The role is remote based and sits within the Workforce Development Hub. On occasion the post holder will be required to attend in person team meetings/recruitment events.
The postholder will support workforce expansion within Cheshire and Merseyside Talking Therapies teams. The post holder will provide quality, comprehensive administrative, secretarial, and project support to The Cheshire and Merseyside Workforce Development Hub.
Provide an expert, high quality and customer service led recruitment service to the Trust, ensuring compliance with the appropriate policies, procedures, and legislation.
Ensure that all recruitment requests are handled efficiently and effectively, whilst maintaining responsibility for the project activities within Talking Therapies services.
To establish and maintain good working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders including healthcare professionals both Trust wide and external staff, ensuring diplomacy, discretion and professionalism.
The Trust currently supports the Real Living Wage (RLW) hourly rate as set by the Living Wage Federation and will apply a pay supplement if the national A4C hourly rate falls below this.
A full list of duties can be seen in the Job Description.
1. To input, maintain and retrieve information from relevant project development databases that contain key information from across providers and trusts and to assist in the preparation of statistical, audit information and assist in time limited projects as requested.
2. To navigate telephone calls using a high level of initiative, responding in a confidential and sensitive way and taking action in the appropriate manner.
3. To assist the project facilitator by following up with stakeholders via email and telephone and to act as the initial communication link for stakeholders. To sort, distribute and prioritise incoming information, using judgement and experience to decide which correspondence is passed to the team and which is retained for action as appropriate.
4. To prepare for meetings and to participate, take accurate notes and follow up actions, produce minutes and circulate as per Trust Guidance.
5. Maintaining up to date and accurate diaries which involves making service-related supervision appointments, interviews, arranging meetings/events/hearings, note taking, booking venues and arranging travel requirements.
6. Support the development of workforce development hub documents.
7. Provide comprehensive advice to managers / clients regarding service-related processes and ensure all managers and clients are informed of changes to processes either verbally or in writing.
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.
We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.
Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.
As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.
All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.
Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.
Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.
At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.
CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.
An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at:
[email protected] or by calling 01244 393100.
If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’
Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.
The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!
