Participation Support Worker

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

Health and wellbeing support

Flexible working

Job summary

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated individual to help shape services for children, young people and families. You will work in partnership with people who use services to ensure Mindworks designs reflect their needs, experiences and voices.

Lived experience of engaging with youth mental health services is highly valued and will inform co-design across the alliance. You will collaborate with schools, Mindworks partners and Surrey County Council Users Voice

Qualifications

• Recent first-hand experience of accessing or navigating youth mental health services.
• Experience in co-design or participation initiatives with children, young people or families.
• Ability to engage diverse stakeholders and facilitate collaborative planning.

Responsibilities

• Support our participation strategy implementation.
• Directly engage with children, young people and families.
• Perform administration and coordination duties.
• Partnership working.
• Engaging with staff at all levels to promote participation initiatives.
• Networking with schools, Mindworks partners and other organisations.
• Connect with participation colleagues across Surrey to align approaches.
• Support induction on participation and co-production.
• Lead Amplify, a youth-led Shadow Board.

Skills

Participation facilitation

Stakeholder engagement

Coordination

Networking

Youth engagement

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with an interest in improving services for children, young people, and their families. Working in partnership with people who use services is at the heart of this role, helping to ensure that the support and services developed by Mindworks reflect the needs and experiences of those who access them. The successful applicant will have recent first‑hand experience of accessing or navigating youth mental health services, either for themselves or in a caring or supporting role. Lived experience is a vital part of how we design, develop, and improve our services. We are committed to embedding these perspectives throughout our organisation to ensure our work is informed by the people we serve. This role supports the co design of services which is a founding principle of Mindworks. This post is suitable for someone who is enthusiastic and motivated about the involvement of people who use services and their carers and who would like to ensure that participation opportunities are created and meaningful. This post will sit within our School Based Needs Service, operating within an alliance of partners, aligned with the iTHRIVE framework for system change. This role will develop positive relationships within schools, enabling children to have their say on areas affecting service delivery.,

• Support our participation strategy implementation.
• Directly engage with children, young people and families.
• Perform administration and coordination duties.
• Partnership working.
• Engaging with staff at all levels of Mindworks to promote participation initiative.
• Networking with schools, Mindworks partners and other organisations e.g. Surrey County Council Users Voice groups to learn and share best participation practice.
• Connect with participation colleagues and structures across Surrey including the SABP Central Experience Team for adults, to support alignment of approaches.
• Support the Induction on Participation and co-production.

This role is also responsible for leading Amplify, a youth led Shadow Board, made up of young people who are passionate about helping develop services. Amplify meet in the evenings and so ability to work out of office hours is necessary.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well. We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress. Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.