We have an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Practitioner in our Widening Participation team. This role will suit an individual with some experience of working within the area of widening access and participation.
The Widening Participation team at Northumbria healthcare NHS Foundation Trust focuses on addressing the long-term barriers to progression and attainment, with responsibility for improving access and raising aspirations with a focus on supporting communities from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds. The Specialist Practitioner will support the team across an innovative portfolio to implement our widening participation strategies and promote Northumbria healthcare foundation trust as an employer of choice to the communities we serve, across North Tyneside and Northumberland.
The Specialist Practitioner will play a key role in ensuring our targeted outreach activities are effective and impactful. This role plans, implements and delivers widening participation activities across our education and community settings. The post holder will deliver activities, liaise with key contacts, internal and external and coordinate the work of the trust embedded with our community promise and CSR.
As part of evidencing the impact of our work, this role is crucial to setting up activities to be trackable and reportable, overseeing data collection for a range of projects and activities linked to impact and evaluation.
To plan and implement the organisations widening participation strategy across the communities we serve to raise aspirations, improve career awareness, and promotion of the range of careers and routes into employment which benefits our communities, the Trusts and partner organisations.
To lead, plan and develop a range of projects aimed at widening access and participation. This will include planning and delivering a range of widening participation activities to help improve awareness of the NHS and Northumbria healthcare foundation trust and raise aspirations with a particular focus on areas of low participation and high levels of deprivation.
To ensure the provision and co-ordination of efficient and effective widening participation programmes, activities and projects to support the organisations strategy and aspirations.
To deliver projects and strategies to provide a high-quality widening access and participation service and ensure the organisation meets a range of key performance indicators.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
To contribute to the design and delivery of specialist projects and programmes linked to widening participation strategies and action plans.
To support quality assurance and improvement by ensuring all data collected is accurate and supported on appropriate systems.
To provide information, advice and guidance to service users linked to widening participation.
To be responsible for the coordination and delivery of projects and events for all ages.
To be responsible for devising and delivering workshops, presentations and other activities and will liaise with a variety of internal and external stakeholders in order to ensure the smooth delivery and robust evaluation of widening participation projects and events.
To work with stakeholders to improve engagement activities with our priority groups with an emphasis on engagement with underrepresented or disadvantaged groups.
To provide day to day management and supervision of staff.
To support the senior practitioner on provision of in-depth data and evaluation. Contribute to the reports the team creates and ensure awareness is raised across stakeholders, internal and external.
To facilitate the work of others in support of effective planning, organisation and delivery of widening participation projects and programmes.
Support the Senior practitioner and People development lead to develop and implement NHCT’s strategies to widening access and participation.
Working autonomously and within a team, drawing on different skills and abilities.
Following guidance and supporting others to meet the needs of the service and key performance targets.
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