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SalaryWe have 22 exciting opportunities to join our growing team at IMPACT as Facilitators and Senior Strategic Improvement Coaches (Demonstrators).
IMPACT is a UK-wide centre for implementing evidence in adult social care, with £15 million funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Health Foundation. IMPACT draws on knowledge from different types of research, the lived experience of people using services and their carers, and the practice knowledge of social care staff.
As IMPACT moves into its delivery phase, these pivotal roles have been created to work on our 2024/25 projects, across the UK. These part time roles will play a pivotal part in helping to demonstrate how evidence can be used in adult social care to improve services and lives.
The vacancy locations and topics are:
Demonstrators
- Transition from children to adults – Mencap Northern Ireland/Northern Ireland Centre for Independent Living – Belfast Transition from children to adults – Pembrokeshire Embedding a culture of prevention based on what matters to communities – Neath Port Talbot Social work/social care practice with older people – Walsall Building lived experience into strategic planning – National House Project – Coventry Day opportunities for people with a learning disability – Bury Day opportunities for people with a learning disability – Greenwich Reducing violence, discrimination and abuse experienced by social care staff – East Sussex Changing public perceptions of social care – Scottish Care – national project with home working and some travel required
Facilitators
- Family Group Decision Making to support people with drug and alcohol issues – City of Edinburgh – Edinburgh Improving support for people who hoard and self-neglect – Aberdeen Health and Social Care Partnership – Aberdeen Improving support for carers – Carers Northern Ireland and South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust – Ballynahinch Making sure that supported living genuinely enhances choice and control for people with a learning disability – Positive Futures – Belfast, Bangor, Cookstown, Enniskillen, Lisburn, Ards, Omagh Boosting employment for people with a learning disability – North Wales Together – Colwyn Bay (some travel across North Wales required) Joint work with housing – Thera Trust – Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Midlands, North England
These posts will be recruited by one of IMPACT’s five university partners but located in a host organisation (a local service or social care organisation) across the four nations of the UK. Post holders will work with these organisations, as detailed below, and with our delivery leads as well as IMPACT’s broader team of operational and strategic colleagues, and Leadership Team.
The positions are offered at 0.5/50% FTE for 12 months, starting in September 2024.
Informal enquires can be made to impactcentre@contacts.bham.ac.uk
To download the full job description and details of this position and submit an application please visit: https://impact.bham.ac.uk/our-people/vacancies/
