website