Senior / Assistant Director, Youth, Mental Health & Psychiatric ILTC

Company description:

The Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) aims to create a vibrant care community for people to live well and age gracefully. AIC coordinates and supports efforts in integrating care to achieve the best care outcomes for our clients. We reach out to caregivers and seniors with information on staying active and ageing well, and connect people to services they need. We support stakeholders in their efforts to raise the quality of care, and also work with health and social care partners to provide services for the ageing population. Our work in the community brings care services and information closer to those in need. For more about us, please visit https://www.aic.sg.

1. Lead the development of new strategies and care models to better meet the emerging needs and new trends for community care, specifically in mental health (mood and psychiatric disorders) and youth population:

• Lead the strategic engagement with key stakeholders to co-develop integrated youth mental health ecosystems and contribute to policy review and pilot implementation at national level
• Lead the mental health and youth clinical team to conduct research and horizon scanning to identify emerging trends, service gaps, and project needs
• Development of service and care models for people with mental health, youth and caregiver support programmes and facilities design and programming
• Oversee the conceptualization, planning and implementation of new delivery models to meet the emerging needs such as young adult/youth, dual disability and caregiver programmes, in collaboration with stakeholders and industry players towards population health approach
• Provide guidance to the clinical team who will provide clinical inputs to Ministries/agencies and other Divisions for the purpose of policy review and service planning
• Support the HOD to develop, manage and integrate the youth mental health ecosystem through collaborative partnership and standardisation of system level enablers to achieve seamless structure and processes in identification, referral and management of clients
• Work with RHS to identify community providers as partners within the region for the development of youth mental health ecosystem.
• Work with MHO on the prevalence and supply for services in the community and primary care funded under community mental health masterplan

1. Oversee the implementation and evaluation of new youth pilot programmes contribute to the revision of the community mental health masterplan:

• Lead the youth mental health team in needs assessments, evidence review and engagement with external stakeholders (e.g. IHLs, MOE, MSF, NCSS, NYC, SportsSg), funders (e.g. MOH, TFC, TB) to develop, collaborate and pilot on new outreach/technology strategies and care models to meet emerging trends, service gaps, and project needs.
• Lead the new development of youth centric outreach and intervention service and care models for youths with mental health needs, service redesign and programming.
• Provide guidance to the youth team on presenting evidence-based recommendations in representations to Ministries and agencies for policy review and service planning for the youth population.

1. Lead the review and development of the psychiatric ILTC services to better meet the evolving needs of persons with mental health conditions and their caregivers:

• Support MHO in the following:
  • Conduct research and horizon scanning to identify emerging trends, service gaps, and project needs
  • Review existing psychiatric ILTC services to identify gaps and needs
  • Development of psychiatric care models for people with mental health, youth and caregiver support programmes and facilities design and programming
  • Review of financing model
    • Identify providers' learning needs and collaborate to develop mental health capability building strategies

Job Requirement

• Bachelor's Degree in healthcare related discipline, with preference for mental health qualification.
• At least 14 years' experience in healthcare or community care sectors with 4 years' management experience
• Prior experience in mental health would be an advantage.
• Experience in programme implementation and evaluation is desirable.
• Possess a high level of adaptability and learning agility in a dynamic environment
• Experienced in working with diverse groups of people in an organisation
• Innovative, able to conceptualize and develop programmes
• Possess strong organizational skills in communication, time management, analytics and problem-solving