Job summary
GMMH Recovery Academy is a flagship college that offers educational programmes and resources to promote good mental health and recovery. In line with national principles, the Recovery Academy is open to service users, carers and professionals to create a shared learning environment where lived expertise is as equally important as learnt expertise. All our courses and resources are co-produced and co-delivered.
Our current manager is relocating and this brings an exciting opportunity to manage our Recovery Academy and build on our existing offer. If you are a highly motivated, organised, creative person, with knowledge and experience of mental health, interventions to support mental health and recovery, and experienced in facilitation/teaching and quality assurance in education then we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
To lead on the development and delivery of the Trust Recovery Academy (RA) and promote the development of knowledge and skills which are inherent to recovery from mental health and substance misuse difficulties. This will be through the co-production and co-delivery of education programmes and resources to service users, carers, staff and other health and social care professionals.
To engage stakeholders from across all professions and service user groups within the organisation to ensure collaboration and co-production in order to adhere to the Academy core principles of shared learning and empowerment.
To coordinate service user involvement and ensure the necessary support is in place for people with lived experience and people with professional expertise to foster good relationships and ensure co-production can flourish.
To be the budget holder for the Recovery Academy and secure opportunities for income generation to ensure long-term security and commercial viability of the Academy.
To line manage staff within the Recovery Academy, including trainers with lived experience of mental health and/or substance misuse problems.
To promote co-production at a Trust wide level and influence organisational change through the sharing of good practice of RA work and values.
About us
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
- fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
- fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject (i.e. health/social care/education)
- Postgraduate qualification in relevant subject or equivalent experience
- Training/education covering a range of psychosocial interventions in mental health
Desirable
- Leadership/Project Management qualification
- Teaching qualification
- Assessor Award
- Verification Award
Experience
Essential
- Experience of project management in a senior role
- Experience of leading co-production initiatives
- Experience of managing peer support initiatives
- Working in a senior educational or development role, responsible for agreement, development and design of programmes to large groups of people
- Teaching experience with experience of delivering accredited training programmes
- Experience of delivering a wide range of psychosocial interventions to people with mental health and/or substance misuse difficulties
- Experience of supervising and managing staff
- Budget management experience
Desirable
- Communications and marketing experience
- Income generation experience
- Learner Management Systems experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of trauma informed care and transformation in mental health and substance misuse services
- Knowledge and understanding of a range of different mental health conditions and interventions used to support people in their recovery
- Knowledge of quality assurance standards and processes in education
- Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding principles and information governance
- Knowledge and understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion, the impact of exclusion on people's health and life chances and an inclusive, collaborative approach to reducing health inequalities
Skills
Essential
- Compassionate leader with the ability to inspire and motivate others
- High levels of emotional intelligence with excellent relationship building skills and the ability to manage conflict
- High regard for lived experience and coproduction
- Highly organised to meet expectations and tight deadlines
- Highly creative working to find solutions
- Excellent report writing skills
- Good working knowledge and skills in Microsoft Office packages including MS Teams
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject (i.e. health/social care/education)
- Postgraduate qualification in relevant subject or equivalent experience
- Training/education covering a range of psychosocial interventions in mental health
Desirable
- Leadership/Project Management qualification
- Teaching qualification
- Assessor Award
- Verification Award
Experience
Essential
- Experience of project management in a senior role
- Experience of leading co-production initiatives
- Experience of managing peer support initiatives
- Working in a senior educational or development role, responsible for agreement, development and design of programmes to large groups of people
- Teaching experience with experience of delivering accredited training programmes
- Experience of delivering a wide range of psychosocial interventions to people with mental health and/or substance misuse difficulties
- Experience of supervising and managing staff
- Budget management experience
Desirable
- Communications and marketing experience
- Income generation experience
- Learner Management Systems experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of trauma informed care and transformation in mental health and substance misuse services
- Knowledge and understanding of a range of different mental health conditions and interventions used to support people in their recovery
- Knowledge of quality assurance standards and processes in education
- Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding principles and information governance
- Knowledge and understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion, the impact of exclusion on people's health and life chances and an inclusive, collaborative approach to reducing health inequalities
Skills
Essential
- Compassionate leader with the ability to inspire and motivate others
- High levels of emotional intelligence with excellent relationship building skills and the ability to manage conflict
- High regard for lived experience and coproduction
- Highly organised to meet expectations and tight deadlines
- Highly creative working to find solutions
- Excellent report writing skills
- Good working knowledge and skills in Microsoft Office packages including MS Teams
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.
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
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.
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).
