Lived Experience Workforce Coordinator

Join us at an exciting time for Barnet, Haringey and Enfield Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. After three years working in Partnership, we are due to create a new Trust, to be known as the North London NHS Foundation Trust on 1 November 2024, subject to Secretary of State approval. Join us to be part of the North London Way as we:
+ Collaborate at every level by living our Values to create the right conditions for us all to work together
+ Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care
+ Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes
+ Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high quality care across all our services
+ Ensure that research, Quality Improvement and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services
+ Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do
We look forward to welcoming you to the new North London NHS Foundation Trust, where we work in the North London Way to deliver: Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.
Our new trust website is: Home | North London Mental Health Partnership, As a valued member of the Lived and Experience Peer team you will have the opportunity to use your lived experience in all appropriate situations. Including to build rapports with Peers/Lived Experience practitioners and their supervisors, co-chair parts of the group Peer supervision, co-ordinate peer networking events and peer training. The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users., + To attend meetings and contribute as required to the development of the Service User Experience and Engagement Team (SUEET).
+ To work with the Involvement team to support the training and pathway development for Experts by Experience (Service Users/Carer Representatives into the Lived Experience Workforce.
+ To support co-ordination of events and training.
+ To Produce and deliver effective presentations/training as required.
+ To use your lived experience in all appropriate situations, including to build rapport with clients and address the stigma of mental health challenges with colleagues.
+ To attend and participate in team meetings and contribute ideas to the multi-professional team using knowledge gained from lived experience of mental health issues to embed the principles of Recovery within the service.
+ To support the delivery of the Trust Values so that high standards of service, communications, and practice are consistently experienced by service users, carers, and visitors.
+ To Co-Chair parts of the Group Peer Support Supervision
+ To be actively involved in the process of recruitment and selection of peer support workers including supporting and advising Trust managers with shortlisting and interview panels

Working for our organisation
This is an exciting time to join the newly formed People and OD function across BEH and C&I. We are passionate about equality, diversity, and inclusion; we aspire to develop the leadership capabilities of our employees, looking after their health and wellbeing and creating safe spaces for staff to speak up. Our aim is to create a happy and healthy working environment where all staff can thrive and succeed. The postholder will need to be comfortable working in an environment of complex matrix management arrangements and will at all times behave and align with our Trusts' values
The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.
In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.