Recovery College Coordinator – Workforce Wellbeing

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Leeds Recovery College delivers a range of education and training courses to help increase awareness and understanding of mental health, wellbeing, and personal recovery.

In recent years, with the support of the Leeds Heath and Care Academy, we have developed a separate programme of interactive and experiential mental health awareness and wellbeing training exclusively for staff who work within the Leeds health and care system, as part of Leeds One Workforce.

We are now looking to expand this work and recruit an experienced mental health and wellbeing trainer to lead on the development and delivery of this programme.

This is a fast-paced and demanding role in which you will both lead on the delivery of training (online and in-person) and coordinate a small network of external trainers, and volunteer facilitators, to expand and develop our current offer.

You will be self-motivated, able to work cross organisational and have a good working knowledge of the Leeds health and care landscape and the demands on staff wellbeing. You will be experienced in developing and evaluating training and educational interventions, and comfortable engaging and networking with a wide range of organisations and staff teams.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role include:

Leading on the delivery of a range of mental health and wellbeing workshops and trainings for staff working in the Leeds heath and care system.
Coordinating and developing a small team of external wellbeing trainers, and volunteer lived experience facilitators.
Expanding the current programme of training to ensure it is accessible and relevant to workforce needs.
Evaluating, monitoring, and reporting on the programme, keeping a network of stakeholders up to date and fully engaged.

About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching,research, and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. Bank-only workers can choose the hours they want to work and will have the opportunity to gain additional experience, keep skills up to date, develop new ones and earn extra money without having to commit to a permanent role. For an informal discussion or more information please contact the team bankstaffingdepartment.lypft@nhs.net

Date posted

27 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year Per Annum Pro Rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

21 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

173-56623-EDRS

Job locations

Asket Croft

Leeds

LS14 1PP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working closely with the Recovery College development manager, the post holder will lead on the delivery and expansion of a staff wellbeing programme of training, managed by Leeds Recovery College for staff working in the Leeds health and Care system (this includes staff who work in the NHS, Primary Care, Private Care provides, Local Authority, Third Sector or in Education.

The Recovery College currently delivers a range of mental health awareness and wellbeing training, based in experiential learning, where participant interaction, discussion, activity, and reflection is encouraged, through a co-delivery model. In this post, it is envisaged that you will both lead on training and coordinate a small network of trainers providing complementary training.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Evidence of teaching / training qualification and evidence of ongoing professional development. PGCE/ Cert ED / DTTLS (Level 5 teaching or training qualification) and current/ ongoing CPD.

Experience

Essential

Experienced trainer / facilitator / educator - mental health and wellbeing focus. Substantial Experience of delivering multiple training and learning initiatives to groups of adults.
Experience of working cross organisational, with a range of different organisations, professionalism, delivery partners. Evidence of working with multi-agency partnerships. Developing professional networks and engaging with internal and external stakeholders.

Knowledge

Essential

Able to demonstrate a broad understanding of the Leeds health care system / landscape / working demands.

Skills

Essential

Able to demonstrate the ability to plan, deliver and evaluate training programmes.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Evidence of teaching / training qualification and evidence of ongoing professional development. PGCE/ Cert ED / DTTLS (Level 5 teaching or training qualification) and current/ ongoing CPD.

Experience

Essential

Experienced trainer / facilitator / educator - mental health and wellbeing focus. Substantial Experience of delivering multiple training and learning initiatives to groups of adults.
Experience of working cross organisational, with a range of different organisations, professionalism, delivery partners. Evidence of working with multi-agency partnerships. Developing professional networks and engaging with internal and external stakeholders.

Knowledge

Essential

Able to demonstrate a broad understanding of the Leeds health care system / landscape / working demands.

Skills

Essential

Able to demonstrate the ability to plan, deliver and evaluate training programmes.

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.