Workshop Technical Instructor

Evidence, Research and Development

• Research select and apply relevant information to inform workshop practice, with guidance from more experienced colleagues
• Understanding of the role of Wood workshop in health & wellbeing & recovery
• Gather and disseminate evidence including effecting writing for a range of situations, e.g. emails, internal reports, presentations, study events) with more experienced colleagues

Key Performance Indicators:

• Attend Community meetings in response to patient requests
• Complete Schemes of work and session plans for all sessions
• All sessions to be planned and delivered with Risk Assessments
• Maintain all workshop resources to a high standard
• At least 70% of TI time is spent in direct face-to-face contact with individuals
• Recording patient contact on Pink Notes and Recovery College weekly registers and provide activity and service user feedback in Team meetings
• Activity areas and workshop store room are kept fully resourced with in-date equipment and materials, and kept clean and tidy with risk processes maintained and evidenced
• Supervision and/mentoring of self and others (including students where appropriate) occurs within expected time frames
• Provide creative support for team and corporate events
• Attend weekly team meetings

General:

• To attend for work reliably and punctually and to follow a work pattern as required to fulfil the role, being flexible to the service needs.
• To actively promote equality, diversity and co-production & challenge unacceptable behaviour and discrimination
• To carry out, as and when required, any additional tasks and responsibilities as are reasonably compatible with this job description and its objectives.
• To remain vigilant and do everything possible to protect individuals in our care and others from abuse of a physical, emotional, sexual, neglectful, financial or institutional nature. This includes a requirement to report any incident of this nature you witness or suspect that is brought to your attention.
• To use an appropriate level of confidentiality where personal information is involved with regard to both individuals in our care and employees.
• To work autonomously, demonstrating effective time management and organisational skills, and proactively seeking out additional support if required.
• To ensure the development, maintenance and dissemination of the highest professional standards of practice as expected within Recovery College protocols
• To ensure the highest standards of record keeping in accordance with organisational policies and procedures.
• To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and company policies in relation to the specific client group; as well as wider issues affecting our delivery of a quality service.
• Cygnet is committed to developing effective user and carer involvement at all stages in the delivery of care. All employees are required to make positive efforts to support and promote successful user and carer participation as part of their day to day work.

To Be Noted:
The contribution of this role:
The way in which this role is carried out will have a direct and highly significant effect on the quality of the entire service provided by the company, and bear directly on how well-equipped teams feel to carry out the jobs they are employed to do.
You will therefore be making a very important contribution to other employees, to matters affecting individuals in our care and their experience with us, and to the reputation and achievements of all establishments and the company as a whole.
This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with the manager.
This job description will be reviewed regularly in the light of changing service requirements and any such changes will be discussed with the post holder.
The post holder is expected to comply with all relevant organisational policies, procedures and guidelines, including those relating to Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Confidentiality of information.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

JOB TITLE: Technical Instructor (Wood Workshop)

All person specifications will be tested through the application form/CV or through the interview process. Candidates are expected to bring a portfolio/ samples of their creative work and will be expected to deliver a short session to staff and service users as part of the interview process

Essential

Desirable

Assessment

A: Application/ document check

I: Interview

P: Portfolio

S: Sample Lesson

Training And Qualifications

Wood work Qualifications/ experience Evidence of personal development in previous employment and/or education

Evidence of experience working with resistive materials

A/I

Knowledge

Factual And Theoretical Knowledge Of:

• Understand the underlying principles of Recovery Education in Mental Health settings
• The importance of understanding how wood work projects and home maintenance activities can contribute to individual sense of purpose and wellbeing and recovery
• The importance of resource management
• Understanding of Risk management and Safeguarding

Factual And Theoretical Knowledge Of:

• A good understanding of Adult learning and the role of wood workshop
• Understanding of a Forensic Mental Health settings

I/S

Skills

• Work with a degree of autonomy as part of a team, managing delegated activities, accepting accountability and responsibility for own actions
• Reflective practitioner skills, able to analyse work with service users and staff utilizing this to adapt and improve practice
• Work in partnership with others
• Positively question own and others’ practice to create opportunities to generate new knowledge
• Respond flexibly to changing situations, which impact on service delivery
• Plan and manage a schedule/timetable for self and support other staff when required
• Use company online systems for generating plans and recording progress

Leading and working with others

• Evidence of working within a mental health setting
• Experience of using a wide range of Wood work skills
• High level of ability in using technology to record, develop and present materials, plans and reports

Experience

• Developing and delivering a broad range of wood workshop skills
• Adapting and differentiating activities and tasks to support workshop skill building and confidence
• Running groups and activities
• Working within a multidisciplinary team
• Working with people who have diminished capacity and responsibility for their own actions
• Motivating people to engage in meaningful activities

Experience of working with people who have mental illness or learning disabilities
**Research approaches, including methods, e.g. the audit