Job Description

You will need to have the necessary skills and experience to take responsibility for leading and delivering this project, ensuring the views of what parent carers want from services are heard and ensure these are at the heart of any future service model. You will need to plan and facilitate coproduction sessions for parent carers and analyse the results. It is expected that you will have a knowledge of the county of Wiltshire and an understanding of how customers and carers in Wiltshire may wish to be engaged. You will need to plan and facilitate a number and range of different engagement opportunities so that all parent carers are given equal opportunity to contribute and you will take proactive steps to make reasonable adjustments where appropriate. You will make effective use of technology in delivering this project. You will need to identify potential barriers to engagement, both generally (e.g. providing accessible venues/formats for discussions, finding out which times work best for people) and/or for specific groups, and identify how these barriers will be mitigated and/or overcome. You will need to travel within Wiltshire in order to ensure as many parent carers are given the opportunity to engage in coproduction as possible. You will be able to claim travel expenses from the WPCC, incurred as a result of engagement activity. You will need to produce a written report at the end of this project that includes an analysis of all findings. This report will need to be written in partnership with a partner organisation who will be responsible for engaging with young people with SEND.

This is a three month project, expected to start on or near mid-November 2021. You will be paid £170 per day for a maximum of 27 days. You will need to organise your time across the three month project and you will have some flexibility in organising which days you will work. It is expected that you will usually work within the hours of 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday but some flexibility may be required depending on how and when some parent carers wish to engage in coproduction sessions. You will need to plan and organise your time to include planning and preparing for engagement sessions, delivering and facilitating sessions, analysing findings and reporting. A self-employed contract with the successful candidate would be preferred, but a fixed term contract will be considered if this is the preferred option of the successful candidate. You will have some support from the WPCC team including promotion of coproduction sessions, support and supervision from the Strategic Director, and support to source and book venues from the Office Manager. The WPCC can arrange the loan of a laptop if necessary and access to equipment such as a projector and stationery. You will be provided with a WPCC email address for the duration of the project.

Closing date for applications is 5pm on Sunday 14th November 2021. Interviews for successful shortlisted candidates will take place on Monday 22nd November 2021, at the WPCC office which is in central Trowbridge.

It is hoped the successful candidate will start as soon as possible after the interview, subject to necessary checks. You will need an enhanced DBS; the WPCC will arrange this if you do not have a valid certificate.