Community and Partnerships Officer, Wirral

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Talking Therapies partnership, we are looking for a Community & Partnership Officer who can bring their knowledge, skills, and passion for working with communities to this dynamic service.

The Community & Partnership Officer will support the contracted engagement work needed for the NHS talking therapies service within The Wirral. As part of the contract, it is important that we have effective pathways, a strong community presence and build effective partnerships within the area. The role will enable the service to expand its reach and use community voices to influence change within the service and the wider mental health system.

About the role

• Assist the Community Development Team Manager by coordinating withlocal teams to create new pathways/links that meet the needs of localcommunities, to create access for the community using insight from keyrelationships to inform development plans.
• Provide project support for the service and clinical leadership teams todevelop and implement these new pathways, engaging with a wide range ofpartners and facilitating service development meetings to create access opportunities in the community.
• Assist the Community Development Team Manager with monitoring andevaluation of the impact of new and existing pathways using feedback fromboth staff and patients to improve the existing and new pathwaydevelopments.
• Assist the community and development team by building and developingrelationships with key community groups in order to tailor activity relevant tothe community to support with access to the services and local populationdemographics.
• Coordinate with Marketing and Communications teams to identify andImplement a local marketing toolkit to deliver consistent, impactfulpromotional messages that are relevant to the local communitys needs.
• Undertake any reasonable duties/responsibilities to meet the needs of theorganization of this service, supporting the development of a fully integratedPathway and other transformation projects, all with the aim of helping maketalking therapies more accessible and delivering better outcomes for thepeople we support.

About you

We would love to hear from you if you possess the following:

• Demonstrable experience of working in a similar role
• Demonstrable experience in a business development or marketing role
• Demonstrable experience of community development / engagement
• Demonstrable experience of monitoring and evaluation
• Demonstrable experience of adapting services to meet the needs of customers
• Understanding of communities impact projects
• Understanding of community engagement
• Awareness of pathways

What we offer in return

We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years service) pro rata for part-time and the option to purchase or sell days
• Enhanced pension
• Wagestream-ability torelease earnings, giving youinstant access to your pay
• Smart Clinic Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card
• Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary
• Plus, many more great benefits on offer

Here at Everyturn Mental Health we champion equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation by ensuring our opportunities are open to all and our approach is inclusive. We positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.

We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of Colleague Networks for members and allies of the LGBTQI+; Black, Asian and minority ethnic; menopause and neurodivergent communities.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Qualified to a degree level or equivalent career experience
• Experience of working with communities and managing relationships
• Well-developed influencing, negotiation and presentation skills
• Excellent inter-personal and relationship management skills
• Driving licence and access to a vehicle to use for work purposes

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Everyturn Mental Health

Address

Nhs Wirral Talking Therapies

Woodside Business Park

Birkenhead

Merseyside

CH41 1EL

Employer's website

https://www.everyturn.org/careers-at-everyturn/ (Opens in a new tab)