Lead Practice Tutor

Job overview

Are you a qualified mental health professional with teaching experience?

Would you like to be part of  a team providing educational recovery-focused courses that help people take better control of their mental health and wellbeing?

If YES, then New Leaf Recovery and Wellbeing college would like to invite you to apply for the role of Lead Practice Tutor.

New Leaf Recovery and Wellbeing College are part of Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. We offer a range of free educational courses and development opportunities to help people take better control of their mental health and wellbeing. We offer students the chance to learn some practical skills and provide an opportunity for reflection. We recognise that people are experts in their own wellbeing and recovery.  Students of the college are offered the opportunity to be part of the co-production process, helping to create the College courses. Our programmes help to increase knowledge and skills and promote self-management.

New Leaf Recovery and Wellbeing College is based at St Paul's in Hemel Hempstead. The post holder would also be required to work at other sites across Hertfordshire. The courses we offer are delivered online and in-person.

Candidates will be asked to deliver a short presentation on the day as part of the interview process.

Main duties of the job

Please see the accompanying Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

The Lead Practice Tutor plays a vital part in our core team and supports the smooth running of the college. Central to this role is working closely with the practice and lived experience tutors to co-produce and co-deliver a range of recovery-focused courses. They will play an important role in developing and planning the delivery of the academic timetable.

Alongside teaching courses from the college timetable, the post holder will support the Development Manager in the smooth running of the college and ensure the quality of the learning provision. They will use their own professional experience and qualifications to deliver courses alongside lived and practice-experienced tutors. They will be involved in the co-production, co-delivery, and evaluation of educational activities and support the Development Manager in creating an academic timetable.

The post holder will manage and supervise the tutors within the college and provide reflective support sessions, and supervision to the bank of tutors that deliver courses for us. They will ensure that all tutor recruitment checks and mandatory training is completed and up to date.

The post holder will promote HPFT's objectives and values, represent the Trust externally, and engage with professional bodies and regulators as required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description for the full and detailed list of the duties and responsibilities, below is an overview of the job description please refer to the full job description and person specification when completing your application form.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• To co-facilitate the delivery of timetabled courses, workshops and programmes.
• To manage tutors, including timetable allocations, development, teaching, recruitment,  learning and wellbeing.
• To positively support, influence, and improve the quality and performance of the College.
• To support the development of new courses and educational materials.
• To co-produce, co-deliver and co-evaluate course materials for the College.
• To offer regular group support to tutors and facilitate tutor meetings.
• To work closely with the College team and provide any required information or support, including course timetabling, prospectus, bookings, etc.
• To work closely with the College Curriculum Board to evaluate and approve courses and teaching material.
• Carry out any required administrative duties to ensure the College’s smooth and effective running.
• To promote and model the ethos and principles of recovery, co-production and co-delivery in all aspects of the work.
• Understand and value lived experience expertise in line with  co-production principles.

Leadership and Staff Management Responsibility

The post holder will manage and supervise the tutors within the College and is the lead for a bank of tutors. They will ensure all recruitment checks are carried out, appropriate documentation is signed, mandatory training is completed, and policies are adhered to.

Financial Responsibility

• Work within a delegated financial envelope and manage any delegated funds appropriately.
• The post holder must treat Trust property and resources carefully and respectfully, ensuring that public funds are used as efficiently as possible.

Service Development and Improvement

As part of the College team, the post holder will have the opportunity to contribute to the college's development and improvement. They will participate in audits, evaluations, and projects, ensuring the College remains evidence-based in its delivery of education.

Communication

• To communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels and across public and voluntary sectors.
• To be skilled at delivering educational content as well as role modelling the College and Trust's values.
• To co-plan, deliver and evaluate educational activities related to groups of learners with potentially multiple, complex and diverse needs, including people with mental health challenges, carers and supporters, professionals, and other members of the public.
• To work with people who access the College, carers and peers to inform course development and delivery style.
• To support the Trust at conferences, training events and other activities to promote the College, recovery and co-production.
• To Support the programme evaluation process, provide comprehensive written data analysis reports and recommendations for improvement and further development.

Analytical and Judgmental Skills

• To have a sound understanding of personal recovery, the value of and critiques of personal recovery and be able to communicate this to others.
• To understand clearly how the educational process supports mental health recovery.
• To ensure that all learning activities meet a range of learning styles and are always underpinned by the principles of co-production and recovery-focused.
• To develop and oversee the observation process for teaching staff.
• To have a knowledge of and practical experience of teaching and training.
• To ensure that all tutors in the College understand and carry out their responsibilities.
• To be the initial point of contact for concerns about safeguarding students.

Planning and Organisational Skills

• To manage and organise own time and work efficiently, and adhere to deadlines to enable the smooth running of the college.
• To manage the teaching observation process and to create termly reports.
• To use IT skills to develop and maintain all course and learning materials and to collate reports on data collected by the Recovery College.
• To support the College team, as and when required, to develop course materials and course packs.
• To understand, contribute and co-deliver the Student Development Programme and other College provision.

Physical Working Conditions and Environment

• Regular and continuous use of VDU equipment
• The post holder will need to spend long periods within an office environment, sitting in a restricted position at VDU and keyboard computer.
• Delivering courses via online platforms as well as in-person at different venues across Hertfordshire.
• Ability to travel around Hertfordshire.

Information Resources

• To assist managers in research and development activities such as audits.
• To contribute to developing guidelines, policies and competencies for practice within the College and to share this learning to shape delivery within the College.
• To support the sourcing and retention of learning venues across the Trust and Hertfordshire.

Learning and Development

• To Participate in mandatory training development opportunities.
• To take part in management supervision.

Health and Safety The post holder has a duty of care to themselves and to others with whom they come into contact during their work as laid down in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and any subsequent amendment or legislation.

Infection Control All Trust staff will:  Act as a role model and champion for the highest standard in all aspects of infection prevention and control and the implementation of all Infection Prevention and Control Trust policies and guidelines.

Equality and Diversity  Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to providing an environment where all staff, service users and carers enjoy equality of access, provision, opportunity and outcomes.

The Trust works to eliminate all forms of discrimination and recognise that this requires, not only a commitment to remove discrimination, but also action through positive policies to redress inequalities.

Providing equality of opportunity means understanding and appreciating the diversity of our staff, service users & carers and ensuring a supportive environment free from harassment.  As a result, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust actively encourages its staff to challenge discrimination and promote equality of opportunity for all.

Confidentiality Employees must maintain the confidentiality of staff, patients and Trust business and have a responsibility to comply with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) 2018 and be aware of the Caldicott principles.

Standards of Business Conduct and Conflicts of Interest  The Trust has adopted a Standards of Conduct Policy reflecting NHS Management Executive Guidelines. All staff must ensure that they act as a role model by upholding the principle of a leading mental Trust. Staff should inform their line manager if they work for any other organisation to ensure that this Trust complies with the Working Time Regulations.

Information and Records Management  The post holder must be competent in using IT and have the relevant skills to carry out the activities required for the post.

To comply with the Data Protection Act 1998, Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Department of Health Code of Confidentiality in line with Trust procedures.

To adhere to the Trust’s policies on records management including creation, use, storing and retention and disposal of records.

Safeguarding Adults and Children The Trust is committed to ensuring adults and children are protected and come to no harm from abuse.  All employees have a responsibility to be aware of national and local policies, their individual responsibilities with regards to the protection and safeguarding of both adults and children and must adhere to them at all times.

Organisational Change

As services develop and change, the post holder may be required to undertake other responsibilities within the Trust.

Flexible Working

The Trust believes that its staff members are its most valuable asset and is committed to attracting and retaining the very best, and utilising all the talent and experience available. The Trust recognises the importance of helping its employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements that enable them to balance their working life with other priorities, including parental and other caring responsibilities, life-long learning, charity work, leisure activities and other interests.

Health and Safety

Health and Safety at Work In accordance with the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992 (as amended) and other relevant Health and Safety legislation.

Review:

This job description is an outline, which reflects the present requirements of the post and is not intended to be an inflexible or finite list of duties and responsibilities.  As these duties and responsibilities change and develop the job description will be amended from time to time in consultation with the post holder.