Recovery College Principal

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

The Principal is responsible for the overall leadership and management of the College.

To develop a vision and strategy based on a recovery philosophy that promotes the educational innovation and the development of the Recovery College. To ensure its position is built upon and maintained within the local community to strive as being a key and valued partner committed to excellence.

KEY RESULT AREAS

The Principal will lead and inspire, maintaining at all times the ethos of partnership and shared decision making with staff, students and others.

Provide the organisation, direction and management of the College and leadership of the staff, whilst developing a suitably ambitious and timely vision that inspires and motivates students and others.

Develop effective and sustainable partnerships with local employers and educational facilities to provide a wide range of education and training opportunities.

JOB DIMENSIONS

To hold a budget for full staffing requirements. To have full responsibility for online ordering of supplies.

To line manage staff and be responsible for recruitment or act as recruiting officer responsible for training, appraisals etc.

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provide inspiring and motivating leadership to staff, students and others.

2. Ensure high quality arrangements exist for teaching, learning and student support and that the College delivers courses that are relevant and are of high quality.

3. Strive to make the College an inclusive, student-centred organisation and an effective learning environment for all College users.

4. Ensure that information systems are in place which provides robust data to support, promote and advertise the College in a manner that provokes and promotes interest and business.

1. Make certain that the College is, at all times, and committed to development and personal growth of all individuals it employs or serves.

6. Ensure that the College is effectively and equitably represented and promoted in local, regional and national forums.

7. Ensure that information from external sources is disseminated widely throughout the College to the appropriate people and is accessible to the students in their own unique journey.

8. Maintain and develop the Colleges partnerships with higher education institutions/adult learning programmes to meet the further education and accreditation needs of students.

9. To establish and agree the educational character and strategic priorities of the College. It will be the Principals role to implement policies and provide leadership to College staff, ensuring that they share and reflect the Colleges mission, values and aspirations.

10. Introduce strategies that promote effective and positive partnerships with local business, community organisations, third sector and educational facilities that can offer a wider variety of opportunities to students following attendance at College.

11. Lead and contribute to the development and implementation and monitoring of the College Prospectus. Ensure timely and regular review and audit of the College prospectus.

12. Develop a clear mission statement and code of conduct and be responsible for its adherence.

13. Develop a variety of tools that reviews and evaluates the college prospectus, its code of conduct and its mission statement.

14. Ensure that the College offers the highest quality service to its students, and fosters a culture of excellence and innovation.

15. Ensure the effective review of policies and procedures will involve the staff, students and others.

16. Contribute to the training of staff to ensure the effective implementation of policies and systems agreed by SWYFT.

17. Lead and contribute to the development and maintenance of effective communication within and beyond the College and act as an ambassador for the College and an advocate of its interests.

18. The Principal will adopt flexible working methods to meet the changing needs of the College

Trust Values:

The Trust is committed to ensuring the highest standards of care and treatment and expects that all staff treat people e.g, service users, their carers, relatives, friends, colleagues, visitors etc, with dignity and respectat all time. The post holder must all time act in accordance with the Trusts

Values:

Honest, open, transparent

Respectful

Person first and in the centre

Improve and be outstanding

Relevant today, ready for tomorrow

Families and carers matter

Safeguarding:

Report any concerns regarding the safety or wellbeing of children, adults service users, members of their families etc, in accordance with Trust Policy.

Prevent and respond appropriately to abuse and understand own role in this by undertaking Safeguarding training.

Trust policies and commitments to be read in line with the relevant Trust Policy:

All staff employed by the Trust must comply with the Trusts policies and procedures, undertake appropriate training required for their role and commit to:

ensure they are aware of the Whistleblowing Policy and how they raise concerns;

maintain confidentiality, in line with the Trusts Confidentiality Policy and Code of Conduct;

understand their personal responsibilities with regards to data quality for any information which they create, use or process in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and Trust Data Protection policy;

comply with the provisions of The Trusts Health and Safety Policy and Protocol. Ensuring their own safety and that of colleagues, service users and visitors. Know the action to be taken in the event of a fire and must undertake fire training annually;

receive supervision in line with the Trusts Supervision Policy and an annual Appraisal in line with the Trusts Appraisal Policy, during which mandatory, role specific and personal development needs should be identified and agreed;

understand their responsibilities under the Trusts Equal Opportunities in Employment Policy and ensure that they adhere to the provisions of the policy;

recognise, respect and support the equality diversity of staff, colleagues, service users, carers and the public. Contribute to a working environment which promotes and responds positively to difference and diversity;

ensure they carry out their duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18 years, as issued under Section 11 of The Children Act 2004, by being familiar with and adhering to Trust safeguarding policies and participatingin relevanttraining;

comply with their professional responsibilities to develop their practice and deliver care through a Clinical Governance framework (i.e. CPD, Audit, Supervision);

demonstrate, through practice and practical understanding, the importance of the continual development of individual, team and service wide quality improvement;

abide by relevant codes of professional practice, with the organisation taking action when codes of conduct are breached;

work flexibly to meet the needs of the service/organisation, whilst working within a culture of progressive employment practices and commitment to the Investors in People (IiP) Standards.

adhere to the Trusts smoke free policies, which prohibits smoking anywhere on Trust grounds;

being socially responsible by complying with measures that support the Trust in reducing or offsetting our environmental impact;

Identify and report risks, hazards, incidents, accidents and near misses promptly;

In addition to the Trusts own responsibilities under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance, for your safety, ALL staff (and contractors) are responsible for ensuring their work adheres to this Code in the delivery of safe patient care.

This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the band as directed. The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.

For full details of the role please see the supporting documents attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters Degree in Health / social care or education or able to demonstrate substantial, significant experience working at masters level in health/social care or education.
• Evidence of professional development

Desirable

• Relevant training qualification that supports management and/or leadership skills

Experience

Essential

• Significant demonstrable experience of leading and delivering service development/training projects across an organisation.
• Experience of developing and sustaining an effective multi-skilled team.
• Demonstrable experience of working with service users and carers to design and deliver training programmes.
• Experience of developing strategies that enable new practices to develop and become sustainable whilst anticipating trends and reporting on outcome measures.
• The ability to lead and motivate others with energy and enthusiasm to provide a culture where people feel motivated to achieve their goals with

Desirable

• Experience of playing a lead role in research relating to the impact of education on service delivery/re-design.
• Experience of working with multiple providers.

SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

Essential

• Excellent teaching and presentation skills and the ability to deliver training to diverse groups of people.
• Extensive expert knowledge on Recovery principles and the ability to fully integrate this in all aspects of work.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to negotiate effectively and present to a wide range of audiences.
• The ability to operate effectively under pressure and during times of change.
• To possess organisational skills, able to prioritise and work to deadlines.
• To have a positive approach to problem solving.
• To manage the performance of others.

PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES

Essential

• Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).

TRAINING

Essential

• All Mandatory training must be adhered to.
• A willingness to undertake any further training as necessary.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

Essential

• Self-motivated, good use of initiative and able to work independently.
• Confidence in developing positive working relationships with individuals, organisations and other providers.
• To be passionate in enabling people to achieve their full potential.
• To be committed to the ethos of Recovery and the Recovery College.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

The Exchange Recovery College

33 Gawber Road

Barnsley

South Yorkshire

S75 2AH

Employer's website

https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)