General Manager -Children's Physical Health & LDA

General Manager - Children's Physical Health & LDA

The closing date is 15 March 2026

As a Trust, we deliver services for children and young people (CYP) across Coventry, Warwickshire, parts of Solihull, and the wider West Midlands. Our provision includes community, respite and inpatient services, meeting the needs of the whole child across physical health, learning disabilities and mental health pathways.

The Children's Directorate, one of three within CWPT, is newly established and offers a significant opportunity to strengthen integration and improve experience and outcomes for children and families.

The post‑holder will be a key member of the Directorate Senior Management Team and one of two Operational Leaders overseeing Physical Health and Learning Disabilities services. Working in partnership with Quality and Professional Leadership colleagues, the role provides operational oversight of clinical services, ensuring safe and effective delivery.

We are seeking a strategic, values‑driven leader with a strong track record of operational leadership. The successful candidate will bring vision, innovation and organisational capability to deliver high‑quality, sustainable services aligned with Trust priorities and responsive to population need.

The post‑holder will work across organisational and system boundaries, strengthening partnerships to improve access, experience and outcomes.

Above all, we seek someone committed to ensuring children and young people receive excellent, evidence‑informed care that enables them to thrive and achieve their potential.

To operate as a key member of the directorate Senior Management Team which oversees the effective delivery of all services within the directorate and the delivery of all of the directorate's objectives and responsibilities.

To provide strong, clear, motivational and visible leadership across all of the services and in particular for care pathways and services within their specific portfolio.

To lead on the implementation of new ways of working and cultural change where necessary for delivery of service transformation.

To ensure that services continually review and improve the quality, effectiveness and safety of care, actively seeking out and learning the lessons from complaints, compliments, investigations, reviews, reports and other information and intelligence.

To regularly review the workforce to ensure services are appropriately staffed with staff who have the right level of knowledge, skill and expertise to deliver services in the most effective and efficient way.

To ensure services are fully compliant with all relevant Trust policies, standards and procedures, and are part of and contribute effectively to systems of clinical governance.

To represent the directorate at a senior level within the Trust, and with local, regional and national partners, services and agencies.

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• Wellbeing support, including an in‑house counselling service, external helpline and more
• Staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and…