J O H A N N A   B A R K E R

07852 982 382 / jobarker450@gmail.com

 

Key Strengths and Background

• Over 15 years experience as a project manager/co-ordinator working within Local Authorities, NHS and charity sector organisations with a particular interest in children and family services

• Extensive experience working directly with a wide range of stakeholders including health and social care professionals, provider services, commissioners and service users

• Extensive experience in project and service design, implementation and service transformation

• Financial management; budget controls and daily management, procurement and spot purchasing, annual forecasting and projections, financial reports for directors and budget setters. Proven experience of managing annual budgets in excess of £2million

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to form effective and positive working relationships with both service users and key stakeholders from all sectors ensuring gold standard project delivery

• Extensive report writing experience including reports to board level, external stakeholders and commissioners

• Experience in presentations and training; including continuing care panels, case presentation and project analysis presentation.

• Level 3 Childrens Safeguarding and Adults Safeguarding

 

Employment History

 

March 2016 March 2017

Crossroads Care

Carers Health and Wellbeing Service Manager

 

• Implementation, development and delivery of a Local Authority commissioned service supporting unpaid adult carers across Herefordshire

• Staff management responsible for a team of 6

• Contract management and service delivery including regular monitoring and reporting to board members and commissioners

• Partnership development with Charity sector organisations across Herefordshire to deliver joint services that meet the needs of unpaid carers

• Training delivery to Social Care Teams, voluntary sector organisations and service users and safeguarding boards

• Creation and implementation of new projects within the wider contract

• Event management and co-ordination

June 2015 – March 2016

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Interim Project Manager – 8 Month Contract

 

• Project manager for the service transformation and expansion of the School Aged Immunisation and Vaccination Service

• Key liaison and co-ordinator across multiple stakeholders and internal teams to implement and deliver a 3 year NHS England contract over 4 counties; Coventry, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire

• Creation and implementation of service development plans, implementation plans and business continuity

• Recruitment of staff to 4 teams spread over 4 counties

• Guidance of existing staff through TUPE processes

• Co-ordination of joint processes and change management

• Overseeing all areas of the service expansion including procurement of estates, IT, medical devices and logistics

• Monitoring and reporting to NHS England Commissioners

 

August 2009 – October 2014

Ealing CCG (formerly NHS Ealing) / London Borough of Ealing

Project Manager working primarily as Children’s Continuing Care Co-ordinator and Commissioning Officer

 

Lead for Children's Continuing Care. Responsibilities included:

• Continuing Care assessments under the National Framework and monthly panel presentations to the Continuing Care Panel

• Set up, co-ordination and daily management of continuing care home nursing packages using both NHS providers and private providers such as BUPA. 

• Co-ordination of hospital discharge for children with complex health needs and acting as the main point of contact and liaison between the children, their families, clinicians and discharge co-ordinators from various London tertiary hospitals such as Great Ormond Street, Guys and St Thomas and Chelsea and Westminster

• Clinical equipment purchasing

• Creation, implementation, delivery and management of a new in-house provider service to provide home care packages for children eligible for Continuing Care, including recruitment and staff management of a new team

• Financial management (working with budgets of up to £2million) inc, purchasing, invoices, spot purchases, project tenders, book keeping and spreadsheet/budget control

• Submission of regular budget reports monitoring spend to date and annual financial forecasts

Commissioning officer for Community Health Services including Paediatric SLT, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Child Development teams and Childrens Haemoglobinopathy Clinics

• Commissioning officer for CAMHS Tier 4 Eating Disorder placements

• Commissioning Officer and Project Manager for the implementation, budget control and delivery overviews for one off NHS health projects and community projects for the local authority

• Contract and Service Level Agreement creation, implementation and management

• Implementation of data management and analysis systems

• Initial work on the implementation of Personal Budgets with CCG and Local Authorities

• Part of the SEND Reform steering group in the run up to national changes to SEN statements and the Local Offer

• Fundraising and grant applications, reports and monitoring

• Local policy writing for CCGs and Local Authorities in line with national guidance

• Working knowledge of current national guidance for both Local Authority and CCG’s.

• Successful fundraising for and implementation of a borough wide data base for children and families with additional and palliative care needs

• Consultation with children, young people and families for various initiatives such as the Diabetes Tariff Implementation for the CCG and Local Authority projects such as Ealing Drug and Alcohol Action Team

 

Nov 2002 – April 2008                       

Islington Play Association – Registered Charity no. 1086165

Community Development Worker

• Development and support of IPA’s 70 voluntary sector member groups through assistance with fundraising, recruitment, business support, policies and procedures, training and general guidance

• Project manager for a consortium childcare project involving 7 voluntary sector organisations and a budget of approximately £1m

• Creation of CD-ROM Toolkit aimed at voluntary sector providers working with children and young people

• Facilitating consultation with children and young people

• Contribution and involvement in borough wide strategy division and implementation

• Creation of all marketing and publicity materials and all Annual Reports

• Office IT manager responsible for the security, maintenance and trouble shooting for the organisations IT systems

 

2003 – 2009          

Play England

Freelance Mentor and Assessor – Quality in Play

• Mentoring Play and Childcare Provisions with the aim of their successful accreditation of Quality in Play, Quality Assurance Scheme

• Assessments of Play and Childcare Provision groups undertaking the Quality in Play, Quality Assurance Scheme. Including on-site assessments and follow up report writing

 

                          

Apr 2001 – Sept 2002

The Mayor’s Thames Festival – Registered Charity no. 1074794

Education and Outreach Co-ordinator

• Responsible for facilitating collaborations between artists, client groups and sponsors to deliver a high profile festival and event.

• Development and implementation of arts education programmes in schools and community settings as part of the lead up to the festival

• Liaising with production team, overseeing the logistics of arrival and mobilisation of 1,500 participants

• Co-ordination and distribution of publicity and marketing materials

 

1996 – present              A.P.P.L.E. – Registered Charity no. 1076880

Freelance Administrative Support

•   Fundraising, grant writing, data and feedback analysis, report writing

• Production of publicity, marketing and annual reports