Job overview

A rare opportunity has arisen for an innovative, confident and highly motivated person who is passionate about improving experience for all Wiltshire Service Users and carers, to join our Wiltshire Locality Management Team. 

In Wiltshire we have a strong focus on co-production to continually improve services and this post will be integral to further developing and delivering future services ensuring the service user and carer view is driving improvement .

We are seeking a highly skilled and passionate Involvement Coordinator to work within Community and Inpatient Services. In this post you will predominantly liaise and work with Service Users and carers from a diverse range of backgrounds and communities who are currently or have recently been involved with Wiltshire mental health services.

Main duties of the job

As the Involvement Coordinator, you will have regular contact with managers of Wiltshire AWP services including Service Managers, Matron, Team and Ward Managers and the Senior Management Team. You will routinely link in with the Trust’s Patient Experience team to ensure learning across the organisation. 

You may have personal/lived experience of a mental health condition and have experience of working within both the statutory and voluntary sectors and a commitment to valuing the expertise that each sector brings.

Working for our organisation

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care. 

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.