Involvement Coordinator

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Leeds; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Leeds is seeking a part-time role (30 hours) within the Learning Disability Directorate to support involvement and co-production. The post focuses on reducing health inequalities and improving engagement for people with learning disabilities, in line with the trust's values and patient-centred approach.

You will work with a small team, help develop initiatives to involve service users, and support supervision and wellbeing reviews to strengthen

Qualifications

• Qualification or equivalent experience in Learning Disability care.
• Experience designing accessible information.
• Self-directed with enthusiasm and self-motivation.

Responsibilities

• Support daily work schedule of three co-workers and supervision.
• Develop and maintain initiatives to involve service users in care decisions.
• Work with Involvement co-ordinators to ensure lived-experience informs projects.

Skills

Positive attitude toward learning dis.

Self-motivation

Ability to work in different envts

Education

Learning Disability Diploma/NVQ4 level

Job description

Are you looking for mental health jobs in Leeds, York or with one of our regional services operating across the country? We have a range of NHS Job opportunities, placements and specialities in our clinical, research, and professional support teams across Leeds and York.

At Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT), we strive to provide high-quality mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice. We can only achieve this by putting our staff and the people using our services at the centre of everything we do. This starts with the people we employ. We recruit based on values and qualifications (where required) and believe lived experience is an advantage. We look for potential, not perfection, and this means that together, we are as diverse as the communities we care for.

Simply put, we seek out people who care, act with integrity and have the right skills. We want to add to our incredible colleagues, students and volunteers who share these principles, with people like you, who find empathy comes easily and who treat everyone with respect without thinking. Search our latest jobs to start your journey with us.

Main area Health Facilitation and Involvement Team, Learning Disability Directorate Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 30 hours per week Job ref 173-36026-LDS

Site St Mary’s Hospital Town Leeds Salary £32,073 - £39,043 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 21/09/2026 23:59

Job overview

The post holder will be required to work as part of a wider team of multi-disciplinary professionals and health care workers who work to reduce health inequalities in the city of Leeds as part of the Trust’s ongoing commitment to reducing the early mortality rate of people with a Learning Disability.
The successful candidate for this role will play a keen interest in the support and development of people with a Learning Disability who are employed in the team, as well as the patients and carers that we work with in order to support work that is rooted within the remit of co-production.
The post holder will support and assist in developing and maintaining initiatives to facilitate the involvement of service users at both an individual and collective level within the Learning Disability Service. This will involve working on a broad range of initiatives designed to increase individuals control over their own care, and the ongoing development of services.

Main duties of the job

Day to day the post holder will need to support the daily work schedule of the three co-workers within the team. You will eventually take on a role of supporting supervision and undertaking employment reviews to ensure their wellbeing and ongoing development within the team.
You will have an opportunity to develop personally to help you become a proficient practitioner. We will support you to undertake projects that you have an interest with, in order to meet the teams ongoing goals day to day.
The post holder is expected to work as part of a wider team.
Good team working skills are essential for this role.

Working for our organisation

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles(this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

It will be reflected in a workload which will span working alongside practitioners to develop more inclusive practice, to assisting in the co-ordination of large-scale initiatives seeking to include service users in the wider decision-making processes in healthcare. This is a co-working role; the post holder will be working alongside Involvement co-ordinators with lived experience of a learning disability for most of their working week to ensure that they fulfil their role to give their expertise to projects that the team is undertaking.

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.
All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [e-mail]
Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.
If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

Person specification

Qualifications

• An appropriate qualification or equivalent experience to Learning Disability Diploma/NVQ4 level.

Experience

• Experience of designing and producing accessible information.

Skills

• A positive attitude towards people with learning disabilities. It would be desirable if the post holder had experience of graphic facilitation.
• Be able to evidence that you can meet the support needs of people with learning disabilities in different environments.
• This role will largely be self-directed. Therefore, the post holder should display enthusiasm and self-motivation.

Values

• Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
• Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
• Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.

Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position based on a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow.

Fixed Term Contracts for existing NHS Employees – temporary contracts for employees of LYPFT, or colleagues joining from another NHS Trust, will be offered on a secondment basis wherever possible. In the event this is not possible, an FTC would be issued and this would require a break in service of two weeks.

The purpose of a temporary is role could be for maternity cover, temporary funding or some other reason. At the end of which the need for the temporary work will cease. Temporary roles can stop, be extended and/or made permanent at any point during the period of work. Should the role become permanent then the post-holder will be informed of the process to be followed to convert the position to a permanent one.

All new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response. LYPFT is committed to upholding its’ statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Please refer to job description for further information.

LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.

We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if enough applications are received. It is in the candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible. In submitting an application form, you authorize Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed to the post.

In applying for a role please ensure that you only declare qualifications that are relevant to the role itself. We reserve the right to check all declared qualifications on an application form, whether they are directly relevant to the role or not.

Please note: The Trust does not offer reimbursement of interview expenses.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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