Senior Co-production Officer
Essex County Council
Senior Co-production Officer
£33078
Essex County Council, Chelmsford
- Full time
- Temporary
- Onsite working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 3 Sep | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 943161f698da45e09f45b458d474368c
Full Job Description
- Work with people who use services, are experts by experience and their families and carers to support existing user-led groups and develop new peer support user-led groups to embed and maintain co-production in the design, delivery and evaluation of services Mental health services
- Work with partnership with internal and external colleagues across ECC, EPUT and ICBs, VCS to develop a joint co-production approach.
- Facilitate the development of locality networks, through engagement with local social care and health commissioners, voluntary sector, and third sector providers. This will include volunteer service networks, service-user networks, and stakeholder engagement.
- Champion the voice of those using services. You will use feedback and suggestions from those using services to advise the Mental Health Commissioners, and will share with stakeholders, commissioners, operational managers and clinicians throughout Essex to ensure that key messages are shared within the system.
- Develop, implement and manage a plan around co-production which effectively aligns to our mental health commissioning programme.
- Collate information and prepare high quality reports.
- Take lead for co-production within the Mental Health team, driving our approach to co-production and service user involvement/consultation.
RFQ level 2 (GCSEs) or equivalent by experience. - Evidence of continuing professional development
- Excellent IT/Computer Skills and be able to produce reports and presentations
- Advanced oral and written communication skills
- Experience of working in Adult Social Care services
- Skills and experience in setting up and delivering small projects and proven organisational skills
- Excellent adaptable communication and influencing skills
- Be personable, approachable and have good listening skills
- A good understanding of adult social care and the current national social care and health agenda in Mental Health
To read more about us please visit: Adult Social Care
Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.
Please note this is a fixed term contract opportunity for a period of 12 months working 22.2 hours per week (3 days), pro rata salary of up to £19,846 per annum.
You will be required to attend the office once every two weeks and you will need to be flexible as there may be some evening and weekend working
Adult Mental Health Services are undergoing significant transformation. We have identified that we need a whole system change to support people to manage their mental health and recover and we have ambitious plans to enable us to achieve this.We want to embed a strengths-based model of delivery so that people achieve good outcomes, can remain settled in their communities and become as well as they can be.
We are committed to working with and involving people with lived experience to shape and design our services (Co-production).