Healthwatch Barnsley (hosted by Barnsley CVS), is going through an exciting redesign to enable community voices to have even greater impact on the current strategies and developments in Barnsley.  The Community Voice Officer role is an impactful and rewarding opportunity to join the Healthwatch Barnsley Team as we navigate upcoming changes introduced through the new NHS 10 Year Plan and the forthcoming Health Bill.  This role will ensure that the voices of Barnsley residents remain central as we work towards building a health and social care system that is fit for the future.

You will use your excellent interpersonal skills and creativity to gather feedback on Barnsley priorities, ensuring residents’ views shape local projects and developments contributing to Barnsley’s vision as the “Place of Possibilities”.

Working with Barnsley CVS and other established third-sector organisations you will identify new ways to reach under-represented or seldom-heard communities and strengthen how their voices inform local decision-making. You will collaborate with the wider Healthwatch team to support a strong, credible and independent voice within Barnsley’s strategic boards, helping to create a genuinely “Listening Borough”.

By capturing residents’ experiences and feeding them back to services you will contribute to a continuous feedback loop that empowers communities, builds trust and encourages ongoing participation in future engagement activities.

Key focus areas you could be working on include topics such as system-wide shifts

·        Hospital to Community

·        Analogue to Digital

·        Sickness to Prevention

·        Health on the high street

·        The Barnsley 2040 vision

As part of the redesign, you will work as a team to design new ways to create dynamic feedback loops to the public using tools such as magazine creation, blogs or vlogs, podcasts, social media.  Your work will ensure that the communities in Barnsley know that their voice can have a genuine impact on the shaping of their town.

Download the full job description and person specification here.

Download application form.

Interviews to be held on the 21st May.

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Please read the job description and person specification and then complete the application form. We do not accept CV's. Please return the application form to either hr@barnsleycvs.org.uk by 9am on the 14th May. If you need to post your application form, please call us on 01226 448800 for information about where to send the form. Similarly, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us on either the phone number or the email above. Interviews are planned for the 21st May in person in Barnsley. Please let us know in the application if you are unavailable on this day or would need the interview to be conducted online.

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If you have any questions about the role or want an informal conversation please contact Lesley Cooper, Healthwatch Manager on hello@healthwatchbarnsley.org.uk