About this role
Job summary
An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for a CAMHS Patient and Public Involvement Lead. We are looking for someone who is dedicated to embedding our young people and carer's voices in all that we do.You will be working as part of the CAMHS Senior Leadership Team, across the directorate which covers four boroughs (Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham and Croydon), National & Specialist Crisis, Inpatients and Outpatients departments. This role includes some evening and weekend working on occasions to develop and support accessible events. The CAMHS directorate is a supportive team and one of which you will be a valued and essential member of.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a motivated and dynamic individual, but most importantly someone with a passion to ensure our young people and carers are at the centre of what we do, that their voices are not only heard but are an integral part of our day to day working, developing services and supporting our teams to provide outstanding care. The role requires strong compassionate leadership, working closely with staff, young people and families/ carers.
There will be strong connections with our service PPI leads and trust PPI leads, ensuring CAMHS PPI involvement is represented in trustwide events and developments.
About us
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you feel valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
Generous pay, pensions and leave,we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service. Work life balance,flexible working and supporting a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing. Career development,There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes Car lease,our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars Accommodation,our staff benefit from keyworker housing which is available on selected sites NHS discounts,with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
Counselling services Wellbeing events Long service awards Cycle to work scheme Season ticket loan Childcare vouchers Staff restaurants
Job description Job responsibilities
To implement the Trust PPI strategy, develop a local Involvement and Engagement strategy for the Directorate and oversee its implementation.
To develop systems whereby service users and carers can be involved in the ongoing development of the Directorate.
To develop systems and approaches to proactively and continuously identify and recruit service users and carers, and maintain appropriate records, to support their participation in involvement and engagement opportunities.
To develop a variety of modes of involvement suitable for a range of service users and carers, and develop, coordinate and deliver training to service users and carers and staff as required.
To work closely with local PPI Leads within the Directorate to develop links with service user and carer groups within inpatient and community settings, and work with teams to develop local engagement and involvement structures.
To evaluate levels of engagement on an ongoing basis to ensure the optimal impact on service quality, safety and experience.
To work closely with other Directorates and with relevant corporate departments including the trust wide Involvement and Engagement Team to ensure efficiency and consistency of approach.
To develop an effective service user and carer advisory group for the Directorate to ensure the views and experiences of people who use local services are at the heart of the development of the Directorate and its services. This will involve working with the Directorates Senior Management teams.
Person Specification
Education & Qualification Essential
Educated to masters standard or equivalent Ongoing professional development
Desirable
Facilitation Certification or equivalent
Experience Essential
Experience of developing Involvement and Engagement or Equality and diversity strategies Senior clinical and/or managerial experience which demonstrates the ability to initiate, develop and implement significant programmes of work without close supervision Experience of managing resource, in particular budgetary responsibilities Experience of service development/project management in the NHS in relation to service user involvement or equality and diversity Experience of partnership working across statutory and voluntary organisations Experience of working with children, young people & families/carers
Desirable
Experience of working in an inner city, multicultural environment Self-directed, autonomous practitioner
Skill & Knowledge Essential
Effective communications skills to a variety of service user and senior management groups Leadership skills i.e. ability to lead and manage change through influence without direct management Ability to develop close working relationship between individuals, teams and organisations, in particular with service users Knowledge of national policy as it relates to equality and diversity and service user involvement Computer literate and competent in the use of Microsoft suite Facilitation of groups
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.
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Employer details Employer name South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People
Maudsley Hospital
London
SE5 8AZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)