Healthwatch Rotherham Manager

Citizens Advice Rotherham

RAIN Building

Eastwood Lane

Rotherham

S65 1EQ

Job Title: Healthwatch Rotherham Manager

Responsible to: Projects & Services Manager

Hours 37.5 hours per week

Term: Permanent position

Location: RAIN Building, Eastwood Lane, Rotherham

Salary: £25,000 pa plus 4% pension contributions

Annual leave: 30 days plus 8 Bank Holidays

During the pandemic Citizens Advice Rotherham has moved to a predominantly home working model, with a small number of staff and volunteers working in the office on occasion to meet service delivery needs or for their personal welfare. Going forward this is a model we anticipate continuing with, therefore this role will be expected to work flexibly, with home working most of the time, but also a requirement to be in the office or out visiting partners depending on need.

Exciting opportunity to lead Healthwatch Rotherham.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to lead Healthwatch Rotherham and to help make a lasting difference to Rotherham’s health & social care services.

The successful candidate will manage a small, dedicated team to shape the strategic direction and ensure Rotherham residents are heard by the right people, at the right time, in the right way.

We’re looking for someone who:

Loves talking to people from all walks of life

Is great at problem solving

Has excellent communication skills

Demonstrates experience working at a strategic level

Has worked with volunteers and is passionate about involving them.

Are you looking to make a real difference for your community?Please read the job description for more details on the day-to-day tasks.

Background

The Local Authority has commissioned Citizens Advice Rotherham & District (CARD) to deliver Healthwatch Rotherham – the independent consumer champion for health and social care. Healthwatch is the main public and patient engagement mechanism for health and social care service users.

Healthwatch Rotherham’s role includes representing and championing the health and social care needs and experiences of adults and children in Rotherham, acting as an independent local voice to ensure that services meet the needs of residents and remain high quality and fit for purpose whilst helping communities to exercise greater choice over the services they receive. Healthwatch Rotherham has a visible presence in the borough, with an effective, proactive and independent local voice.

This is an exciting time to join Healthwatch Rotherham.
The successful candidate will manage a small, dedicated team to shape the strategicdirection and ensure Rotherham residents are heard by the right people, at the right time, in the right way.

In return, we can offer you £25,000 per annum.

About us
Working in partnership with Citizens Advice Rotherham, we are a champion for people who use health and social care services. We’re here to make sure that those running services put people at the heart of care.

Our sole purpose is to understand the needs, experiences and concerns of people who use health and social care services and to speak out on their behalf.

We focus on ensuring that people’s worries and concerns about current services are addressed.

We work to get services right for the future.

For more information, visit our website
https://healthwatchrotherham.org.uk/what-we-do

Closing date : 13th August 2021

For more information and an application form please go to:
http://www.citizensadvicerotherham.org.uk/vacancies/
Interviews will be done via Zoom and will be a two-part process including a presentation and a formal interview.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £25,000 per year