About this role
Job summary
Are you a passionate, creative and caring individual with initiative and drive, looking for an opportunity to make a difference in a mental health setting?
We are looking for a confident Co-Production Lead with a passion for delivering outstanding care.
This role leads and champions coproduction and lived experience engagement across Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke, ensuring service user voices meaningfully shape care, therapy provision and service development in line with Cygnet values.
Main duties of the job
Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke provides emergency admissions services for men and women, and a pathway for women to rehabilitation including a specialist servicefor personality disorder.
The hospital has more than 16 acres of landscaped grounds and overlooks the Bristol Channel. This beachside location, just outside Weston-super-Mare, helps us provide a quiet, peaceful and therapeutic environment which can offer service users a broad range of therapies including CBT, EMDR & DBT.
All bedrooms are single, with en-suite bathrooms, and each of the four wards has its own garden or terrace. There is a fully equipped gym and activities suite.
About us
Cygnet Health Care was established in 1988. Since then we have developed a wide range of services for individuals with mental health needs, autism and learning disabilities within the UK.
We have built a reputation for delivering pioneering services and outstanding outcomes for the people in our care.
Our expert and highly dedicated care team of 10 000 employees empower 2864 individuals across 150 services to consistently make a positive difference to their lives, through service-user focused care and rehabilitation.
Job description Job responsibilities
Helping others improve and turn their lives around theres no better feeling. Its what we do for thousands of people at more than 150 sites across the UK. Be a part of it.
Are you a passionate, creative and caring individual with initiative and drive, looking for an opportunity to make a difference in a mental health setting?
About Us
Cygnet Health Care was established in 1988 as an independent provider of health and social care services in England, Scotland and Wales.
Your role: Co-Production Lead
Working hours: 37.5 Hours per week
Salary: £29152 per annum
Service Lines: Mental Health Adults Inpatient (Mental Health Rehabilitation, Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit - PICU, Acute, Personality Disorder)
Location: Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke, Weston-super-Mare, BS22
Responsible to: Head of Occupational Therapy/Hospital Manager
The role: This role leads and champions coproduction and livedexperience engagement across Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke, ensuring service user voices meaningfully shape care, therapy provision and service development in line with Cygnet values. Working under the supervision of the Occupational Therapy team, the Co-production lead facilitates the Peoples Council, enabling service users to influence decisions and improvements at ward and hospital level. The role supports vocational rehabilitation, meaningful activity and community engagement, building links with external resources that promote recovery, inclusion and future opportunities. It contributes to thera peutic, recoveryfocused and quality improvement initiatives in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, promoting inclusive and collaborative practice. The post requires initiative, autonomy and strong relationshipbuilding skills with service users, staff and community partners.
Summary of the site
Cygnet Kewstoke is a 71 bedded mental health hospital which provides emergency acute and PICU admission services for men and women, a pathway for men to rehabilitation as well as a specialist female servicefor personality disorder. Cygnet Kewstoke are developing co-produced and therapeutic spaces across the site and extensive grounds, allowing multiple opportunities for staff and patient development and engagement, from a service user led caf to farm/horticulture area on the grounds, as well as on-site gym and therapy rooms. The hospital is in a small village near Weston-Super-Mare, close to the beach and other nature settings but also a stones throw away from a vibrant seaside town.
The Successful Candidate should be/ have:
A strong commitment to coproduction, livedexperience involvement and recoveryfocused practiceExperience of engaging service users meaningfully and supporting them to influence decisions and service developmentThe ability to facilitate groups or forums (e.g. Peoples Council) in a supportive, empowering and inclusive wayAn understanding of vocational rehabilitation, meaningful activity and their role in recoveryExcellent communication and relationshipbuilding skills with service users, staff and external partnersExperience of working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary teamThe confidence to promote inclusive, collaborative and traumainformed approaches to careThe ability to work autonomously, using initiative and good judgement, while seeking appropriate supervisionStrong organisational skills and the ability to contribute to ser vice improvement and quality initiativesA positive, proactive and valuesled approach aligned with Cygnets values
In return we will offer you:
Free parking and free meals for staff on dutyOpportunities for CPD and to undertake further learning and development.Training daysClinical supervision and peer supportEmployee referral scheme: recommend a friend to us and claim a cash reward for their successful hire.Group pension: a generous pension plan helping you save for your future.NHS Discount Cards & Blue Light Card includes big brand discounts.Plus much more
A career at Cygnet comes with excellent benefits. Whether its saving you money on the high street, with healthcare, holidays & leisure or securing your future with professional development and a pension we support you to be happy both in & out of work.
Apply now to enjoy excellent career prospects while reaping the rewards of making a difference to others every day.
If you would like to discuss this role with the recruiting occupational therapist or arrange an informal visit, wed be more than happy to facilitate this. Please contact: Josh Jones (Regional Lead Occupational Therapist) via email on [email protected]
Requirements
The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS and reference check and an offer of employment will be subject to successful clearance.
*Recruitment agencies please note: Speculative emails are not to be sent directly to our clinical staff, these need to go via our internal recruitment team. If speculative candidates are sent directly to a member of the clinical team, we will consider these candidates as our own*
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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 Cygnet Health Care
Address
Western-Super-Mare
BS22 9UZ
Employer's website https://www.cygnethealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)