Recovery College and Coproduction Lead
| Posting date: | 05 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £28,275 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 May 2024 |
| Location: | Knaphill, GU21 2QS |
| Company: | Cygnet |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 35724 |
Summary
We are looking to recruit for a passionate Recovery College and Co-Production Lead at Cygnet Hospital Woking and Cygnet Woking Lodge
About Us
Cygnet was established in 1988 as an independent provider of health and social care services in England, Scotland and Wales.
Summary of the site
Cygnet Woking/ Woking Lodge is a 93 bedded hospital with a variety of different wards, including two locked high dependency rehabilitation wards (male), two low secure services (male and female), three acute wards (male and two female), and a PICU (female). Our environment has a holistic focus and includes a gym, ADL kitchen, Recovery College, Hair Salon, library, Tuckshop and other therapeutic spaces
As part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will work collaboratively with Senior Management, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Psychiatry, Nurses, mental health support workers and ward admin staff.
Your Role
Hope, Control and Opportunity are at the heart of the Recovery College and should be reflected in everything we do.
Please apply if you feel you meet the criteria and have the values, skills and passion to become Recovery College Lead.
The successful candidate will deliver the Recovery College Model to support people’s recovery using learning, skills development and co-production to provide innovative education opportunities. They will empower individuals in our care to achieve their personal learning goals and build confidence and skills through education and co-production.
There are a wide range of accredited courses people in our care can be supported to co-produce, co-facilitate and achieve. Courses should be recovery focused and aim to instil a sense of hope for the future. We rely on service users as experts by experience to help create courses together that add to and build on their recovery journey.
Co-production can mean different things to different people however some of the key features of Co-production include;
- Recognising people who use services as individuals with skills and knowledge
- Break down the barriers between people who use services and professionals
- Build on people’s existing capabilities
- Include reciprocity (where people get something back for having done something for others) and mutuality (people working together to achieve their shared interests)
- Work with peer and personal support networks alongside professional networks
- Facilitate services by helping organisations to become agents for change rather than just being service providers
The successful candidate will be…
- Passionate about co-production and its role in mental health recovery
- Able and willing to work flexibly, to meet the needs of the service
- Have excellent organisation and time management skills
- Able to demonstrate a good understanding of risk management
- Able to demonstrate an awareness of professional boundaries
- Motivated with a positive ‘can do’ attitude
5 reasons why you should make an application today…
- We care about people in our services
- Supportive supervision and protected time for supervision with your supervisor
- Induction & training specific to service lines
- Dedicated CPD time for peer support, skill development and specialist training
- We support and develop you to build skills and confidence for the next level in your career.
Cygnet Health Care Benefits
- Free parking
- Free meals for staff on duty
- Relocation package available
- Group pension plan helping you save for your future
- NHS Discount Cards & Blue Light Card (includes big brand discounts)
- Wellbeing centre with exercises, recipes, financial and mental health advice.
Requirements
The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS and reference check and an offer of employment will be subject to successful clearance.
*Recruitment agencies please note: Speculative emails are not to be sent directly to our clinical staff, these need to go via our internal recruitment team. If speculative candidates are sent directly to a member of the clinical team, we will consider these candidates as our own*
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