Associate Director - Adult Learning Disabilities and Autism Services

We are looking for an exceptional individual with a passion for working in services for people who have a Learning Disability or Autistic people. You will be an experienced leader with a track record of managing a broad portfolio of services and someone who lives the Oxleas values. In return we offer you the opportunity to work in an amazing directorate alongside some skilled and compassionate clinicians and managers., As a senior leader of the Directorate management team, the postholder will lead on the strategic and operational development of all adult ALD and Autism services within Oxleas. Working closely with the service director the postholder will ensure that services are managed safely, effectively and within budget. Central to this post will be the ability to work across all levels of seniority with a range of stakeholders, including statutory and voluntary sector partners, service users and carers. The postholder will also be responsible for ensuring other directorates within Oxleas understand their responsibilities in relation to learning disabilities and Autism, seeking opportunities for better integration of services whenever possible. The postholder will also lead on the strategic direction related to expansion into a Neurodiversity Directorate.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care