International Recruitment Pastoral Care Officer

Do you want to make a real difference in the lives of people with mental health conditions? Are you providing fantastic service through your organisational skills? If so, we have the perfect job for you

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust is one of the largest mental health trusts in the UK. We provide a wide range of services to people with mental health conditions, including inpatient care, community mental health teams, and specialist services.

**We are looking for someone who is**:

- Flexible in their approach to work alternative hours where required, to meet the needs of our international recruits
- Understands the importance of providing excellent care to our new recruits
- Highly organised and can manage multiple conflicting responsibilities
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
- Excellent communicator
- Committed to providing high-quality care

Role has the potential to become permanent if the project is successful and continues.

To be responsible for coordinating/assisting with the welcome of our international recruits into the UK; you will ensure that they are supported through their journey to their site base and support the International Recruitment Team Leader and key stakeholders in assisting with a smooth arrival process, planning transport, accommodation, supporting orientation to the UK and our Trust.

Here are some of the reasons why you should choose to work at Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust:

- We are a large and well-established trust with a strong reputation for providing high-quality care.
- We offer a wide range of services to meet the needs of our patients.
- We have a supportive and collaborative working environment.
- We are committed to providing our staff with opportunities for professional development and career progression.
- We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, inclusive of an exception pension offering and a minimum of 27 days annual leave per annum + bank holidays.

We provide mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Provide pastoral support to newly recruited international staff, including:

- Helping with relocation arrangements;
- Providing information about the local area;
- Linking with networking groups, in partnership with our equality & diversity team;
- Offering emotional support;
- Organising transportation for the safe arrival of international recruits;
- Arrangement of appropriate short-term accommodation for internationally recruited staff;
- Meeting and/or arranging the meeting of new cohorts of international recruits inclusive of some long days and weekends;
- Coordinating and procuring necessary provisions required by international arrivals, identifying any specific requirements in alignment with the trust’s welcome package offered;
- Assisting new international recruits with onboarding and orientation within the trust;
- Booking of transportation to and from relevant training and examinations;
- To be present when the new recruits arrive in the Trust.
- Under the supervision of the International Recruitment Team Leader, coordinate the development, update and regular review of the Trust welcome packs, web page and resources. Ensuring all welcome packs and information are in new starters’ accommodation on arrival.
- Check in with International Recruits within agreed specified periods including evenings and weekends and co-ordinate access to support identified.
- Recruit to and co-ordinate a network of international recruitment buddies to be matched with new recruits, provide information and guidance to the buddies on the requirement to support setting up bank accounts, registering at a GP surgery and local orientation including places of worship, shops and leisure, etc. The activities to be supported will be outlined in more details once buddies are recruited.
- Arrange virtual and face to face social gatherings to support welcome the recruits to the Trust; ensure the development of friendships amongst international recruits, buddies and other staff who wish to participate.
- Work with the Communications Team to raise awareness internally about our international recruits including welcome communications, celebratory communications as cohorts complete their OSCEs and become registered nurses in the UK and other reasons to celebrate or raise awareness.
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