Job summary
- Main area
- North Kent Directorate (Community MH Services)
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- 12 months (1 year fixed term contract)
- Hours
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 380-NK122-B
- Employer
- Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sevenoaks
- Town
- Sevenoaks
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Locality Co-ordinator
Band 4
The CQC rates us as an Outstanding organisation for Caring with an overall rating of Good
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT) offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce across the Trust. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.
Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
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Job overview
Would you like to be part of our forward thinking & progressive Recovery College work? Do you want to develop your skills and utilise your expertise in new ways to support the long-term wellbeing of people experiencing health challenges? Do you want to work in a key role, supporting students and facilitators and coordinating the Recovery College delivery in Sevenoaks alongside an innovative team? If the answer is yes, we have a vacancy for you.
This locality vacancy is part time (30 hrs/wk), but we may consider a job share for two successful applicants who are both seeking part time roles.
Please read through the full job description and person specification before applying.
Please have a look at all information on our webpages via this link https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kmpt.nhs.uk%2Frecovery-college&data=05%7C02%7China.butt2%40nhs.net%7Cc4e67accde804876b3be08dd70322783%7C37c354b285b047f5b22207b48d774ee3%7C0%7C0%7C638790083278697639%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=cyH6elImwrkWwO0UaI1e1C7gOoPg91Oyj6JPm1Q6aRc%3D&reserved=0
Main duties of the job
The key aspects of this role are;
- To co-ordinate Recovery College provision in Sevenoaks.
- To enhance student experience by compassionate communication and effective support systems.
- To enhance co-facilitator experience by providing high quality support and supervision.
- To manage enrolments, course cancellations, facilitator absence, class cover.
- To coordinate and create the prospectus and promote Recovery College across localities.
- To coordinate administration tasks and liaise between Recovery College and partners.
Working for our organisation
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.
The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To co-ordinate Recovery College provision in Sevenoaks.
- To enhance the student experience through compassionate communication and effective support
- To enhance the co-facilitator experience by providing high-quality support and supervision.
- To manage enrolments, course cancellations, facilitator absence, and class cover.
- To coordinate and create the prospectus and promote Recovery College across localities.
- To coordinate administration tasks and liaise between Recovery College and partners
Please see the job description for full details.
To co-ordinate Recovery College provision in Sevenoaks
Here are some clips of our KMPT staff, speaking about their role and why they enjoy working for us.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the defining features of a recovery college and the ethos
- Awareness of a range of different training and facilitation methods
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of recovery focused practice in adult mental health
- Attended Recovery College Courses/Workshops
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good range of IT skills including use of excel & power-point
- Ability to time manage training, managerial and administrative demands
- Excellent interpersonal and written skills
- Ability to teach and facilitate subjects related to recovery and self-management
Desirable criteria
- Ability to deliver training and effective learning outcomes
Experience
Essential criteria
- Current experience and evidence of using lived experience in a work/voluntary capacity
- Personal/close relational experience of health & Wellbeing recovery and use of supportive services
- Experience of dealing professionally with people experiencing difficult situations
Desirable criteria
- Working in an educational establishment
Approach
Essential criteria
- A positive attitude that demonstrates interacting in a recovery orientated way
- A professional attitude to building relationships with all students and within the team
- Able to communicate with people at all levels within the organisation
- Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner for operational activities and ad hoc meetings
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Pam Wooding
- Job title
- Recovery Practice Lead (West, North & Medway)
- Email address
- pam.wooding@nhs.net
- Telephone number
- 07920 500989
- Additional information
Prior to and during your application process, you can find out lots more about what Recovery College is and what we provide. You can also sign up for 'Introduction to Recovery College' virtual sessions, as well as enroll on our many wonderful and inspiring health & wellbeing courses -both face-to-face and virtual options. We look forward to meeting you :-)
Please have a look at all the information on our web pages via the link above.
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