Job summary
We are excited to be able to advertise a post within our service for a Carer Involvement lead. The successful post holder will work across North Cumbria working as part of a Multi Disciplinary Team with East and West Memory and Later Life Service.
Our service supports those patients who have concerns about their memory through assessment and diagnosis, providing post diagnostic support to patients and their carers. Also those experiencing mental health problems with accompanying older age needs. Working closely with our partner agencies and third sector services.
Main duties of the job
The post holder in collaboration with the locality CBU will support the facilitation, co-ordination and development of involvement and engagement of carers across Memory and Later Life services within North Cumbria,
Working closely with the MDT to enable carers to support those they care for.
There will be an requirement to deliver training to carers and staff within our service.
About us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
As an organisation we strive to provide the best care, delivered by the best people, to achieve the best outcomes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 6th May 2025
Closing date : 20th May 2025
We welcome your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 6th May 2025
Closing date : 20th May 2025
We welcome your application.
Person Specification
Education and qualification
Essential
- Educated to Degree Level, Post Graduate Diploma, or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Further training in Person centred planning, CBT techniques
- Registered Mental Health Nurse, Registered Occupational Therapist or Social worker
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Personal lived experience of mental health issues, or personal experience of caring for individual(s) who has experienced mental health issues
- Minimum of 3years experience working with non-statutory services and service user and carer groups in mental health
- Demonstrable experience in the development, co-ordination and delivery of training and education programmes
- Demonstrable experience in transformation and service improvement practice
- Considerable experience of wellbeing, resilience and recovery practice
- Proven experience of effective networking with a range of individuals and organisations and multi- agency working
- Understanding of quality issues and the ability to effectively apply these to service developments
- High level of understanding of mental health services, issues and current local and national policy with regards to involvement and participation
- Demonstrable ability to relate to both service users, carers and to health service managers at the most senior level
- Demonstrable ability to relate to both service users, carers and to health service managers at the most senior level
- Considerable experience in managing service user and carer information
- Experience in working with Local Communities
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Experience of and skills in working with individuals and groups presenting with mental health problems
- Ability to use own discretion and judgement for problem solving and conflict resolution
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills and ability to work with diverse groups
- Considerable experience and skills in methods of community development
- Conflict resolution skills
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Ability to manage stress and to plan and prioritise workload
- Excellent interpersonal and team working skills
- Proven ability in interpretation of data and providing management reports
Role/Team specifoc requirements
Essential
- Contribute to the planning and future delivery of patient and carer involvement
- Commitment to putting recovery values and principles into practice
- Be caring and compassionate
- Assist in implementing policies and procedures and address any potentially discriminatory practice
- Act on service development in response to the changing needs of patients and carers, local and national priorities and guidelines and IT development
Person Specification
Education and qualification
Essential
- Educated to Degree Level, Post Graduate Diploma, or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Further training in Person centred planning, CBT techniques
- Registered Mental Health Nurse, Registered Occupational Therapist or Social worker
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Personal lived experience of mental health issues, or personal experience of caring for individual(s) who has experienced mental health issues
- Minimum of 3years experience working with non-statutory services and service user and carer groups in mental health
- Demonstrable experience in the development, co-ordination and delivery of training and education programmes
- Demonstrable experience in transformation and service improvement practice
- Considerable experience of wellbeing, resilience and recovery practice
- Proven experience of effective networking with a range of individuals and organisations and multi- agency working
- Understanding of quality issues and the ability to effectively apply these to service developments
- High level of understanding of mental health services, issues and current local and national policy with regards to involvement and participation
- Demonstrable ability to relate to both service users, carers and to health service managers at the most senior level
- Demonstrable ability to relate to both service users, carers and to health service managers at the most senior level
- Considerable experience in managing service user and carer information
- Experience in working with Local Communities
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Experience of and skills in working with individuals and groups presenting with mental health problems
- Ability to use own discretion and judgement for problem solving and conflict resolution
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills and ability to work with diverse groups
- Considerable experience and skills in methods of community development
- Conflict resolution skills
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Ability to manage stress and to plan and prioritise workload
- Excellent interpersonal and team working skills
- Proven ability in interpretation of data and providing management reports
Role/Team specifoc requirements
Essential
- Contribute to the planning and future delivery of patient and carer involvement
- Commitment to putting recovery values and principles into practice
- Be caring and compassionate
- Assist in implementing policies and procedures and address any potentially discriminatory practice
- Act on service development in response to the changing needs of patients and carers, local and national priorities and guidelines and IT development
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.
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.
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).
