Job summary
We are looking to recruit for a passionate Recovery College and Co-Production Lead at Cygnet Hospital Woking and Cygnet Woking Lodge
About Us
Cygnet was established in 1988 as an independent provider of health and social care services in England, Scotland and Wales.
Summary of the site
Cygnet Woking/ Woking Lodge is a 93 bedded hospital with a variety of different wards, including two locked high dependency rehabilitation wards (male), two low secure services (male and female), three acute wards (male and two female), and a PICU (female).Our environment has a holistic focus and includes a gym, ADL kitchen, Recovery College, Hair Salon, library, Tuckshop and other therapeutic spaces
As part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will work collaboratively with Senior Management, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Psychiatry, Nurses, mental health support workers and ward admin staff.
Your Role
Hope, Control and Opportunity are at the heart of the Recovery College and should be reflected in everything we do. Please apply if you feel you meet the criteria and have the values, skills and passion to become Recovery College Lead.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will deliver the Recovery College Model to support peoples recovery using learning, skills development and co-production to provide innovative education opportunities.
They will empower individuals in our care to achieve their personal learning goals and build confidence and skills through education and co-production. There are a wide range of accredited courses people in our care can be supported to co-produce, co-facilitate and achieve. Courses should be recovery focused and aim to instil a sense of hope for the future.
We rely on service users as experts by experience to help create courses together that add to and build on their recovery journey.
Co-production can mean different things to different people however some of the key features of Co-production include:
1. Recognising people who use services as individuals with skills and knowledge
2. Break down the barriers between people who use services and professionals
3. Build on peoples existing capabilitiesInclude reciprocity (where people get something back for having done something for others) and mutuality (people working together to achieve their shared interests)
4. Work with peer and personal support networks alongside professional networksFacilitate services by helping organisations to become agents for change rather than just being service providers
About us
Cygnet was established in 1988. Since then we have developed a wide range of services for individuals with mental health needs, autism and learning disabilities within the UK.
We have built a reputation for delivering pioneering services and outstanding outcomes for the people in our care.
Our expert and highly dedicated care team of 10 000 employees empower 2864 individuals across 150 services to consistently make a positive difference to their lives, through service-user focused care and rehabilitation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking to recruit for a passionate Recovery College and Co-Production Lead at Cygnet Hospital Woking and Cygnet Woking Lodge
About Us
Cygnet was established in 1988 as an independent provider of health and social care services in England, Scotland and Wales.
Summary of the site
Cygnet Woking/ Woking Lodge is a 93 bedded hospital with a variety of different wards, including two locked high dependency rehabilitation wards (male), two low secure services (male and female), three acute wards (male and two female), and a PICU (female). Our environment has a holistic focus and includes a gym, ADL kitchen, Recovery College, Hair Salon, library, Tuckshop and other therapeutic spaces
As part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will work collaboratively with Senior Management, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Psychiatry, Nurses, mental health support workers and ward admin staff.
Your Role
Hope, Control and Opportunity are at the heart of the Recovery College and should be reflected in everything we do.
Please apply if you feel you meet the criteria and have the values, skills and passion to become Recovery College Lead.
The successful candidate will deliver the Recovery College Model to support peoples recovery using learning, skills development and co-production to provide innovative education opportunities. They will empower individuals in our care to achieve their personal learning goals and build confidence and skills through education and co-production.
There are a wide range of accredited courses people in our care can be supported to co-produce, co-facilitate and achieve. Courses should be recovery focused and aim to instil a sense of hope for the future. We rely on service users as experts by experience to help create courses together that add to and build on their recovery journey.
Co-production can mean different things to different people however some of the key features of Co-production include;
5. Recognising people who use services as individuals with skills and knowledge
6. Break down the barriers between people who use services and professionals
7. Build on peoples existing capabilities
8. Include reciprocity (where people get something back for having done something for others) and mutuality (people working together to achieve their shared interests)
9. Work with peer and personal support networks alongside professional networks
10. Facilitate services by helping organisations to become agents for change rather than just being service providers
The successful candidate will be
11. Passionate about co-production and its role in mental health recovery
12. Able and willing to work flexibly, to meet the needs of the service
13. Have excellent organisation and time management skills
14. Able to demonstrate a good understanding of risk management
15. Able to demonstrate an awareness of professional boundaries
16. Motivated with a positive can do attitude
5 reasons why you should make an application today
17. We care about people in our services
18. Supportive supervision and protected time for supervision with your supervisor
19. Induction & training specific to service lines
20. Dedicated CPD time for peer support, skill development and specialist training
21. We support and develop you to build skills and confidence for the next level in your career.
Cygnet Health Care Benefits
22. Free parking
23. Free meals for staff on duty
24. Relocation package available
25. Group pension plan helping you save for your future
26. NHS Discount Cards & Blue Light Card (includes big brand discounts)
27. Wellbeing centre with exercises, recipes, financial and mental health advice.
Requirements The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS and reference check and an offer of employment will be subject to successful clearance.
*Recruitment agencies please note: Speculative emails are not to be sent directly to our clinical staff, these need to go via our internal recruitment team. If speculative candidates are sent directly to a member of the clinical team, we will consider these candidates as our own*
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