People Participation Worker - MHLDA Collaborative | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 16 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £34,089 - £41,498 per annum inc HCA pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 16 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, E1 8DE |
| Company: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6232328/363-CP6119790-A |
Summary
Want to help service users and carers across North East London shape and improve mental health services?
In this role, you will help to support the Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism Collaborative (ELFT and NELFT) in its purpose to bring together clinical, lived experience and operational leaders across health, social care, the voluntary sector and other agencies to improve outcomes, experience and value for people with mental health needs.
By supporting service users and carers to get involved, raise their voice and participate in a range of priority led change projects across both trusts, you play a pivotal role in ensuring the very people who use mental health services across North East London are able to have a say in its future and a hand in its success.
Join us in helping enable service users in being part of the solution
Some of the main duties of the role include:
1. To support service users and carers in developing their own skills and confidences toward their goals and aspirations through participation.
1. To ensure service user and carer voices are listened to and heard in the Collaborative.
1. To support the People Participation Lead in developing and maintaining a pool of service users and carers with relevant lived experience - working in partnership with others – to enable effective involvement in the Collaborative
1. To work alongside carers, carer support groups
1. To support joint working between the two Trusts (NELFT & ELFT), the voluntary sector and the user/carer movement
Please see the job description attached to this role for the full list of duties and responsibilities
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Please for further information kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.
This advert closes on Sunday 5 May 2024
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