Job summary
- Main area
- Project Manager
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 8 months (Fixed term due to funding until 31-08-2025)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Additional working patterns considered)
- Job ref
- 082-AC081-1124
- Employer
- Health Education and Improvement Wales
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ty Dysgu
- Town
- Nantgarw
- Salary
- £46,840 - £53,602 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/11/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 06/12/2024
Employer heading
Lived Experience Lead
Band 7
Job overview
Lived Experience Lead (Band 7)
Job Purpose – To work with the national lived-experience lead and programme support officer in the scoping and realising of a national approach to the peer support workforce, co-production, recovery colleges and the potential for rolling out national best practice in these areas.
There will be three parts to the role, focussing on the recovery college model, co-production and the peer support workforce respectively. We are open to considering Part Time or Job Share applications if a candidate wishes to express an interest in a specific area.
Specialist skills
· Experience in acting in leadership or mentoring role within the peer support workforce
· Experience in facilitating multi-disciplinary project groups
· Involvement with rolling out new ways of working
· Lived-experience of mental health service provision and working with those in receipt of services
Main duties of the job
To support the Lead in development of projects relating to Lived Experience, Peer Support and the development of a recovery college.
This will include: administrative support with events and meetings as well as support in setting up campaigns, focus groups and capturing the experiences of others.
This post is fixed term/secondment for 8 months until 31-08-2025 due to funding. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that include education and training, workforce planning, workforce development and transformation, leadership and succession planning, and careers. Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.
HEIW’s is committed to developing an internal culture of choice. Our Values reflect our thoughts, feelings and beliefs in how we will, and will not, behave and treat others:
- Respect for All in every contact we have with others,
- Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving,
- Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations.
HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.
What you can expect:
- a corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary,
- compassionate leadership,
- a meaningful values based performance appraisal process,
- the opportunity to impact upon health and social care services and the lives and wellbeing of the people of Wales.
Many of our colleagues and stakeholders have commented on the buzz and atmosphere we create by working together as “One HEIW Team”. Do you want to join that team?
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.
Initiate a project to capture the experience of people with lived experience including carers, to inform the development of seamless care. This will capture and bring to life the impact of how we work from the perspective of the people at the centre, to assist the development of skills, competences and ways of working. Lived Experience Lead will develop a business case around the creation of an All-Wales Recovery College model.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Lived experience of mental health challenges and of using mental health services.
- Experience of change management.
- Experience in managing complex HR issues with staff e.g. the management of performance / long term sickness.
- Experience in guidelines and policy development.
Qulaification and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Educated to master’s degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent lived and professional experience.
- Evidence of recent continued professional development e.g. Recovery-focused and peer support related training activities.
- Knowledge of current health and social care policies.
Desirable criteria
- Project management qualification.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hannah Morland Jones
- Job title
- Lived Experience Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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