Croydon Council
South West London Creative Health Lead

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Job Description
Salary range: Grade 11 £46,968 - £49,056 (pro rata) p.a. plus fantastic benefits
Contract: Fixed Term (24 months)
Hours of work: 28.8 hours per week
Location: Croydon
This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and inspirational individual to take on the role of Creative Health Lead within the South West London health and care system.
This role, which is supported by Arts Council England and The Baring Foundation, is part of the National Centre for Creative Health’s Creative Health Leads Programme, which supports the integration of creative health across health and care systems.
Creative Health Lead roles in health and care systems will provide a strategic advantage in achieving the objectives set out in England’s 10 Year Health Plan and will contribute to addressing the wider determinants of health and through partnership working can support socioeconomic development across systems.
You will be an imaginative and self-motivated individual with a passionate belief in the power of culture and creativity to benefit the lives of individuals and communities. You will have an excellent understanding of your local health and/or cultural ‘ecosystem’ and be in a position to build on existing relationships and take an ‘asset-based’ approach to further developments.
Aims Of The Role
- Development of a model for effective connections between health, social care and cultural sector
- Improved understanding about potential cultural sector contribution at a neighbourhood, place and system level within health and social care with a focus on health inequalities
- Improved knowledge of existing creative health provision and a mechanism for this to be regularly updated
- System plans and strategies feature creative health pathways and options
- Funding is identified to support sustainable creative health programmes within the health and social care system
- Expansion of creative health within social prescribing programmes
- Expansion of creative health within specific priority areas e.g. major conditions pathways, neighbourhood plans
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Based at London Borough of Croydon, the role requires regular work across South West London partners and will benefit from a close management relationship with SWL ICB.
Interviews expected to be held on 17th / 18th September
To view the South West London Creative Health Lead role profile please Click here.
About Us
Croydon Council’s priorities
The Council balances its books, listens to residents, and delivers good sustainable services
- Get a grip on the finances and make the council financially sustainable
- Become a council which listens to, respects and works in partnership with Croydon’s diverse communities and businesses
- Strengthen collaboration and joint working with partner organisations and the voluntary, community and faith sectors
- Ensure good governance is embedded and adopt best practice
- Develop our workforce to deliver in a manner that respects the diversity of our communities


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Key Business Plan Outcomes
- Croydon is a place of opportunity for business, earning and learning
- Children and young people in Croydon have the chance to thrive, learn and fulfil their potential
- Croydon is a cleaner, safer and healthier place, a borough we’re proud to call home
- People can lead healthier and independent lives for longer
- Croydon Council’s new ways of working
Equal Opportunities Statement
Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.
Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
The Successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check, if the role requires one.
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