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Participation and Engagement Officer, Glenrothes
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Location:
Glenrothes, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
20b4d247d78a
Job Views:
12
Posted:
28.04.2025
Expiry Date:
12.06.2025
Job Description:
Fife Health and Social Care Partnership has an exciting opportunity for a Participation and Engagement Officer to join its team.
The postholder will be responsible for working collaboratively with people who use services, those important to them, service providers, and other key stakeholders as required.
You will establish effective engagement mechanisms to enable services and supports to be designed and delivered from the perspective of those who need them.
You will establish effective channels of communication between partner agencies (Fife HSCP, NHS Fife, Fife Council, Third Sector, and others as required), service users, and communities.
You will ensure that engagement mechanisms align with Fife HSCP's vision, values, and outcomes and complement other redesign and locality planning programs.
In return, we offer a competitive salary with incremental progression, and you will join the local government pension scheme. Depending on your role, we offer flexi hours and flexible working arrangements, standby, call-out, and unsocial hours payments.
A link to the role profile is included at the bottom of the advert. You will find out more about the job and the type of person we are looking for.
The Person
The skills you will need:
* Demonstrable knowledge and experience in applying the National Standards for Community Engagement, the Scottish Health Council Participation Toolkit, and the Scottish Government Planning with People Guidance.
* Previous experience working with people who use services, including unpaid carers and communities, to effect change and overcome barriers to engagement.
* Building strong connections with a range of stakeholders to understand their needs and challenges.
* Building strong relationships with colleagues and partners across services to support integrated work and effective stakeholder engagement.
* Effective communication skills with stakeholders, partners, and colleagues at all levels.
* Maintaining accurate information across systems and databases, updating procedures as needed to ensure data accuracy.
* Attending regular team and board meetings.
* Preparing presentations and designing engagement and consultation activities.
* Preparing comprehensive reports based on engagement activity, including creating, formatting, and updating documents, reports, correspondence, minutes, and newsletters.
* Staying informed about legislation impacting participation and engagement at national and local levels.
* Strong analytical skills.
* Ability to handle strongly expressed views effectively.
* Willingness and ability to travel throughout Fife.
* Experience delivering customer-focused services (Focus on Customers - See How We Work Matters Framework).
Additional Requirements:
Before appointment, you will need to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.
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