Job title: Volunteer & Engagement Officer Salary: £24-28,000 per annum, plus pension arrangements Location: RCCE House, Feering, Essex Background Healthwatch Essex is a well-established independent charity with the vision of being ‘an voice for the people of Essex, helping to shape and improve local health and social care the voice and lived experience of people services’. We will achieve this by collecting across Essex, and translating this grass-roots information into strategic intelligence that is capable of influencing the commissioning and delivery of local health and social care services. Our work includes engaging the public in innovative and effective ways, such as films and panel debates, as well as carrying out high-quality social research. We also provide a telephone- and web-based information service to help the public access and understand the NHS and social care services. Above all, we aim to influence the decisions made by local health and social care authorities. Our success depends on building constructive partnerships with the NHS, local authorities, and voluntary and community organisations. The Healthwatch Essex staff team will be responsible for ensuring that this work is conducted to the highest standards, reflecting clear strategic goals, and focussed on achieving meaningful outcomes. Our ambition is to be not only an effective agent of local change, but also to reflect the highest standards of national and international best practice. The creation of Healthwatch Essex is a result of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, and the aim of and the public Government’s ‘putting patients first’ through strengthening their collective voice. The Act creates a national network of local Healthwatch organisations, as well as national umbrella organisation, Healthwatch England. The Act also gives local Healthwatch organisations certain statutory powers to discharge its role, as well as certain obligations. For more information about Healthwatch Essex, visit , or contact Deborah Potticary 01376 572829 The role The Volunteer & Project Officer will be responsible for the day-to-day management of Healthwatch Essex (HWE) volunteers, and for working with the HWE team to deliver a variety of outreach, engagement and research-based events and projects.
Job title: Volunteer & Engagement Officer Salary: £24-28,000 per annum, plus pension arrangements Location: RCCE House, Feering, Essex Background Healthwatch Essex is a well-established charity with the vision of being ‘an independent voice for the people of Essex, helping to shape and improve local health and social care services’. We will achieve this by collecting the voice and lived experience of people across Essex, and translating this grass-roots information into strategic intelligence that is capable of influencing the commissioning and delivery of local health and social care services. Our work includes engaging the public in innovative and effective ways, such as films and panel debates, as well as carrying out high-quality social research. We also provide a telephone- and web-based information service to help the public access and understand the NHS and social care services. Above all, we aim to influence the decisions made by local health and social care authorities. Our success depends on building constructive partnerships with the NHS, local authorities, and voluntary and community organisations. The Healthwatch Essex staff team will be responsible for ensuring that this work is conducted to the highest standards, reflecting clear strategic goals, and focussed on achieving meaningful outcomes. Our ambition is to be not only an effective agent of local change, but also to reflect the highest standards of national and international best practice. The creation of Healthwatch Essex is a result of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, and the Government’s aim of ‘putting patients and the public first’ through strengthening their collective voice. The Act creates a national network of local Healthwatch organisations, as well as national umbrella organisation, Healthwatch England. The Act also gives local Healthwatch organisations certain statutory powers to discharge its role, as well as certain obligations. For more information about Healthwatch Essex, visit , or contact Deborah Potticary 01376 572829 The role The Volunteer & Project Officer will be responsible for the day-to-day management of Healthwatch Essex (HWE) volunteers, and for working with the HWE team to deliver a variety of outreach, engagement and research-based events and projects.
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