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Job Overview
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Carer Co-production and Engagement Facilitator to join their team. This is a unique opportunity for individuals with lived experience of caring for loved ones accessing adult mental health services. The role focuses on improving carer involvement and co-production in eating disorders care and perinatal mental health services across the West Midlands.
About the Role
As a Senior Carer Co-production and Engagement Facilitator, you will share your personal experiences and insights from your journey as a carer to support other carers. You will build relationships through mutual understanding and experiences, helping to amplify the voices of those who access services and their carers. This is a part-time, permanent position with flexible working options, including the possibility of home or remote working.
Key Responsibilities
Your role will involve promoting, encouraging, and supporting lived experience involvement to influence service delivery. You will attend collaborative and in-patient steering groups, provide professional supervision to colleagues in lived experience roles, and facilitate high-quality involvement opportunities and co-production at all levels.
Detailed Responsibilities
You will be responsible for developing communications and resources to support the lived experience network, developing diverse opportunities for service review and evaluation, and supporting network members with completing claim forms for remuneration. Additionally, you will co-develop and co-facilitate training opportunities for various audiences and identify themes from feedback that may require service improvements.
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications
Lived experience of providing care and support to a loved one accessing secondary care adult mental health services in a personal/unpaid capacity is essential. This experience forms the foundation of your ability to connect with and understand the challenges faced by carers.
Desirable Qualifications
Experience of working or volunteering within NHS and/or third sector mental health organisations is desirable. Additionally, having completed Health Education England accredited Peer Support Worker Training or demonstrating equivalent knowledge of peer working would be advantageous.
Essential Experience
You must have experience of managing and setting up events, activities, and training. The ability to demonstrate examples of co-produced working is essential, as is evidence of building effective interpersonal relationships with diverse individuals. Experience of planning activities in a pressured environment and working with people from different backgrounds and cultures is also required.
Desirable Experience
Experience of supporting individuals with perinatal mental health difficulties or eating disorders is desirable. Having used carer lived experience in service development projects and demonstrating examples of co-produced working would strengthen your application.
About the Organization
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) is a diverse and inclusive organization committed to improving mental health services. By joining Team MPFT, you’ll be helping your communities while receiving excellent support and benefits. The trust values the unique skill set each member brings and is committed to staff development and progression.
What We Offer
We offer a competitive salary ranging from £29,970 to £36,483 per annum (pro rata), an excellent NHS Pension scheme, generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave, and options for flexible working. You’ll receive up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) with opportunities to purchase additional leave.
Additional Benefits
We provide extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources, free car parking at all trust sites, free flu vaccinations annually, and a Citizens Advice support service linked with a Hardship Fund for one-off additional support up to £250. If you work in community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
How to Apply
To apply for this position, you must submit your application through the NHS Jobs website. Please note that the closing date is 24 October 2025. We may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Application Requirements
Your application should clearly demonstrate how you meet the person specification requirements, particularly your lived experience of caring for someone with mental health challenges. If you have used AI in completing your application form, you must state this in your application.
Interview Process
The proposed interview date for this post is Monday 3rd November or Tuesday 4th November, dependent on applicant numbers. If you would like to find out more about this vacancy, you can join the online information event on Monday 13th October, 6-7pm.
Contact Information
For questions about the job, please contact Emily Elson (Professional Lead for Lived Experience Practice) at [email protected] or call 07977348482 to arrange a time to discuss your query.
Additional Information
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Important Notes
Please be aware that if you are currently caring for someone who is supported by eating disorder or perinatal mental health services, your application will not be disadvantaged. However, we would need to consider how your workload is managed to ensure safe working for your loved one’s care and your employment.
Privacy Notice
Your personal data will be processed in accordance with Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s privacy notice, which can be found at https://www.mpft.nhs.uk/about-us/information-governance. We are committed to protecting your personal information and using it only for recruitment purposes.
Supporting Documents
The following supporting documents are available for this position: Senior Carer Co-Production & Engagement Facilitator JD + PS.pdf and Senior Carer Co-pro and Engagement Role Poster.pdf. These documents provide additional details about the role and requirements.
Apply Instructions
To apply for this position, you must submit your application through the NHS Jobs website. Please note that the closing date is 24 October 2025. We may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. Your application should clearly demonstrate how you meet the person specification requirements, particularly your lived experience of caring for someone with mental health challenges. If you have used AI in completing your application form, you must state this in your application. The proposed interview date for this post is Monday 3rd November or Tuesday 4th November, dependent on applicant numbers. If you would like to find out more about this vacancy, you can join the online information event on Monday 13th October, 6-7pm.
