Lead Practice Tutor
Are you a qualified mental health professional with teaching experience?
Would you like to be part of a team providing educational recovery‑focused courses that help people take better control of their mental health and wellbeing?
If YES, then New Leaf Recovery and Wellbeing College would like to invite you to apply for the role of Lead Practice Tutor.
New Leaf Recovery and Wellbeing College is part of Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. We offer a range of free educational courses and development opportunities to help people take better control of their mental health and wellbeing. Students have the chance to learn practical skills and reflect on their own recovery. They also participate in co‑producing the college’s courses, which helps increase knowledge, skills and self‑management.
New Leaf Recovery and Wellbeing College is based at St Paul’s in Hemel Hempstead. The post holder will also be required to work at other sites across Hertfordshire. Courses are delivered both online and in‑person.
Candidates will be asked to deliver a short presentation on the day as part of the interview process.
Please see the accompanying Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
The Lead Practice Tutor plays a vital part in our core team and supports the smooth running of the college. Central to this role is working closely with practice and lived‑experience tutors to co‑produce and co‑deliver a range of recovery‑focused courses and to develop and plan the academic timetable.
Alongside teaching courses from the college timetable, the post holder will support the Development Manager in the smooth running of the college and ensure the quality of the learning provision. They will use their own professional experience and qualifications to deliver courses alongside lived and practice‑experienced tutors, and be involved in co‑production, co‑delivery, and evaluation of educational activities, as well as in creating an academic timetable.
The post holder will manage and supervise tutors within the college, provide reflective support sessions and supervision to the bank of tutors that deliver courses, and ensure all tutor recruitment checks and mandatory training are completed and up to date.
The post holder will promote HPFT’s objectives and values, represent the Trust externally, and engage with professional bodies and regulators as required.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,500 staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health, and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout.
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dawn Pritchard, Job title: Development Manager, Email: dawn.pritchard2@nhs.net, Telephone: 07970 414625.
Please note my working hours are Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 6.30pm. If you would to arrange an informal visit or chat, please email or call.
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