Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Participation Manager

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Job summary

We are excited to be recruiting to the role of Participation Manager in East Sussex CAMHS. This role is a secondment for a fixed term period (1.0 fte) and is a great opportunity to work with young people and their parent / carers supporting their voices in developing our CAMHS services. We would welcome applications from individuals who have a Degree level or equivalent experience and a Post graduate qualification in a mental health area.

To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID

FTC/Secondment to 5/6/24

Main duties of the job

Participation is an exciting role in the Trust. Enabling the service and those who access it to enter into dialogue and work in partnership to review, design and produce services together calls; requiring creativity and an ability to work independently, by the successful candidate.

The role is varied and dynamic, from identifying and supporting young people to take part in recruitment processes and facilitating group work to engaging with senior management regarding direction and service development.

Listening to and working with people who access the service to create change for the better is hugely rewarding and you will see the results first hand.

You will be part of a strong multidisciplinary team, receiving high standards of supervision.

Our services build on our CYP-IAPT learning and 'deliver with and deliver well' and we have built the infrastructure to sustain this with our collaborative work with our service users who help shape our transformation with their lived experience. Our psychology and intern infrastructure support the meaningful use of the service wide outcome measures framework.

About us

Direct work with young people and advocating on their behalf in the Trust structure are keystones of the role. Participation work in Sussex has won awards and regularly leads the way in innovative practice. e.g. young person friendly leaflets and websites, young person led information and training films, co-produced decision making tools for use in sessions, access to creative resources in therapy rooms and production of art work for bases. The work is well supported via both the leadership in Sussex CAMHS as well as a monthly steering group and the Trust People Participation Team which you will attend as your professional group.

Do you want a career in a trust with a 2020 vision of achieving outstanding care and treatment you can be confident in? With a vision that includes becoming the employer of choice? Where our values guide how we do this?

As one of the largest providers of children and young people's mental health, our Care Delivery Service (CDS) provides care across Sussex and Hampshire. Supported by our Clinical Academic Group (CAG) we work to put research, innovation and learning into practice.

Our offer is for a career not just a job, in a team and a trust committed to delivering the best care possible to the community whilst being committed to the wellbeing of its staff - and endeavouring to show this by how we do, what we do - that our staff are our greatest asset and that staff wellbeing is a key priority."

Date posted

18 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year pa

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-CS-21392

Job locations

Highmore (Flexible across East Sussex)

Western Road

Hailsham

BN27 3DY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information regarding this post.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information regarding this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree level or equivalent experience
Post graduate qualification in mental health area

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Experience in Children's Services
Experience of Mental Health setting
Experience of working with multi-agency partnerships
Experience of developing and facilitating groups
Experience of supervision of administration staff
Understanding of information systems used by the Trust
Experience of working with difficult and complex situations
Experience of the implementation and maintenance of participation work
Experience of advising of participation and up skilling staff
Knowledge and understanding of public sector, voluntary and community services
Knowledge and understanding of Mental Health and related issues
Knowledge of the structure and dynamics of CAMHS and its interaction with partner agencies
Knowledge of participation theories
Knowledge of research theories

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree level or equivalent experience
Post graduate qualification in mental health area

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Experience in Children's Services
Experience of Mental Health setting
Experience of working with multi-agency partnerships
Experience of developing and facilitating groups
Experience of supervision of administration staff
Understanding of information systems used by the Trust
Experience of working with difficult and complex situations
Experience of the implementation and maintenance of participation work
Experience of advising of participation and up skilling staff
Knowledge and understanding of public sector, voluntary and community services
Knowledge and understanding of Mental Health and related issues
Knowledge of the structure and dynamics of CAMHS and its interaction with partner agencies
Knowledge of participation theories
Knowledge of research theories

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information