Service User Involvement Facilitator - #2168743

Service User Involvement Facilitator

TPS (2024) Points* 18 – 22, starting at £31,173.24 pa/pro rata

22.5 hours per week

This role is fixed term for up to 3 years, with the possibility of extension.

Touchstone is a multi-award-winning mental health and wellbeing charity operating in communities across Yorkshire. Touchstone understands that we can only deliver excellence to the people we serve if the people we recruit are happy, empowered, supported to reach their potential and trusted to lead.

Touchstone is committed to placing lived experience at the heart of service design, delivery and organisational growth. This a new and exciting role that will support Touchstone’s aspirations to further develop innovative community-led mental health services. The aim of the role is to facilitate inclusive and collaborative spaces, where people with lived experience influence decision-making and contribute to meaningful change across the organisation.

The successful candidate will have demonstrate experience of effectively engaging service users and working alongside people with lived experience to drive service improvement. You will also have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Information Session via TEAMS on Monday 26th October 2026 at 12pm

CLOSING DATE: Sunday 1st November 2026

Interviews will be held on: Tuesday 17th November 2026

Queries regarding this vacancy can be made to [email protected]

For further details click on the following link Invest to Grow Recruitment Booklet

As an employee of Touchstone you will benefit from the following:

· Working for a diverse and inclusive organisation e.g. 37% BME staff, 25% LGBTQ+ staff, 19% staff with a disability. Staff and peer support networks (as above and many more)

· 28 days annual leave (rising to 31 after 2 years) + 8 bank holidays (pro-rata)

· Flexible working opportunities

· Access to HealthHero - Employee Assistance Scheme and Virtual GP service for staff

· Personal wellbeing and training budget.

· Access to 24/7 confidential staff helpline.

· Health and wellbeing activities and fun staff team away days

· Inclusive maternity and parental policies and pay

· Additional day of leave as a celebration day or health and wellbeing

· Learning and personal development opportunities

Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, an equal rights employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly, BME and LGB and Trans communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone. All applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria will be interviewed. Additional information can be obtained from our equal opportunities policy. Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and we do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you. Please note that feedback is not provided to applicants who have not been shortlisted. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.