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Job overview

You will work collaboratively across Mid and South Essex Social and Health Care partnerships to scope the current psychological services available for people affected by a cancer outcome.

You will analyse and identify gaps in psychological services and use the findings to support re-design and transformation of existing pathways within existing financial envelope(s).

You will develop a project plan with key milestone dates and develop the governance structure framework for reporting.

You will explore models of mental health and wellbeing and develop with key stakeholders’ opportunity for new streamlined pathways.

You will have experience in delivering complex health programmes, be influential and able to develop effective communication and relationships across a broad range of organisations.

Main duties of the job

• Scoping of all existing services from a wide range of organisations spread across Mid and South Essex.
• Provide a gap analysis on current provision through holding stakeholder events and focus groups.
• Review existing pathways into mental health and well-being psychological support with stakeholders to determine fair access for all people affected by cancer.
• Work collaboratively to identify where gaps persist and work on solutions to meet unmet needs through developing co-produced approaches.
• Work with people who have been affected by cancer to gain insight from lived experience.
• Build strong relationships and network with all providers of psychological services.

Working for our organisation

Havens Hospices are working in partnership with Macmillan to host the role of the Macmillan Psychological Programme Manager post.

Macmillan, do whatever it takes to help everyone with cancer live life as fully as they can. They are going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support.

Their values are at the heart of who they are and everything they do, inspiring their thinking and actions. Macmillan strive to build a more diverse organisation, where everyone feels empowered to be their best self to work.

1. Macmillan adopt and maintain the Psychological care principles so that they are delivered to every person who is accessing the Intervention.
2. Macmillan Psychological care principles are consistently delivered by professionals in the delivery of the Intervention (or equivalent roles or as such roles may be renamed from time to time)
3. Macmillan adhere to the development, and design or co-design, of psychological care strategy and collaborate with all relevant stakeholders in connection with this including attendance at ‘Community of Practices’ or similar forums.