Advanced Lived Experience Educator
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 27/08/2026
- Closes
- 09/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an Advanced Lived Experience Educator who has personally used inpatient mental health services and experienced restrictive practices. The postholder will co-design and co-deliver trust-wide training on reducing restrictive practices, bringing a lived experience perspective. They will teach physical elements of training, promote de-escalation, and help create psychologically safer learning environments. The role also involves providing professional peer supervision and consulting with inpatient teams to improve practices.
Essential criteria
- Lived experience of recovery from mental and emotional distress, and experience of using secondary care mental health services
- Experience of delivering mentoring and/or supervision/appraisal
- Experience of working with a range of organisations to support service users to reach their personal goals
- Experience in using electronic patient records systems such as RiO, SystemOne or care notes
- Experience of teaching and training or facilitating groupwork
- Experience of relationship building and partnership working
- Experience of public speaking
- Liaising and working with colleagues from other disciplines.
- Experience as a peer worker
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in service redesign and development.
- Teaching Experience
- Experience of policy development
- SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES
- Ability to demonstrate first person experiential knowledge of recovery at an expert level
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the concept of personal recovery as it may apply to others
- Awareness of the service user/ survivor movement and the history of Intentional Peer Support
- Understanding of the issues and concerns of individuals struggling with addiction
- Knowledge and commitment to service users' rights, involvement and service-user led initiatives
- Understanding and practical knowledge of a variety of recovery and socially inclusive approaches
- Knowledge of Trauma Informed Practice
- Demonstrable skills in effective leadership
- Ability to take part in activities for improving quality
- Ability to manage own workload, prioritise and seek creative solutions
- Understanding of the importance of equality and diversity.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent presentation skills
- Ability to treat service users with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally sensitive approach, which considers the needs of the whole person.
- Ability to provide leadership and supervision to the team.
- Ability to deal with pressure, prioritisation and delegation and meeting deadlines
- Ability to work in accordance with Trust Policies and Procedures
- Good IT skills
- Ability to work autonomously, on own initiative and under pressure to meet deadlines and competing priorities; & to make and action decisions independently within agreed time frames.
- Ability to prioritise workload, delegate effectively and to support junior staff to do so.
- Ability to regularly identify and undertake appropriate learning and development opportunities as part of ongoing CPD.
- Ability to identify and effectively manage performance of self and others.
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance. Ability to recognise and articulate own values and principles, understanding how these may different from those of others Ability to Chair/facilitate a meeting
- Ability to develop positive working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders during times of organisational change
- Awareness of community resources and service user groups
- Working knowledge of current legislation which underpins Health and Social Care and a working knowledge of the Equalities Act 2010 and Human Rights Act
- EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
- Completion of Peer Support Training
- Undergraduate degree or able to demonstrate equivalent skills in research, writing or analysis
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Full UK Driving licence and access to a vehicle
- Mentorship or clinical supervision training
- PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Paid/unpaid relevant to job
- Lived experience of recovery from mental and emotional distress, and experience of using secondary care mental health services
- Experience of delivering mentoring and/or supervision/appraisal
- Experience of working with a range of organisations to support service users to reach their personal goals
- Experience in using electronic patient records systems such as RiO, SystemOne or care notes
- Experience of teaching and training or facilitating groupwork
- Experience of relationship building and partnership working
- Experience of public speaking
- Liaising and working with colleagues from other disciplines.
- Experience as a peer worker
- Involvement in service redesign and development.
- Teaching Experience
- Experience of policy development
- SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES
- Ability to demonstrate first person experiential knowledge of recovery at an expert level
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the concept of personal recovery as it may apply to others
- Awareness of the service user/ survivor movement and the history of Intentional Peer Support
- Understanding of the issues and conc
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £47,951 – £56,863 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
Have you personally used inpatient mental health services and been subject to restrictive practices during your care? Are you an experienced peer or lived experience practitioner who can use your professional and personal experience reflectively, safely and purposefully to improve staff learning, safety and culture?
Please note: This vacancy does not meet the criteria for Skilled Worker sponsorship, unless you meet the criteria by temporary exemption from current changes to immigration rules put in force on 22/07/2025. "Separate provisions are applied to workers who have been sponsored and held continuously Skilled Worker visa since prior to 04/04/2024."
As such, if you don't meet the Transitional Provision (above) we are unable to consider your application unless you can provide documentary evidence of your right to work in the United Kingdom. If you believe you are eligible for sponsorship or already hold a valid right to work in the UK, please ensure you provide full details of your immigration status in the Pre-Screening Immigration section of your application form.
Please note role eligibility also depends on whether the role meets the salary threshold for the relevant occupational code (SOC CODE).
For further info please visit: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK
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