Recovery College Coordinator

Job overview

Leeds Recovery College delivers a range of community based educational training and wellbeing courses designed to increase understanding of mental health, wellbeing, and personal recovery.

Our courses are open to adults 18+ who live, work, or study in Leeds. We also offer a dedicated programme of courses for staff working across the Leeds health and care system, supporting their wellbeing and personal development.

The Recovery College Coordinator plays a central role in coordinating and delivering our course programmes. This role has a particular focus on developing and coordinating our staff wellbeing programme.

A key part of the role is leading on course delivery, working alongside co-facilitators to create engaging and inclusive learning environments.

Alongside this, the role supports the smooth running of day-to-day operations, builds strong relationships with students, facilitators, and wider stakeholders and helps ensure a welcoming, recovery focused experience for all learners and staff.

Main duties of the job

Working closely with the Recovery College Development Lead the post holder will support the day-to-day operational delivery of Recovery College courses. This includes;

• Leading on the development and delivery of mental health and wellbeing courses (with a particular focus on staff wellbeing).
• Ensuring that educational standards and co-production values are maintained.
• Supporting and developing the facilitator base by nurturing both lived experience and learnt experience facilitators. This includes offering training, development opportunities and building confidence and facilitation skills for everyone involved in co-delivery.
• Contributing to the promotion of the college, both digitally and face to face. This will include leading on specific partner relationships, attending network meetings, developing campaigns and events.
• Supporting the overall co-ordination and management of the college including working with the administration team, handling enquiries, liaising with internal and external services and maintaining college records and databases as required.

You will work collaboratively, be open-minded, and bring positivity and a can-do attitude to the role.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [email protected]  Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.