Do you have previous operational management experience in a mental health setting?
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a full time strategic Social Work leader to head the Oxfordshire and BSW Mental Health Directorate Social Work and social care services.
This role offers the chance to lead transformational change in a Trust known for innovation, collaboration, and compassionate care.
The Heads of Social Work / Social Care will contribute to shaping the future of mental health services by leading change, empowering teams, influencing strategy, and driving service development aligned with local and national Social Work / Social Care priorities. You will work across the Directorate’s pathways (all age, community and inpatient), uphold Trust values, and manage governance across quality, safety, finance, HR, and performance. Collaboration with other service and professional leads and support teams is essential to meet strategic goals.
You will be an experienced operational leader, with previous substantial experience in mental health, seeking growth. Key qualities include adaptability, strong partnership skills, and a commitment to improving mental health outcomes across health, social care, and VCSE sectors. You will be an expert Social Worker with enhanced levels of applied knowledge and legal literacy, able to work with highly complex individual and system level scenarios.
Responsibilities
- Quality
- Workforce
- Finance
- Performance
- Strategic change
- Stakeholder engagement/partnership
CQC Domains
- Safe: people are protected from abuse and avoidable harm
- Effective: people’s care, treatment and support achieve good outcomes, promotes a good quality of life, and is based on the best available evidence
- Caring: the service(s) involves and treats people with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect
- Responsive: service(s) meet people’s needs
- Well led: leadership, management and governance assure the delivery of high-quality and person-centred care, supports learning and innovation, and promotes an open and fair culture.
Benefits
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount
- Pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups
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