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SalaryAlliance Manager Overview
The Alliance Manager will be responsible for the planning, delivery, governance and growth of Branch, the forthcoming new central point of access for emotional health and wellbeing for children and young people (0-18) in Wirral. The role will involve multi-faceted project delivery, people management and overseeing the pre-launch, launch and delivery of Branch. The role will report to the Head of Services and will involve strategic planning with the charity’s leadership colleagues, external stakeholders, alliance members and alliance associates, and management of the Branch team.
Branch
Our alliance is made up of members Open Door Charity, Action for Children, Kooth, Hatch and Koala NW, with support from Family Toolbox and our associate member CAMHS. We have been jointly commissioned by Wirral Children’s Services, Public Health and NHS Cheshire and Mersey and have come together to radically improve the access to emotional health and wellbeing support for 0-18’s in Wirral through Branch, a central point of access for emotional health and wellbeing. Our goal is to get children and young people matched to the help they need as humanly, smoothly, and quickly as we can. Our contract starts in April 2024, and we are in the process of contract mobilisation currently.
Open Door Charity will provide the backbone matching function of Branch through an online platform, over the phone, and through face-to-face conversations, in our Joy office just off Hamilton Square at the Make Hamilton Building. We want to bring warmth and colour to what can be a stressful, painful time in people’s lives. The alliance members will be delivering a range of support options for different issues and needs, and across age ranges. We will work together to bid for funding to make the most of opportunities or fill gaps. We will be working closely with other services who aren’t in the alliance to make sure people know about what they offer and ensure that the brilliant support we have in Wirral is accessible to the people who need it.
