Job Overview
Please note you must have the right to work in the UK to apply for this position.
Due to current Home Office Guidelines, we are unable to sponsor this job role.
As a Family and Carer Ambassador, you will provide practical and emotional support to families and carers of those with complex mental health needs. You will also offer advocacy to ensure that the families/carers and patients’ needs and views are heard and acted on, whatever their communication needs are. You will identify and address cross-organisational challenges. You will work closely with key agencies across the health, education, social care, and voluntary sector; this will also include links with adult services where either there are requirements for transition planning to adult services or where the families/carers are receiving adult service support.
Position available is located at Derwent Centre.
Main duties of the job
To be successful in this role, you must be proactive and compassionate, have a great eye for detail, excellent organisational skills, and strong communication skills. You must be passionate and sensitive about effecting change and empowering patients, families, and carers. This is a new post; therefore, although having clear parameters and expectations, there will be opportunities to shape and influence the role and build and develop important relationships with stakeholders and partners.
Role
Lived experience is a key aspect of this role.
What is lived experience?
It is the knowledge and understanding you get when you have personally lived through something.
Examples Of Lived Experience
1. being a carer to family or friends
2. extensive experience of working on a ward
3. being service users
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who share our Trust values of Care, Learn, and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including:
1. Season Ticket Loans
2. NHS discounts for staff
3. Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
4. Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
5. The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
6. Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
7. Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment.
Equal Opportunities Employer
Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities; we encourage people with a disability to apply.
The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly. We would advise, however, due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.
Covid Vaccination
Although Covid vaccinations are no longer a mandatory requirement within the NHS, we continue to encourage and support the vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against Covid-19. The safety of our staff and patients is a top priority for us at EPUT.
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