We recruit people based on their values and believe that their lived experience is an advantage. We seek out potential, not perfection, and this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

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Main duties of the job

* Assist in the development and implementation of our UPLIFT social media communication strategy to increase awareness and promoteengagement with our target audience.* Create and publish engaging content across UPLIFT's social media platforms in a timely and professional manner.* Monitor and respond to interactions with followers and online community, fostering positive relationships and addressing concerns.* Collaborate with internal teams to ensure a cohesive brand message for UPLIFT is communicated across all social media channels.* Stay up to date on social media trends and best practices to continually improve our social media presence.* Create content for the UPLIFT Asylum website.* Provide support regarding the facilitation and running of workshops and data collection.

About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Job description

Job responsibilities

A LYPFT research project (UPLIFT Asylum) has been awarded a grant to engage asylum seekers and refugees who areexperiencing perinatal mental illness, in research. We are going to do this via social media (TikTok and Instagram), a website, andwellbeing workshops. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who has an interest in perinatal mental health and experiencewith social media to join the team. Working with the project team, asylum seekers and other stakeholders, they will providecomprehensive social media support through excellent and creative written, digital and face to face communication as well asassisting with organisation and running of focus groups and workshops. They will also support the Chief Investigator (CI) andmembers of the project team to successfully deliver the aims and objectives of the UPLIFT project. This is a unique project andone that will allow you to express yourself creatively in healthcare while engaging with a very vulnerable group who we hope willget great benefits from it. It will also provide you with experience in research, and the opportunity to work within the researchand development team.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or with equivalent professional experience in a health-related discipline or in communications, marketing, public relations or related field.

Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of digital communications and producing digital content using content management systems, social media channels and blog sites.
• Effective communication skills
• Good level of computer literacy

Experience

Essential

• Knowledge of the mental health field, by training, education or experience.

Values evidence

Essential

• Has the applicant displayed or described a way in which they meet 1 of the 3 Trust values? Caring, Simple, Integrity?

Additional evidence

Essential

• Has the applicant evidenced lived experience, caring or volunteering experience within the supporting statement?

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Mary's House

Leeds

LS7 3JX

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