Responsibilities I am responsible for managing adult mental health and specialist services in Surrey and NE Hampshire and CAMHS in Eastern Surrey. My portfolio includes 75 services, around 1,000 staff and a revenue budget of £60 million. Adult mental health services are integrated with Surrey and Hampshire Councils and I also manage all social care staff.

Achievements I have established an effective directorate structure for mental health services, which includes a leadership forum for involving first-line managers and clinicians. I have established and chair a Trust-wide acute care forum that involves service users and carers and is implementing significant service improvement initiatives. I have led, working with commissioners, on strategic changes in employment services which resulted in traditional service models being replaced by new supported employment and community connections services. I have also led a major service re-design project in North West Surrey which has achieved implementation of key elements of the National Service Framework for Mental Health, including assertive outreach and crisis resolution and home treatment services.

Responsibilities I was responsible for managing all of Surrey Oaklands mental health and learning disability services. This included a range of mental health inpatient services and community teams, 65 registered care homes, St Ebba’s Hospital, an NHS campus, a range of continuing care services, day services that supported about 1,000 people, supported living services and six community learning disability teams. I was the lead director on behalf of the Trust responsible for strategic planning of learning disability and mental health services. I was also the registered proprietor for the Trust’s residential care homes.

Achievements I led in implementing a range of significant service changes within Surrey Oaklands. These included, in adult mental health services, implementing a very ambitious mental health strategy which led to full implementation of the National Service Framework for Mental Health. In learning disability services, it included the reprovision of services from a large long-stay hospital, changing day services in line with best practice, establishing user involvement, developing user led quality reviews of services and changing values, attitudes and practices of care staff through person centred planning.

Responsibilities I was responsible for the strategic planning and development of
services for people with learning disabilities across Surrey. Key tasks included identifying future needs and developing services to meet those needs, managing the social care market, joint commissioning with East and West Surrey Health Authorities, contracting for services and provider development.

Achievements I successfully established joint commissioning of learning disability services with West Surrey Health Authority, developed improved arrangements for contracting with providers, including revised service specifications, and set up a “move-on” project enabling people to move on from residential care to supported living in their own home. I also established Surrey as the leading authority nationally in implementing the evaluation of quality of life outcomes for service users through the BILD “Quality Network”.

Responsibilities I was responsible for setting up and managing a residential home for 8 people with learning disabilities who were resettled from Darenth Park Hospital.

Achievements I recruited a team of 9 staff, organised their induction and established organisational systems in the home. The team successfully supported the service users through the process of being resettled from long stay hospital back to the community.

Responsibilities I was responsible for managing all of the nursing staff at Royal Earlswood Hospital for people with learning disabilities and for co-ordinating the closure of the hospital.

Achievements I successfully co-ordinated the closure of Royal Earlswood on time and in budget. I established a range of new day, specialist, supported living and residential services with input from the King’s Fund Centre and Tizard Centre to ensure best practice. I successfully managed a £7.7 million capital programme.

Responsibilities I was responsible for managing mental health services in the South Locality of Croydon and for implementing key elements of the district’s Mental Health Strategy.

Achievements I established a community mental health team in the South Locality, and developed a number of strategic implementation plans including User Empowerment, Quality Assurance, Substance Misuse and Liaison Psychiatry.

Responsibilities I was responsible for managing Newham Healthcare’s staffed housing service for people with learning disabilities, for planning the resettlement of service users from South Ockendon Hospital and for joint planning with Newham Social Services.

Achievements I developed and implemented training and quality assurance strategies that significantly improved the effectiveness of the staffed housing service. I planned the resettlement of Newham’s remaining service users at South Ockendon Hospital and developed Newham’s Joint Learning Disability Strategy with representatives from the voluntary sector and Newham Social Services

Responsibilities I was responsible for setting up and subsequently managing a crisis and assessment unit for people with learning disabilities, working particularly with people with challenging behaviour and/or an associated mental health problem.

Achievements I build and led a highly effective staff team which was very successful in achieving positive outcomes for service users, both in reducing levels of challenging behaviour and in improving quality of life.

Achievements I recruited over 100 volunteers and organised a range of community based activities, including independence training projects, holiday schemes and a befriending service for disabled children and young people.