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Main area
Peer Lead
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
19 months (Fixed Term until April '26 to meet the needs of the service)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
001-AC331-0924
Employer
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Hafan y Coed
Town
Llandough
Salary
£51,706 - £58,210 Per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/10/2024 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Head of Lived Experience and Recovery College

Band 8a

WHO WE ARE:

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


 

Job overview

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.

This post is Fixed Term until April 2026 to meet the needs of the service.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Completion of Peer Support Training
  • Master’s degree or able to demonstrate equivalent skills in research, writing or analysis
Desirable criteria
  • Project Management qualification
  • Adult Education qualification
  • Mentorship or Supervision Training

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Lived experience of recovery from mental and emotional distress, and of using secondary care mental health services
  • Extensive working experience as a peer worker in both training and clinical contexts
  • Extensive experience of providing leadership to a large number of peer workers
  • Extensive experience of utilising co-production as a methodology for undertaking programmes of work
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of developing and implementing strategy related to lived experience staff and/or a Recovery College

Skills

Essential criteria
  • An effective leader with the ability to inspire, influence and motivate others
  • Ability to develop a vision and strategy for the lived experience workforce and Recovery College that is in line with current policy

Special Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Ability to demonstrate first person experiential knowledge of recovery at an expert level
  • Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the concept of personal recovery as it may apply to others
  • Awareness of the service user/ survivor movement and the history of Intentional Peer Support
  • Knowledge and commitment to service users’ rights, involvement and service-user led initiatives
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of current legislation which underpins Health and Social Care and a working knowledge of the Equalities Act 2010 and Human Rights Act

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Julian Willett
Job title
Transformation & Innovation Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07813 328418
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