Co-Production and Involvement Manager - Secure Care (FTC)
Homebased, with some travel to London and around North West region of England required
35hrs per week, one year fixed-term contract

Vacancy Salary: £33,076.13 to £36,627.57 or £35,722.24 to £39,273.67 pa inclusive of London Weighting

Your role

We believe in the importance and value of the voice of lived experience in shaping not only our project work, but as the ‘golden thread’ through all our work. We have a proven track record of consistently overcoming perceived barriers when engaging with people who are severely affected by mental illness.

We have a strong, established strategic co-production and involvement practice, with additional expertise in community engagement, organising and listening. We facilitate the co-production of specific strategies for each area, programme or service context we work in. Our overall approach is to support and train experts by experience to facilitate the gathering of lived experience insights from diverse backgrounds, who can represent and influence the quality, development and evaluation of services.

How you will make a difference:

As a Co-Production and Involvement Manager - Secure Care, you will be supporting the Programme Manager and Head of Programmes, and working closely with wider the Programmes Team, to deliver strategic programmes of work across the Policy and Practice department with a focus on Secure Care and inpatient services. The role will ensure that the programme team has the tools needed to meet project milestones, liaising with internal and external stakeholders to support the smooth running and delivery of project activity.

We are looking for an individual who has:

- experience of delivering projects of all sizes
- an interest in the value of lived experience as a complementary perspective to the professional perspective - to arrive at better solutions
- experience of delivering focus groups, engaging attendees and extracting relevant insights and key themes from people with lived experience of severe mental illness
- strong interpersonal skills, and manage positive relationships with external stakeholder, team members and people with Lived Experience
- the ability to work independently and lead on specific projects
- an aptitude for collaborative working, including: active listening, appreciating different perspectives, using positive language, and having a proactive, solutions-focused approach

You may also have:

- Understanding of the wider health and social care systems in England, including different pathways in and out of services, and service provision for people severely affected by mental illness
- Experience of co-producing initiatives with service users and experts
- Experience of influencing public policy
- Experience of working for a charitable or campaigning organisation or of working with people severely affected by mental illness

Caring for our people

We offer a wide range of support. Some of our benefits include:

- PULSE - your rewards, wellbeing, and benefits platform. Providing access to thousands of discounts and benefits including cashback; reloadable cards; savings etc.
- Wellbeing support: Our Wellbeing hub that gives physical, and mental health support. We also have an Employee Assistance Programme with access to appointments
- Taking time for you: we work flexibly -you get to choose where you work, managing your own diary. We have generous annual leave, starting at 25 rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays, as well as your birthday off
- Planning for the future: We have a contributory pension scheme
- Structured Induction: Onboarding you into the Charity supporting your wellbeing along the way
- £300 when you introduce a Friend: receive up to £300 when you introduce a friend or family member

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer. We recognise and support staff networks for our Black, Asian and minority ethnic and our LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.

Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation

We have an ambition of becoming a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement. We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrate our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and (asexual) (LGBTQIA+), people with a disability, and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Other organisations may call this role Project Co-ordinator, Co-Production Team Leader, Involvement Team Leader, or Project Support Officer.

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