Our Values

In line with our One Coventry Values we strive to have a workforce that reflects our local communities and welcome applicants from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic backgrounds, applicants who have a disability and applicants who are from the LGBTQ+ community to apply for our senior leadership roles. 

Our Values are:

About the team we are recruiting to

Sitting within Coventry City Council Adult Social Care,  The Pod is an award winning secondary mental health social brokerage and cultural hub which represents a new progressive & values driven within local authority adult social care, one that focuses on critical connections and a shift from service user/patient to citizenship and agency. 

The PODS work asserts the importance of co-production & cultivating authentic connection with the city, its creatives, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, changemakers & quiet activists.  As an outcome of The Pod’s approach unexpected (and often unconventional) bridges to sector experts, employment, just things that matter are forged, sustained and made real.  

‘What THE POD do is innovative, radical and socially engaged’ - NHS England  

 ‘[The Pod] challenges national assumptions around what and how social care can deliver’ (TLAP) 

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

We have a simple vision and strategy that defines what we are trying to achieve, our purpose and our approach which underpin the principles of Adult Social Care, and we continue to work in support of this.

In a simple sense all our work, at whatever level should continue to support the strategy of: ‘Providing support, in the least intrusive manner possible, based on the assets, resources and abilities that are available to people’.

What is the job role?

The Pod team are committed to working in ways that are rights based, collaborative, creative, dynamic and personalised. The Pod have asserted National influence through work with TLAP, Public Health England, National Development Team For Social Inclusion In Mental Health, Local Government Association and presenting to the Health and Social Care Committee in Parliament. We aim to secure fast, firm and sustainable outcomes.    

As a team member of The Pod, you will have a focus on an inter-disciplinary collective within Adult Mental Health Services that aims to embed and promote the social model in all aspects of its work (SICol).  

To provide a direct response to Citizens where their mental health crisis is dominated by social stressors and where Crisis and Community teams lack the capacity, and work along side people with the aim of them realising and exercising their rights. With suicide linked to experiencing homelessness rising rapidly in recent years, this role will have a particular focus on housing rights. Forming effective working partnerships with both the referring practitioner and the person they have referred, navigating them through their personal/professional responsibilities and/or rights at each stage of The Pod’s recovery pathway. 

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Who are we looking for?

You’ll need to be passionate about rights and recovery based work in adult mental health and have a natural affinity with the principles of co-production, which are applied both when supporting an individual to complete their Statutory  Care Act Assessments and then through to Social Brokerage.  This ethos, coupled with the ability to co-produce with Citizens and their stakeholders, and to change the viewpoint of invested professionals such as Housing Officers and health staff. 

To be part of this innovative and award winning service you’ll need to demonstrate that you have: 

• Experience of one to one work with individuals who want to make significant changes in their life. 
• Experience or knowledge of housing rights

• Experience of working in multi –disciplinary teams and with community organisations and/or social activists, statutory services, academic institutions, trade unions, law centres et al
• Ability to research opportunities available across the city (and further afield) that link to individual outcomes for example in culture, leisure, education, volunteering. 

When applying for this role you will be asked to write a personal statement, when writing your personal statement please include evidence of the above.

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'

Interview date(s): 10/01/2024 and 11/01/2024

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 4800 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies

Coventry City Council