Participation and Engagement Worker | Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Lead Provider Collaborative Commissioning Team have an exciting opportunity for a person with great communication skills and a passion for patient care.

We are seeking a proactive and enthusiastic Participation and Engagement Worker to join our dynamic team. As the Participation and Engagement Worker, you will champion the ethos of participation and engagement, ensuring that the voices of all stakeholders are heard and valued.

This vacancy is 12 months fixed term

The Participation and Engagement worker plays a pivotal role in organizing the participation of service users and stakeholders to inform service development. You will ensure that participation is a positive and mutually beneficial experience for everyone involved, addressing any barriers to access or support that may arise.

You will support the transformation of services by cultivating a wide network of stakeholders and championing participation within the organization and partner agencies. Recognizing the importance of vulnerable and protected groups, they ensure their active engagement in service design processes.

You will identify involvement opportunities for service users, provide necessary support, and remain flexible in engagement approaches to maximize opportunities. You must work across districts to ensure equal engagement opportunities and coordinate service user involvement during recruitment. Upholding professional standards, attending collaborative meetings, fostering innovation, maintaining relationships, providing updates through newsletters, leading digital platform development, and collating feedback are among your key duties.

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care - including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.

To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you grow and flourish with CWP.

We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

Please download a copy of the job description for full details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification)andvalues.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which are 'the 6 Cs' Communication, Competence, Courage, Care, Compassion and Commitment. A 'Guide to completing your application form' can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.

The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the 'essential' criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer 'YES' to the question: 'Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?'

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

CWP is proud to be an accredited Veteran Aware organisation helping to provide and share best practice in NHS care for our armed forces community. As a veteran aware organisation, CWP is committed to delivering on the principles of the Armed Force Covenant and has a 'Silver' award with the MOD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

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