Job Summary
Culture of Care is a national programme that aims to improve the experience of being on wards for everyone: staff, carers, and most importantly, our patients. The Culture of Care Programme is Co-Produced - this means that professionals at all levels have worked with people who use mental health services to create this programme.
The programme is built on four key areas to support our wards:
Safety: Making sure our wards are safe and supportive for everyone.
Trauma-Informed Care: Understanding and addressing the impact of trauma.
Therapeutic Care: Providing care that meets the therapeutic needs of patients.
Equity-Focused Care: Ensuring fair and just care for all service users.
Main duties of the job
We're looking for people to join us in this important work. Specifically, we need:
* People with who have experience of being inpatients on a mental health ward.
* Carers who have experience supporting people who are or have been inpatients on a mental health ward.
* This experience should be either recent (i.e. within the last 5 years), or current (i.e. you are currently based on one of our wards).
We know that you might have complicated feelings about your time as an inpatient, and that not all experiences of mental health care are positive. It's really important to us that we hear from voices that don't often get heard, especially from people who might feel the most marginalised.
About Us
At SHSC, we prioritise the well-being and safety of both our service users and employees. It is our policy and a condition of employment that all employees must join the DBS Update Service. This service carries an annual fee, which employees are responsible for paying up front. However, employees may claim this cost back through the Trust's Employee Expenses Reimbursement Policy. For those requiring a Basic DBS check, it is necessary to register for a DBS Online Account.
Date posted: 18 March 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 4
Salary: £14.93 a session per hour
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Flexible working
Reference number: 457-25-6959997
Job locations: Distington House, Atlas Way, Sheffield, S4 7QQ
Job Description
Job responsibilities:
* Providing insight and guidance to inform the priorities of this work.
* Help to embed co-production into the heart of this work.
* Helping us to translate our values and visions into actions and measurable change.
* Attending regular meetings with other experts by experience to discuss the quality improvement work on the wards. This can be face to face or via online video link.
* Reading documents relating to this work.
* This programme is still new, so it is possible that there will be other tasks or ways to get involved; we will adopt a strengths-based approach to working with you, so if you have skills or interests in a particular area, we can discuss ways to bring those strengths to this work.
Person Specification
Knowledge:
Essential:
* Understanding and insight into the experience of being on an inpatient ward.
* Ability to take part in meetings and work with others.
* Awareness and respect of differences between people.
* Ability to use emails and read documents.
* Willingness to work alongside staff members to improve our services.
Experience:
Essential:
* Experience of staying on inpatient wards OR experience of caring for someone who has had experience of staying on inpatient wards.
Other:
Essential:
* Awareness of the challenges faced by different groups of service users: for instance, people from ethnically diverse backgrounds, autistic people, and people who have experienced trauma.
* Commitment to SHSC's Trust Values.
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.
Additional information:
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: Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Distington House, Atlas Way, Sheffield, S4 7QQ
Employer's website: https://www.shsc.nhs.uk/working-us #J-18808-Ljbffr