Job summary
Employer heading
Recovery College Manager
Band 7
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require
JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION
Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.
YOUR APPLICATION
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Job overview
Are you passionate and enthusiastic about personal recovery?
Would you like to work in a dynamic team that has recovery at its core?
Are you an experienced manager looking for a new direction?
The Recovery College has just celebrated its 10 year anniversary and is continuing to grow in terms of course/workshop offer and number of students enrolling. We are looking to recruit a new Recovery Manager to continue driving forward our vision and aspirations for the next 10 years.
The Recovery College prides itself in adhering to the principles of recovery and co-production. We are a cohesive and stable team who really value the contribution of all stakeholders to support the growth and development of this service. We equally value all individuals input, acknowledging and recognising the importance of both lived and learnt experience.
The college receives excellent feedback from students about courses/workshops and how they support their own recovery.
We have recently launched a Discovery College timetable for 16-25 year olds and have exciting plans for the next 12 months to further enhance our accessibility.
Main duties of the job
- To manage the Recovery College across Norfolk and Suffolk sites, ensuring that the College develops, creates and delivers a range of recovery focused courses / workshops for service users, staff, relatives, friends and carers in the spirit of co-production, ensuring equity across all sites.
- Line Management of the Practitioner Tutors, Tutor Development lead, Partnership Lead, and Senior Administrator.
- Maintaining high quality assurance processes by ensuring the courses/workshops are development and delivered to a high standard and meet the needs of the population.
- The post holder will hold responsibility for the day to day operational management of the Recovery College and its staff.
- Link with other National Recovery college networks to keep updated with National and International developments.
- To provide clinical oversight and assurances, to ensure the services align with best practices and is evidenced based.
Working for our organisation
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Practitioner (Degree level or equivalent)
- Post-Graduation qualification (Masters or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- Degree or equivalent in Teaching / training / learning and development.
- Coaching qualifications
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working Closely with People who experience Mental health difficulties
- All aspects of Managing Staff.
- Working with a range of professional, non- professionals and partner agencies and stakeholders to develop services.
Desirable criteria
- NHS experience
- Project Management
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to work flexibly across a range of different working areas
- Ability to travel to all Trust and community locations
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Justine Brown
- Job title
- Professional Lead for Recovery and CPA
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07876476754
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