Recovery College Facilitator

at  Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Band 3 Facilitator - Recovery College - South Kent Coast and Ashford Posts
7.5hrs/week
The Recovery & Wellbeing College provides health & wellbeing related educational courses, free of charge, in supportive and accessible learning environments. Through safe and welcoming learning spaces, we can make sense of our own experiences and learn how to take care of ourselves and others. By recognising everyone’s resourcefulness, talents and skills people become experts in their own health & wellbeing, make informed choices and move forward with what matters most to them in their life.
Recovery College activities across Kent & Medway are now a fundamental and vital part of the Mental Health System. Hence we are recruiting to these Facilitator positions in South Kent Coast and Ashford in order to increase capacity and diversity in Recovery College learning activities.
You can find out more about our Recovery College work here https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk/about-us/recovery-and-wellbeing-college/
Please read through the full job description and person specification to see if this role is a good fit with your skills, knowledge, experience and aspirations.
This role broadly involves;
Co-facilitating Recovery College courses and workshops for Recovery College Students to support them in their own recovery and in relation to their own aspirations.
To bring empathy and understanding into all interactions with Recovery College Students by sharing lived experience, empathy, compassion and hope.
To model /mentor a recovery process and demonstrate coping skills, empowering Recovery College Students to actively participate in their own recovery journey.
To provide health and wellbeing learning experiences which empower individuals in managing their own health & wellbeing. This may include understanding specific diagnoses, making sense of personal experiences, connecting with others in positive ways, self-care, creativity, healthy eating, resilience, employment aspirations, life goals and leisure pursuits.
To embed Recovery values and strengths based language in all aspects of Recovery College provision.
To provide opportunities for individual Recovery College Students to direct their own recovery journey, via virtual learning spaces online.
For more information, please contact Robyn Stratton on 07557 485148
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.
The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
The main purpose of this role is to co-design and co-facilitate Recovery College (RC) workshops and courses, in safe learning spaces and via strengths based approaches in community venues. By promoting meaningful activity and sharing lived expertise, facilitators enable Recovery College students to connect, make sense of their own experiences and recognise their own strengths and skills. Facilitators provide new opportunities for RC students to identify aspects of life that give meaning, hope, value and purpose. Facilitators recognise that each individual’s recovery journey is unique and deeply personal process and therefore RC students will each have knowledge, skills and experience. This shared learning environment will enrich the content of workshops and courses and the experience of those present.

KNOWLEDGE TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

(See Person Spec for additional Details)
Essential
BTec/City &Guilds/NVQ level 2 in health and social care OR equivalent experience with evidence of transferable skills.
Knowledge, experience and understanding of Recovery College practice and ethos.
Knowledge, experience and understanding of the value of meaningful co-production.
Lived/Close relational experience of health challenges/diagnoses/service use and willingness to constructively share own experiences when appropriate.
Experience of working with people who are experiencing health challenges.
Good written and verbal communication skills.
Desirable
Teaching/Facilitating qualification.
Experience in the use of Virtual Learning Spaces (Zoom/Microsoft Teams etc)
Ability to travel to various locations in a timely manner via own transport/public transport.
Good IT skills, including WORD, Outlook, Powerpoint and the ability to use KMPT tech based systems.
Job Requirements
Demonstrate an ability to work as a team member as well as autonomously.
Working with a diverse team, recovery college students and external partnership groups and stakeholders.
Balancing all aspects of the job role.
Being flexible and responsive to competing demands.
Engage in planning meetings/discussions to negotiate a balanced facilitation role, which supports you as a team member, as well as providing a high quality service.
Personal Qualities
Highly motivated, progressive, innovative, respectful, open, team player, solution focussed and a willingness to make a positive difference to the experience of others.
Flexibility to change, adapt and innovate.

JOB SUMMARY:

The post holder will work within a multi-disciplinary team to facilitate learning to support Recovery College Students in their own recovery journey. The post holder will need to be flexible and adaptable whilst focusing on recovery and a nurturing, strengths based educational approach to service delivery.
This role will require an individual who is passionate about providing the highest standard of Recovery College provision, can demonstrate empathy and hope through sharing their own lived experience, whilst appreciating the unique perspective and context of other people’s journeys too.

COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

The post holder will work with the Recovery College team, as well as working with other agencies, specifically in relation to Recovery College delivery. The post holder will be expected to develop and maintain excellent working relationships.
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