Job overview

The S117 All Age Lead is a senior leadership role in the ICB, providing strategic, operational, and professional leadership for the delivery, governance, and transformation of Section 117 (Mental Health Act) aftercare services across all ages. Reporting to the Head of All Age Continuing Care, the postholder ensures the ICB meets its statutory responsibilities while delivering high-quality, person-centred, and financially sustainable services.

To maintain Section 117 function, maintaining oversight of all eligible individuals for whom the ICB is the responsible commissioner, including those transitioning from children's services. As the organisation’s subject matter expert, the postholder provides advice on legislation, policy, governance, complaints, appeals, and legal matters to senior leaders, clinicians, commissioners, providers, and partners.

Working collaboratively with system partners, the postholder drives service improvement, integrated pathways, and better outcomes for people with mental health needs, learning disabilities, and autism. The role leads complex commissioning, financial oversight, service redesign, quality improvement, and governance to ensure services remain legally compliant, clinically effective, and deliver value for money and also leads a specialist team, providing management, leadership, and support on complex cases while overseeing performance, risk, governance, and strategic programme delivery to improve outcomes across the system.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will work across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to deliver the ICB’s statutory responsibilities for s117 Aftercare: 
• manage the ICB’s responsibilities for complex packages of care for people with mental health needs, learning disabilities and autism 
• be able to deliver work in a high pressured and fast paced environment 
• provide expert leadership of the Mental Health Act Section 117 (S117) aftercare and complex placements functions, including joint meeting decisions, budget monitoring and liaison with providers and local authorities 
• lead on improvement programmes and implementation of new processes 
• line manage staff in the team

Working for our organisation

We are committed to promoting equal opportunities to achieve equity of access, experience and outcomes and to recognising and valuing people’s differences. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity; we see this as a strength and part of our founding mission, values and behaviours. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers patient outcomes.

We are committed to creating the best place to work, where your contribution is valued, your wellbeing is supported and all our colleagues can reach their full potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of their protected characteristic. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone, including making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition and support with the recruitment process for people with lived experience.

We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles.

We operate a Carer friendly working environment that is supportive and inclusive. We actively encourage Carers to self-identify themselves.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and commit to shortlisting suitable applicants who meet the essential criteria for an interview. Please inform us of any adjustments you may require.