David Smith Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

York, GB

St Leonard’s Hospice is an independent charity, providing specialist palliative care, and support for local people with life-limiting illnesses. We’re dedicated to providing support tailored to the specific needs of patients, and their families and carers, with a wide range of services offered in a relaxed and friendly environment where care is taken.

London, GB

Our work supports the development of hospice care in the UK. By supporting hospice professionals, championing the voice of hospice care and promoting clinical excellence, we help hospice care providers to deliver the highest quality of care to people with life-limiting or terminal conditions and their families.Hospice UK plays an important national role.

Willerby, East Yorkshire, GB

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is a very special organisation. We are an award winning provider of health and social care services in Hull, the East Riding and North Yorkshire, as well as specialist services for patients from the wider Yorkshire and parts of Lincolnshire. Across our wide range of specialities and expertise we are connected through.

Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, GB

Leading an established hospice delivering a range of specialist palliative and end of life care services across Teesside and into North Yorkshire. Employing over 150 clinical and non-clinical staff and 350+ volunteers. With a group turnover in excess of £5m my role is focusses on ensuring our clinical services are safe and effective and supported by a.

London, England, GB

ACEVO is the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations. For 30 years, we have provided support, development and an inspiring, collective campaigning voice for our members across the UK. ACEVO's network of over 1,100 individuals includes the leaders of small, community based groups, ambitious medium-sized organisations, and well known.

Darlington, County Durham, GB

Working in a collaboration between Teesside and St Teresa's Hospice in Darlington as the joint Chief Executive of both.

London, GB

Working with the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health on the review of the Community Mental Health Care Pathway project

Hull, East Yorkshire, GB

• Leading an established charity, housing association and subsidiary trading company (Group £3M+ turnover, 100+ staff) working across three local authority areas.Developed the organisation into an outwards looking.
• Developing and delivering an ambitious strategic plan all stakeholders can buy into.
• Reversing a deteriorating financial position and increasing turnover from £1.7m to £3m over 4 years
• Leading the organisation to become a Registered Social Landlord (Housing Association) with growing portfolio
• Establishing a trading subsidiary Registered Complex Care and Supported Living provider regulated by the CQC
• Establishing and developing strong relationships with external partners across multiple sectors

Hull, GB

Dove House Hospice delivers the best possible care when there is no cure. We add life to days when days can’t be added to life.

Willerby, East Yorkshire, GB

Appointed Governor working with colleagues, Non Exec and Exec Directors. My primary interest in this role is to advocate for the best mental health care possible and remove barriers between physical and mental health care.

New Health and Care Voices is a UK wide space for people who are passionate about having a voice that helps shape the future of Health and Care, challenging the status quo andinspiring the next generation.To enable that to happen, New Health and Care Voices is diverse and inclusive in their approach and draws on a range of leadership, skills and knowledge.

• Short term project delivery consultancy working in partnership with Third Sector Chief Executives to deliver organisational change. Typical assignments have include:
• For a Sheffield based community development and service delivery organisation:
• Designing a vision, strategy and delivery plan for a mobile community library service.
• For a Yorkshire based partnership providing bidding and contract management services for the Third Sector:
• Delivering an organisational health check for six voluntary organisations (two large, four smaller) working with their Chief Executives and creating development plans.

• Provider of joint services to charities, assisting in both the bidding for and management of significant contracts. Achievements:
• Successfully developing response of the challenges caused by the financial crisis and the change of Government in 2010.
• With colleagues, growing the organisation from a turnover of £250k to £3m through expansion into new sectors and a broader geographical scope.

York, England, GB

• Charity providing inpatient mental health care for a national catchment area. Funded by NHS Specialist Commissioning and a range of Clinical Commissioning Groups, providing 97 beds. Role: New position reporting to the.
• Developed a three year strategy to create outpatient community services and nursing home accommodation, delivered after extensive consultation with commissioners and other stakeholders.
• Launched a “Recovery College” as a modernised, peer led, version of a vocational rehabilitation centre, capitalising on demand from people with personal care budgets, and expectations of breaking even in its first year.
• Created a strategy to launch a seven person residential home unit for people with mental health and learning disability issues, providing a service local government wanted, at a price it could afford with a healthy.
• Saved costs by increasing the speed of admissions, reducing the delay between clinical referral and the patients arrival, increasing occupancy and commissioner satisfaction.
• Successfully improved marketing to the existing client base of commissioners, increasing referrals to existing services by 30% on a 21% increase in enquires.

York, North Yorkshire, GB

• Service provider for people facing mental health issues. Result of a merger I led. Role: Strategic leadership and operational management, accountable to the Chair of a Trustee Board. Until 2010 General Manager of “Our.
• Rebuilt “Our Celebration” as an outcome focussed recovery service providing proper job training, demonstrating impact to current and potential funders and securing the organisation’s survival.
• Replaced most of the organisation’s staff, improving the internal skill base and innovation, while I personally improved external communications, adopting an ambassadorial role.
• Delivered due diligence on a proposed merger with York & District Mind, a troubled organisation with a notable brand, and persuaded “Our Celebration” Trustee Board to proceed.
• Led the merger, delivering TUPE transfers of staff, rebranding, novation of contracts, creating a new, smaller, Trustee Board, doubling the organisation’s size.
• Created a vibrant, person centric, culture for this new organisation requiring considerable leadership and work with staff, Trustees, funders and external stakeholders.

Chief Officer role with responsibility for ensuring the organisation delivered on existing contracts and secured ongoing contacts in the future. Key tasks included organisational development and attaining quality standards, designing new models of delivery, HR management and ongoing fundraising.

Starting as a volunteer in 1995 before getting a paid Housing Advisor role and finally the Deputy Manager role in 1999. Reporting to the Chief Officer, this role had responsibility to managing delivery of services to the whole County from two office bases. Key roles included staff supervision, finance, liaison with external partners and maintaining quality.

Msc, Organisational Development: Charity Resource Management

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