Recovery College Lead

About the role

Overview

We are looking for an outstanding Recover College and Education Lead with a passion for delivering excellent care.

At Cygnet, our perks go way beyond pension schemes and excellent professional development.

You’ll also enjoy shopping, travel and leisure discounts – as well as a range of healthcare and financial benefits – to support you to be happy both in and out of work.

Apply now to enjoy excellent career prospects while reaping the rewards of making a difference to others – every day. 

Cygnet Bury Hudson:

Cygnet Bury Hudson provides a wide range of secure mental health services for men including individuals with a diagnosis of personality disorder.

The Role:

To provide overall leadership and accountability for all students and staff engaged in the Recovery College. This includes planning and co-ordinating the Recovery College timetable to enhance social inclusion with general, accredited co-produced courses for services users at Cygnet Bury.

The successful candidate will deliver the Recovery College Model to support people’s recovery through the Forensic Mental health service 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.

Your day-to-day…

• Recognising people who use services as individuals with skills and knowledge
• Break down the barriers between people who use services and professionals
• Build on people’s existing capabilities
• Include reciprocity (where people get something back for having done something for others) and mutuality (people working together to achieve their shared interests)
• Work with peer and personal support networks alongside professional networks
• Facilitate services by helping organisations to become agents for change rather than just being service providers

Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you…

• Strong career progression opportunities, including into management roles
• Monthly reflective practice, expert supervision & peer support
• Opportunities for learning & development
• Employee referral scheme
• Pension scheme
• “Cycle to Work” scheme & employee discount savings

You are… 

• Passionate about co-production and its role in mental health recovery
• Able and willing to work flexibly, to meet the needs of the service
• Have excellent organisation and time management skills
• Able to demonstrate a good understanding of risk management
• Able to demonstrate an awareness of professional boundaries
• Motivated with a positive ‘can do’ attitude

Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Cygnet has been providing a national network of high-quality specialist mental health services for more than 30 years. In this role you’ll have the chance to make a real impact on patients, service users & their families.