Area Recovery Co-ordinator – CHO Midlands, Louth & Meath
Please cite reference number 2020-020 when applying for this position. Specified Purpose Contract – 12 Months full time at Grade VII (HSE April 2017)
Lead and Influence the future of healthcare in our Area
Community Health Care Midlands, Louth & Meath provides Adult Community Mental Health Services. Our services are delivered across six counties – Longford, Westmeath, Louth, Meath, Laois and Offaly.
A key part of our Service delivery plan is to implement the principles outlined in the HSE National Framework for Recovery Mental Health (2018-2020). We are working in collaboration with Mental Health Ireland in recruiting a recovery co-ordinator for our area to assist in achieving the targets set out in the HSE National Framework for Recovery in Mental Health (2018-2020). This is also in line with Living Life Well / Goal 5 of Mental Health Irelands strategy – Empowerment – from Ideas to Actions (2019 – 2021).
Our area is committed to the development and delivery of a comprehensive prospectus of co-produced recovery education inclusive of our whole community. We are also committed to the development of a recovery college. The recovery co-ordinator will lead on this goal.
Recovery Co-ordinator Role:
The Recovery co-ordinator will operationalise the aims and objectives of the CHO Mental Health Engagement & Recovery in keeping with the National Framework for Recovery and supporting guidance documents on Recovery Education, Co-production and Family Recovery.
The role
is to embed recovery values in all educational resources. The successful candidate will bring their educational and lived experience to support the coproduction and implementation of recovery education and towards the local development of a recovery college.
The recovery co-ordinator will build supportive relationships with service users, family members, service providers and community / voluntary agencies in our area.
Support the coproduction, resourcing and effective implementation of our area recovery communications strategy.
Be instrumental in leading and developing the capacity of our community to live and work in a recovery oriented way.
This position
is a 12 month fixed term contract of 37 hrs per week. Please forward a CV and covering letter of application to recruitment@mentalhealthireland.ie Download the job description here https://www.mentalhealthireland.ie/mental-health-ireland-jobs/
Interviews will be held on either 1st or 2nd week in November 2020. Shortlisting will apply.
Closing date for applications is Thursday 22nd October at 5pm 2020. Applications received outside this time will not be accepted.