The Big Convo… continued
Hello Team Derian, hope that you’re all well.
Following on from our away day at Brockholes earlier this month, I have now had a chance to digest all of the wonderful feedback you came up with and have proposed some next steps which SMT chatted about yesterday and I’ll be sharing with the Trustee Board next week.
Our first task is to really nail down our purpose – our WHY – who we are as an organisation and what do we want to provide and to who!? The SOAP (not that type……the Strategy On A Page) will be tweaked following this and then we’d want to agree what are the organisational values, behaviours and attitudes needed to deliver on purpose and strategy. This will be key to delivering our new strategy that you had input into in the afternoon session of the away day. We want all of this tied down over the next couple of months.
It’s really important that we keep the momentum up and I am keen to keep staff fully involved in the process going forward, which is why we will be looking at formulating teams of staff “champions” to lead areas of change. They’ll lead what I am now referring to as our “Big Convo”. Keeping the conversation going is crucial.
As I mentioned in a previous email, a new Strategic Leadership Team (SLT) has been formed. This small group of directors will represent the three key work stream areas of our new strategy:
- Excellence in Care & Services: Clinical Director (Lynn Grayson and then Catherine Randall)
- Be an Employer of Choice: Director of People & Organisational Development, Kim Owen
- Be Financially Sustainable: Director of Income and Engagement, Caroline Taylor.
There are also plans to open up the Senior Management Team meetings to encourage greater input from more service areas. This monthly meeting will focus on the key operational ways we can really deliver our strategy through everything we do.
From November, the current team will expand to include:
- Ruth Islip – Head of Integrated Care
- Dawn Andrews – Head of Family & Wellbeing Services
- Lee Seymour – Head of Quality, Governance & Compliance (starts October 9)
- Cameron Murray – Communications and Marketing Manager
- Mick Croskery – Head of Income Generation
They will join Colin Taylor, Head of Finance and Luke Bateson, Head of Facilities & Infrastructure.
Developing a strong robust structure is key to achieving our ambitions in delivering the very best care for our children and young people and their families, and I am confident that everyone will excel in their new roles and we can continue to build the culture we want at Derian.
I am also pleased to announce that we have appointed to the role of Executive Assistant to Chief Executive and SLT. Rebecca Shivji will join us on October 9th and will be a great addition to the team.
Thank you again for your honesty, openness and commitment to our improvement journey.
My door is always open, feel free to pop your head in at any time……
| Best wishes
Karen
Karen Edwards OBE |