Job summary This post is for someone with significant experience of involvement and co-production, a good understanding of the needs of Older People, and with post graduate qualification experience relevant to Older People's Mental health services (OPMH). The job will involve working across the OPMH Teams in the community directorate across the three boroughs of Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich which are served by the Oxleas NHS Trust, and work with voluntary and community sector organisations. The job will involve working with older people, their friends, families and carers, clinicians, managers, and allied professionals. The post-holder will be involved in recruiting, engaging and training older people to develop participation activities as well as linking with clinicians, managers and external partner organisations and report to senior level leadership groups. They will be responsible for line managing a Band 4 role that focusses on Service User involvement in OPMH. Main duties of the job To develop a Participation Strategy for OPMH services in Oxleas to enable current and past service users and their families to help shape services for their continuing improvement, to meet the mental health needs of older people in the boroughs of Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich To continue to oversee or follow the above strategies to help services deliver strategic goals, promote and encourage the participation of all older people and their carers To provide meaningful participation opportunities for older people such as involvement and co-production, allowing them to develop key skills and collaborate as active partners With support from Involve, to build on the existing participation activities across the Trust and within the 3 boroughs To develop a facilitative process that encourages and supports older people's participation in OPMH strategy To liaise with and support current borough participation groups To lead on the recruitment of older people and carers for participation activities To contribute to the evaluation, monitoring, development, and implementation of participation activities To feed back to engagement stakeholders on how older peoples' input has contributed to the delivery of and improvement of OPMH service priorities To work autonomously within the overall framework of the Involve, Community Mental Health Directorate and the Trust's policies and procedures About us Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values: We're Kind We're Fair We Listen We Care Date posted 19 February 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 7 Salary £51,883 to £58,544 a year pa inc Contract Fixed term Duration 12 months Working pattern Full-time Reference number 277-7003725-CORP Job locations Bexleyheath Centre Bexleyheath DA6 8DX Job description Job responsibilities Linking with other Agencies external to Oxleas The post holder will be receiving highly complex information that will be sensitive and will require the post holder to use empathic skills in problem solving To establish links with other organisations such as GPs, Social Care and voluntary sector providers within the 3 boroughs To establish links with Participation groups within the South London Partnership (SLP), NHS England etc. and to contribute to the SLP Strategy and Participation activity To link with other services outside offering Participation Activities for the purpose of idea sharing and developing new initiatives To comply with the Trusts policies, procedures, and guidelines, including those related to Equal Opportunities, Health & Safety, Confidentiality of Information, Safeguarding, Record Keeping, Restriction of Liberty (Control & Restraint) and Diversity Service Evaluation, Monitoring and Development To oversee and monitor all OPMH participation activity across the Trust To identify gaps in older peoples participation Monitoring Diversity in OPMH participation Groups being representative Groups reaching a diverse community To organize data collection and analysis of outcomes of activity To organize the dissemination of outcomes of participation activities To maintain records as required To attend regular meetings with the OPMH participation leadership To attend regular borough participation meeting To organize regular tri-borough OPMH participation meetings To attend BAFOS, PEG and Involved Meetings as needed Job description Job responsibilities Linking with other Agencies external to Oxleas The post holder will be receiving highly complex information that will be sensitive and will require the post holder to use empathic skills in problem solving To establish links with other organisations such as GPs, Social Care and voluntary sector providers within the 3 boroughs To establish links with Participation groups within the South London Partnership (SLP), NHS England etc. and to contribute to the SLP Strategy and Participation activity To link with other services outside offering Participation Activities for the purpose of idea sharing and developing new initiatives To comply with the Trusts policies, procedures, and guidelines, including those related to Equal Opportunities, Health & Safety, Confidentiality of Information, Safeguarding, Record Keeping, Restriction of Liberty (Control & Restraint) and Diversity Service Evaluation, Monitoring and Development To oversee and monitor all OPMH participation activity across the Trust To identify gaps in older peoples participation Monitoring Diversity in OPMH participation Groups being representative Groups reaching a diverse community To organize data collection and analysis of outcomes of activity To organize the dissemination of outcomes of participation activities To maintain records as required To attend regular meetings with the OPMH participation leadership To attend regular borough participation meeting To organize regular tri-borough OPMH participation meetings To attend BAFOS, PEG and Involved Meetings as needed Person Specification Education Essential Educated to Masters Level Degree or equivalent experience Desirable Clinically qualified e.g. Nurse, Social worker, Psychological Therapist or Allied Health professional Experience Essential Experience of developing, writing, consulting on or assisting in developing high level policies and strategies Experience of working and influencing for positive change in a large and complex organisation Clinical and/or managerial experience which demonstrates the ability to initiate, develop and implement significant programmes of work Desirable Lived, direct or indirect, experience of mental or physical health problems Skills/knowledge Essential Knowledge and understanding of NHS structures and of the key national and local policy drivers and initiatives. Experience of staff management and managing change across services Working knowledge of research methodology. Person Specification Education Essential Educated to Masters Level Degree or equivalent experience Desirable Clinically qualified e.g. Nurse, Social worker, Psychological Therapist or Allied Health professional Experience Essential Experience of developing, writing, consulting on or assisting in developing high level policies and strategies Experience of working and influencing for positive change in a large and complex organisation Clinical and/or managerial experience which demonstrates the ability to initiate, develop and implement significant programmes of work Desirable Lived, direct or indirect, experience of mental or physical health problems Skills/knowledge Essential Knowledge and understanding of NHS structures and of the key national and local policy drivers and initiatives. Experience of staff management and managing change across services Working knowledge of research methodology. 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). Additional information 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). Employer details Employer name Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Address Bexleyheath Centre Bexleyheath DA6 8DX Employer's website http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)