Job summary
Culture of Care is a national programme that aims to improve the experience of being on wards for everyone: staff, carers, and most importantly, our patients. The Culture of Care Programme is Co-Produced - this means that professionals at all levels have worked with people who use mental health services to create this programme.
The programme is built on four key areas to support our wards:
Safety: Making sure our wards are safe and supportive for everyone.
Trauma-Informed Care: Understanding and addressing the impact of trauma.
Therapeutic Care: Providing care that meets the therapeutic needs of patients.
Equity-Focused Care: Ensuring fair and just care for all service users.
Main duties of the job
We're looking for people to join us in this important work. Specifically, we need:
- People with who have experience of being inpatients on a mental health ward.
- Carers who have experience supporting people who are or have been inpatients on a mental health ward.
- This experience should be either recent (i.e. within the last 5 years), or current (i.e. you are currently based on one of our wards)
We know that you might have complicated feelings about your time as an inpatient, and that not all experiences of mental health care are positive. It's really important to us that we hear from voices that don't often get heard, especially from people who might feel the most marginalised.
About us
At SHSC, we prioritise the well-being and safety of both our service users and employees. It is our policy and a condition of employment that all employees must join the DBS Update Service. This service carries an annual fee, which employees are responsible for paying up front. However, employees may claim this cost back through the Trust's Employee Expenses Reimbursement Policy. For those requiring a Basic DBS check, it is necessary to register for a DBS Online Account.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Providing insight and guidance to inform the priorities of this work.
Help to embed co-production into the heart of this work.
Helping us to translate our values and visions into actions and measurable change.
Attending regular meetings with other experts by experience to discuss the quality improvement work on the wards. This can be face to face or via online video link.
Reading documents relating to this work.
This programme is still new, so it is possible that there will be other tasks or ways to get involved we will adopt a strengths-based approach to working with you, so if you have skills or interests in a particular area, we can discuss ways to bring those strengths to this work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Providing insight and guidance to inform the priorities of this work.
Help to embed co-production into the heart of this work.
Helping us to translate our values and visions into actions and measurable change.
Attending regular meetings with other experts by experience to discuss the quality improvement work on the wards. This can be face to face or via online video link.
Reading documents relating to this work.
This programme is still new, so it is possible that there will be other tasks or ways to get involved we will adopt a strengths-based approach to working with you, so if you have skills or interests in a particular area, we can discuss ways to bring those strengths to this work.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- oUnderstanding and insight into the experience of being on an inpatient ward.
- oAbility to take part in meetings and work with others.
- oAwareness and respect of differences between people.
- oAbility to use emails and read documents.
- oWillingness to work alongside staff members to improve our services.
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of staying on inpatient wards. OR oExperience of caring for someone who has had experience of staying on inpatient wards.
Other
Essential
- oAwareness of the challenges faced by different groups of service users: for instance people form ethnically diverse backgrounds, autistic people and people who have experienced trauma.
- oCommitment to SHSC's Trust Values
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- oUnderstanding and insight into the experience of being on an inpatient ward.
- oAbility to take part in meetings and work with others.
- oAwareness and respect of differences between people.
- oAbility to use emails and read documents.
- oWillingness to work alongside staff members to improve our services.
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of staying on inpatient wards. OR oExperience of caring for someone who has had experience of staying on inpatient wards.
Other
Essential
- oAwareness of the challenges faced by different groups of service users: for instance people form ethnically diverse backgrounds, autistic people and people who have experienced trauma.
- oCommitment to SHSC's Trust Values
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).
