Job overview

The Community Roots offers collaborative and inclusive learning programmes promoting awareness of mental health and recovery, to enable learners to manage their own mental health challenges more effectively. The ethos of the Community Roots is based around the core principles of hope, control and opportunity, and the value of lived experience. The service will be delivered across the LSCFT footprint in a range of venues and digitally via MS Teams.

The post holder will need to demonstrate a wide knowledge of coproduction, lived experience expertise and social pedagogy in order to achieve the delivery of complex, wide ranging programmes of work that contribute to the service and Trust priorities.

Core development work may include mapping of areas, build relationships and offer signposting clinics alongside the workshops and groups.  This work supports communities and challenges stigma whilst developing resilient and informed communities.  

This role is significant in helping people to make connections in their communities, to find opportunities for education, empowerment and resilience.

To work as part of the Community Roots team to co-design and co-deliver classes to 
students, both face to face and digitally.

The post holder will be expected to demonstrate initiative in developing and supporting administration throughout the Community Roots team, always acting in a professional manner.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, enthusiastic and empathic people person to join our Community Roots based In the Pennine area. You will be customer focussed with a passion for engaging with the community and helping people access a wide range of health and wellbeing opportunities.

Are you passionate about mental health, community engagement, and inclusive learning? Join our Community Roots team to co-design and deliver transformative mental health programmes across diverse communities. This role is pivotal in promoting recovery, resilience, and reducing stigma through workshops, signposting clinics, and collaborative learning.

Applications are encouraged from individuals with demonstrable experience in working with communities and mental health care services. 
At Community Roots we offer courses that are co-designed, alongside people with lived experience and professionals by experience, to help people find accessible and fun health and wellbeing opportunities important to them.

We work alongside a range of community partners to bring the very best opportunities in your local area. We want to help people make connections in their community and we're able to signpost to support when needed. By working with a range of different partners, we hope to bring opportunities that are relevant to our community and people’s recovery journeys.

Working for our organisation

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well