Engagement and Participation Worker

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

The closing date is 05 January 2025

Job summary

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) have developed an innovative, integrated model of childrens community services and now looking to appoint enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams.

We are excited to be advertising for a Band 6 Engagement and Participation Worker to join our team on a part-time basis (22.5 hours a week). This role is being offered on a fixed term basis (1 year).

We are seeking a motivated and creative individual to join our small, dynamic team, dedicated to improving services through participation and co-production. In this role, you will work closely with children, young people, parents, and carers to develop and facilitate participation groups and innovative projects aimed at capturing meaningful feedback from service users.

If youre passionate about empowering individuals, supporting collaboration, and driving service improvement through lived experience and co-production, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

Key responsibilities include: Support and oversee organisation-wide engagement activities and co-design projects with service users.

To plan and support regular CFHD participation groups for children and young people and parents and carers.
Contribute to the continued development and improvement of user participation culture within the organisation.
Using community engagement skills, to recruit and support participation volunteers.
Using story telling as a tool to increase participation and understanding of service user experience
Supporting people with Lived Experience when participating in involvement activities

About us

Successful applicants will be employed by Devon Partnership Trust (https://jobs.dpt.nhs.uk/locations/working-here )

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.

CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health which are provided by Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust and Devon Partnership Trust. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework, in response to consultation with our service users and communities.

Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.

Our children and young people say

We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.

Our vision is to be a successful, vibrant, partnership that benefits the communities we serve.

Date posted

19 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

1 years

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9369-24-1031

Job locations

Children & Family Health Devon

Bittern Road

Sowton Industrial Estate

Exeter

EX2 7FW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential

Be able to plan, risk assess and carry out engagement activities with CYP and families, including activities with Partner organisations.
Chairing meetings virtually and face to face
To be able to use story telling as a tool to increase participation and understanding of service user experience
To be able to build positive working relationships with staff at all levels of CFHD, other relevant organisations and children, young people and families
Training and supporting staff and service users in participation approaches such as co-design and coproduction.

Qualifications

Essential

Degree level training in Youth and Community , Teaching, social work or equivalent qualification
Postgraduate level qualification accredited by the National Youth Agency (NYA) or equivalent qualification.
e.g. Training in consultation and participation of young people, counselling, therapeutic practice,

Desirable

Experience working with health services.

Experience

Essential

Extensive experience of supporting People with Lived Experience when participating in involvement activities
Partnership working with a range of agencies.
Knowledge and skills in use of social media and non-face to face methods of engagement with young people.
Ability to analyse data/ feedback, that is often conflicting, and provide an appraisal to managers on implications to service design and delivery.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential

Be able to plan, risk assess and carry out engagement activities with CYP and families, including activities with Partner organisations.
Chairing meetings virtually and face to face
To be able to use story telling as a tool to increase participation and understanding of service user experience
To be able to build positive working relationships with staff at all levels of CFHD, other relevant organisations and children, young people and families
Training and supporting staff and service users in participation approaches such as co-design and coproduction.

Qualifications

Essential

Degree level training in Youth and Community , Teaching, social work or equivalent qualification
Postgraduate level qualification accredited by the National Youth Agency (NYA) or equivalent qualification.
e.g. Training in consultation and participation of young people, counselling, therapeutic practice,

Desirable

Experience working with health services.

Experience

Essential

Extensive experience of supporting People with Lived Experience when participating in involvement activities
Partnership working with a range of agencies.
Knowledge and skills in use of social media and non-face to face methods of engagement with young people.
Ability to analyse data/ feedback, that is often conflicting, and provide an appraisal to managers on implications to service design and delivery.

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.