Mental health support teams Involvement Coordinator
PENNINE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside
Mental health support teams Involvement Coordinator
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PENNINE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted today, 29 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: b9591a2c1c5340898dd038a0cbd7ad7d
Full Job Description
We have an exciting new opportunity within the Mental health support teams working within CAMHS to bring to life our big ambition of people with lived and living experience shaping every decision. We are looking for a passionate and motivated individual committed to ensuring our diverse group of service users and carers are at the forefront of, and included in, the planning, development and delivery of our services. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from people with lived or living experience of accessing mental health services. Experience of being involved in service developments and / or engaging others to do so may count toward equivalent qualification. We are able to offer the opportunity to discuss this role and it's remit in more detail and where possible we will also try to accommodate some time with the central involvement team to work shadow., Working across all 5 Mental health support teams in CAMHS , the Involvement Coordinator will work with our service children young people, carers and services to link in with current involvement opportunities as well as identifying, facilitating and enabling new opportunities by providing expertise and support. Examples of current involvement and engagement opportunities include:
- Capturing experience, feedback and views of our children young people and carers
- Interviewing staff as part of recruitment processes
- Co-delivering training for staff
- Membership at service development meetings/groups/forums
The work of this role will scan across all our MHST's in the trust alongside managers and colleagues committed to service user and carer involvement. Line management and supervision will be from our Lead for the Whole school approach, EBSA and FE with additional support from our friendly and passionate central involvement team. The role will provide insight to how our services are run, planned and commissioned and the opportunity for learning and development arises everyday not only through the formal training offered but also through the experiences shared by our service users and carers.