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Hours: Part-time, up to 30 hours per week, working days to be agreed

Salary: £23,000 to £25,000 pro rata

Healthwatch Rutland is the consumer champion for all users of local health and social care services.

Healthwatch Rutland have an exciting opportunity for someone to join their team to lead on the development of their volunteer base and to facilitate engagement and involvement of local people in their work.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate:

• Experience of recruiting, supporting, developing and motivating volunteers to gather experiences of health and social care effectively
• Experience of working with different communities and engaging the public, of all ages, both face-to-face and online
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including report-writing
• Experience with partnership working

The role is based at the Healthwatch Rutland office at Barleythorpe, Oakham, and you will need to be able to travel around the county when coronavirus restrictions are lifted. In the interim the successful candidate will work from home.

If you require a hardcopy application pack to be sent to you, or would like an informal chat about the role, please call 01572 720381 and leave a message or email info@healthwatchrutland.co.uk.

To apply: download and fill out the application form below addressing the criteria outlined in the Person Specification within the job description. The application can be completed in MS Word and emailed to info@heathwatchrutland.co.uk or you can print and send a hardcopy to Healthwatch Rutland, The King Centre, Main Road Barleythorpe, Oakham, Rutland LE15 7WD.

Healthwatch Rutland’s contract with Connected Together has been renewed for another two years to March 2023.

We are pleased to announce that Rutland County Council have extended Healthwatch Rutland‘s contract with Connected Together for another two years.

Rutland County Council awarded the contract to Connected Together Community Interest Company (CTCIC) in April 2018 for providing Healthwatch services in Rutland.

This renewal is a reflection of the hard work of staff, Board members and volunteers. Healthwatch Rutland and Connected Together will continue to ensure that Rutland people continue to be heard and that their health and social care needs are met.

We at Healthwatch Rutland are delighted to hear that Rutland County Council have extended our contract for another two years. We see this as recognition of the hard work and dedication of staff, Board members and volunteers. We will continue this work in representing the voice of Rutland people with health and care providers and will always strive to achieve the best possible care for Rutland residents.

Dr Janet Underwood, Healthwatch Rutland Chair

Healthwatch Northamptonshire and Healthwatch Rutland Annual Reports for 2019-20 have now been published.

Both Healthwatch have had busy years. During 2019-20 they continued to assert themselves as independent champions to put local people at the heart of decisions in health and care services. They undertook some exciting projects to gather the views and needs of service users.

Highlights of 2019-20 included:

• Gathering people’s views about the local implementation of the NHS Long Term Plan and sharing them widely with providers and commissioners of care.
• Ensuring children and young people, including young carers, have a voice in decision making through our Young Healthwatch groups and projects.
• Continuing to provide high quality and accessible information and working in partnership with others to have the most influence and impact.