Participation and Engagement Co-ordinator

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the role of participation and engagement lead within Cheshire & Merseyside Specialist Perinatal and Maternal Mental Health Service (C&M SPMMHS)

The C&M SPMMHS is jointly provided by Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust (MCFT) and Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP), providing specialist assessment and treatment to mums, birthing people, babies, and families from pregnancy through to 24 months. MMHS has a focus on perinatal loss and trauma. Perinatal mental health care remains a national priority in the NHS Long Term Plan, and the post holder will be responsible for developing and implementing a strategy of engagement and involvement of people with lived experience of perinatal mental health services in the growth, learning and delivery of services across Cheshire and Merseyside. To ensure meaningful and representative involvement with our many stakeholders, with a focus on service users, family and carers is promoted in our Perinatal Services in CWP & MCFT. This will be done in conjunction with your counterpart in CWP.

The post holder will play a pivotal role in the development of our participation and engagement strategy working closely with colleagues and community's to ensure transformation in how we shape service delivery to meet the needs of our communities and provide equitable, safe, and quality care, achieving clinical excellence.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will promote effective relationships with a range of C&M SPMMHS partners and stakeholders, including our communities by working collaboratively to ensure servicers are fit for purpose in meeting the needs of the community now and into the future.

The post holder will be expected to travel around C&M SPMMHS in a timely manner, the main area of focus for this role will be Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens, Warrington & Halton.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together