Locality Co-ordinator

NHS; Sevenoaks; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job description

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Would you like to be part of our forward thinking & progressive Recovery College work? Do you want to develop your skills and utilise your expertise in new ways to support the long-term wellbeing of people experiencing health challenges? Do you want to work in a key role, supporting students and facilitators and coordinating the Recovery College delivery in Sevenoaks alongside an innovative team? If the answer is yes, we have a vacancy for you. This locality vacancy is part time (30 hrs/wk), but we may consider a job share for two successful applicants who are both seeking part time roles. Please read through the full job description and person specification before applying.

Main duties of the job

The key aspects of this role are:

• To co-ordinate Recovery College provision in Sevenoaks.
• To enhance student experience by compassionate communication and effective support systems.
• To enhance co-facilitator experience by providing high quality support and supervision.
• To coordinate and create the prospectus and promote Recovery College across localities.
• To coordinate administration tasks and liaise between Recovery College and partners.

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life. We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles. You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Job responsibilities

• To co-ordinate Recovery College provision in Sevenoaks.
• To enhance the student experience through compassionate communication and effective support.
• To enhance the co-facilitator experience by providing high-quality support and supervision.
• To manage enrolments, course cancellations, facilitator absence, and class cover.
• To coordinate and create the prospectus and promote Recovery College across localities.
• To coordinate administration tasks and liaise between Recovery College and partners.

Please see the job description for full details.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the defining features of a recovery college and the ethos.
• Awareness of a range of different training and facilitation methods.
• Knowledge of recovery focused practice in adult mental health.
• Attended Recovery College Courses/Workshops.

Skills

• Good range of IT skills including use of Excel & PowerPoint.
• Ability to time manage training, managerial and administrative demands.
• Excellent interpersonal and written skills.
• Ability to teach and facilitate subjects related to recovery and self-management.
• Ability to deliver training and effective learning outcomes.

Experience

• Current experience and evidence of using lived experience in a work/voluntary capacity.
• Personal/close relational experience of health & wellbeing recovery and use of supportive services.
• Experience of dealing professionally with people experiencing difficult situations.
• Working in an educational establishment.

Approach

• A positive attitude that demonstrates interacting in a recovery oriented way.
• A professional attitude to building relationships with all students and within the team.
• Able to communicate with people at all levels within the organisation.
• Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner for operational activities and ad hoc meetings.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Recovery Practice Lead (West, North & Medway)

£26,530 to £29,114 a year pro rata