Job Details

Job introduction

We are looking for Participation Practitioner to join our current team of experienced clinicians.

You will be working with others in the team to ensure that we deliver our offers to schools around mental health and wellbeing is informed by service users. You will be experienced in using creative and engaging means such as workshops, steering groups, surveys, digital/social media, etc, in order to gather the thoughts and views of children and young people to help us ensure children and young people are at the heart of what we do.

This role is currently a fixed term post for 18 months and will be reviewed after this time.

If you have any questions please contact Emma Sharpe at Emma.Sharpe@brighton-hove.gov.uk or Linsey McGill at Linsey.Mcgill@brighton-hove.gov.uk
 

About the role

You will be working with others in the team to ensure that we deliver our offers to schools around mental health and wellbeing is informed by service users. You will be experienced in using creative and engaging means such as workshops, steering groups, surveys, digital/social media, etc, in order to gather the thoughts and views of children and young people to help us ensure children and young people are at the heart of what we do.

Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and upload a supporting statement. Your supporting statement is the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Supporting statement guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

Work Permits: This role does not meet the requirement for UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) Points-based Immigration System. Successful candidates will need to evidence that they have the Right to Work in the UK.

Part office / part home – hybrid -  We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining.

Working arrangements are subject to Government guidance at the time. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)

Company information

Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).

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• Our Values and Behaviours
• Applicant Cover Letter
• Job Description and Person Spec