Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Practitioner

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.

Nearly 3,200 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 900+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us

**JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

YOUR APPLICATION

This potential change to government policy means that the Trust has paused** **activity relating to this and will not be asking you to provide evidence of** **a vaccination at this time. If you are successfully appointed into a post we will keep you updated with how any changes in law will affect you.

**Job overview**:
The post holder will work autonomously and take the operational lead on promoting the needs of those patients from minority and diverse communities through engagement with those communities, raising awareness amongst staff groups and working alongside local and national networks to address and challenge mental health inequalities.

This role will be instrumental in informing and improving the organisations response to diversity issues including in partnership devising and implementing policy and other types of quality controls, assurance and utilising improvement and experience frameworks in a fully co-produced and collaborative way.

**Main duties of the job**:
Promoting the mental health needs of patients from minority and/or disadvantaged groups and diverse communities including ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, poverty, age, learning disabilities, physical disability and neurodevelopmental disorders.

**Working for our organisation**:
This organisation has an established network of community groups which support and promote staff issues in respect of equality, diversity and inclusiveness, we want to make sure we are breaking down barriers around the same issues for our service users. Ensuring access to excellent quality, safe services for all is where this organisation wants to be; _inclusion without discrimination._ Improving the access and experience for our service users, carer's, families and loved ones is fundamental to this organisations driving strategy, our values and our future.

The organisation is able to offer experience working with people across the whole age spectrum, within both core and specialist services which care for those with functional and organic mental health issues. We have a range of inpatient and community teams reaching from Newmarket up to Kings Lynn and everywhere in between.

As a staff member you will have the opportunity to work in partnership with statutory and non statutory agencies; innovate and implement improvements with the support of a large organisation which has a myriad of expertise and an overwhelming eagerness to improve in this area.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
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**Essential criteria**:
**Desirable criteria**:

- Lived experience

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**Essential criteria**:

- Reasonable confidence and competence in using IT systems (e.g. Outlook, Word, clinical or other record systems) relevant to the role. Able to analyse and interpret data.

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**Essential criteria**:

- Experience of acting as a champion for EDI, challenging discrimination, ensuring fair and just resolutions with integrity and compassion
- Experience of working within a health care setting

**Desirable criteria**:

- Good understanding of Equality Act 2010 and broader statutory and public sector equality duties. Broad understanding of up-to-date research on inequalities in health care
- EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES_
- Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.- Additionally, people with disabilities that fall under the Two Ticks - Guaranteed Interview Scheme will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria fo