Head of Lived Experience and Recovery College

The Head of Lived Experience Workforce and Recovery College is responsible for oversight and strategic leadership of the Recovery College (RC), as well as Lived Experience Practice and Peer Support Worker provision within the Mental Health Clinical Board (MHCB) of Cardiff & Vale UHB. The postholder will advise the Head of Operations, the Mental Health Clinical Board and Service/Clinical Directors on the strategic development of this professional group, ensuring that they meet professional standards and are compliant with recognised best practice.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply., The post holder will ensure that all Peer and lived experience leaders operate within a robust framework which ensures professional leadership for all lived experience workers, timely interpretation of national and local policies; and ensures systematic and appropriate governance of peer support and lived experience practice within the Mental Health Clinical Board. The postholder also holds ultimate responsibility for ensuring that systems for effective professional supervision and support are established and maintained across all services that have peer or lived experience workers, including systems for effective recruitment and retention, professional knowledge and skills framework review and the identification of continued professional development needs and training.
The postholder will hold overall responsibility for implementing clear systems for effective training and supervision for all staff within the Recovery College, delegating the operational management of this to the Recovery College Manager as appropriate. The postholder will work to support clear reporting, research and audit activities for both the lived experience workforce and the Recovery College.
The post-holder will promote the UHB objectives and values and be expected to represent the UHB externally and engage with professional bodies and regulators as required.

Working for our organisation
Our Values: 'CARING FOR PEOPLE; KEEPING PEOPLE WELL'
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has an important job to do. What we do matters because it's our job to care for people and keep them well. We all want to do this to the best of our abilities - but we know that good intentions are not always enough.
At Cardiff and Vale University Health Board our values and example behaviours are:

We care about the people we serve and the people we work with
Treat people as you would like to be treated and always with compassion
We trust and respect one another
Look for feedback from others on how you are doing and strive for better ways of doing things
We take personal responsibility
Be enthusiastic and take responsibility for what you do.
We treat people with kindness
Thank people, celebrate success and when things go wrong ask 'what can I learn'?
We act with integrity
Never let structures get in the way of doing the right thing.
Our values guide the way we work and the way we behave with others. Post holders will be expected at all times to behave in accordance with our values demonstrating commitment to the delivery of high quality services to patients., Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
The UHB reserves the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health
and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone and to delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together". We have recently refreshed our strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, which sets out the Health Board's Vision for improving the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve by 2035 through the delivery of our strategic
objectives; Putting People First, Providing Outstanding Quality, Delivering in the Right Places, and Acting for the Future. We have challenging times ahead, but we are confident that by tackling these challenges together, we can support people to live healthier lives and reduce the unfair differences in
the prevalence of illness and health outcomes we see in our communities today. We aspire to deliver outstanding care and treatment for people when they need it, where they need it; care that compares well with the best in the world, but to do so, we need to transform how we deliver services over the
next decade and beyond.
We are a values-driven organisation and out goals will only be realised if our values are at the heart of everything we do. Created by colleagues, patients and their families and carers, our values are:
+ We are kind and caring
+ We are respectful
+ We have trust and integrity
+ We take personal responsibility
As an organisation we strongly believe that it is vital our leaders exhibit the behaviours and values that we expect from all our staff.
We are a teaching Health Board with close links to the university sector, and together we are training the next generation of healthcare professionals, while working on research that will hopefully unlock the cures for today's illnesses
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed