Community Development Lead

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

This role will facilitate effective engagement between the Community Living Well Talking Therapies service and local stakeholders, referrers and community. The post holder will develop proactive strategies to ensure the service is well understood in the community with clear and accessible referral pathways, and that the services develops and communicates in a way that is effective for the local population and referrers, whilst continuing to adhere to national guidance for NHS Talking Therapies Services. A key area of this role is to ensure the service is addressing health inequalities in the local population.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the service develops an effective outreach and engagement programme which enables the service to achieve the expected key performance indicators.
To be a key figure in the borough in helping the local community (both professionals and members of the public) understand local Mental Health services and how to navigate these, as well as ensuring that feedback from the community is heard and considered by Mental Health services.

The post holder will be expected to have well developed organisational and business support skills of their own in order to meet the requirements for this role.

• To create, through co-production, an outreach programme the meets the needs of the local population in understanding and managing anxiety and depression, with a particular focus on addressing health inequalities.
• Co-ordinate and support the provision of supervision to staff with a primary role in delivering the outreach and engagement programme.
• To promote a culture of service user choice and co-creation for the Talking therapies outreach and engagement programme and to monitor and develop team members through supervision and appraisal.
• To provide line management with clear goals and objectives to community development team staff.
• To ensure that all opportunities for outreach and engagement work by the service are maximised with a wide range of local organisations.
• To work with senior team colleagues, to develop a shared Service model for outreach and engagement.
• To support effective liaison with other relevant agencies
• To maintain and develop administrative procedures regarding the recording of case records.
• To support and ensure that service users are involved in the development of the team and local services.
• To facilitate the development of effective identification, engagement and support for carers in line with CNWL and good practice guidelines.

Would you like to be part of leading and developing Community Development work flow in the Kensington and Chelsea Talking Therapies service? We have a role offering exciting opportunities for the right candidate to join us. We are looking for a motivated, compassionate, and enthusiastic individual to join our team and contribute to the innovative work taking place in Kensington and Chelsea Talking Therapies.
You will be working in a supportive environment, responsible for developing and coordinating the Community Development staff and strategies in K&C Talking Therapies.
If you have the skills and experience and are passionate about supporting and empowering our community and clients to achieve their goals and aspirations, focusing on community engagement and empowerment, come along and join us in K&C TT where you will make a difference.
Flexibility is essential for this role, with a combination of working remotely from home and travelling across the borough as and when required.

• To create, through co-production, an outreach programme the meets the needs of the local population in understanding and managing anxiety and depression, with a particular focus on addressing health inequalities.
• Co-ordinate and support the provision of supervision to staff with a primary role in delivering the outreach and engagement programme.
• To promote a culture of service user choice and co-creation for the Talking therapies outreach and engagement programme and to monitor and develop team members through supervision and appraisal.
• To provide line management with clear goals and objectives to community development team staff.
• To ensure that all opportunities for outreach and engagement work by the service are maximised with a wide range of local organisations.
• To work with senior team colleagues, to develop a shared Service model for outreach and engagement.
• To support effective liaison with other relevant agencies
• To maintain and develop administrative procedures regarding the recording of case records.
• To support and ensure that service users are involved in the development of the team and local services.
• To facilitate the development of effective identification, engagement and support for carers in line with CNWL and good practice guidelines