Jobs and involvement opportunities

Jobs and involvement opportunities with NSUN

Please bookmark this page as we will share employment offers and involvement opportunities here as soon as they arise.

Some of our involvement opportunities are shared in our news section, especially if they are part of project work that is topical.

If you'd like to check whether there are involvement opportunities in our current news articles, please take a look at this page, where they are collected.

Our jobs, involvement opportunities and news are also shared in our weekly e-bulletins and quarterly SRN bulletins. Members receive bulletins in their e-mailboxes. All bulletins are archived here. Please note that bulletins get archived a week after publication.

NSUN is recruiting new trustees

Are you someone who has had experience of mental distress and/or a personal or professional interest in mental health and are interested in becoming an NSUN trustee?

We are looking for new trustees to join the NSUN Board. This is a high-profile appointment to which you will bring your expertise and experience and an absolute commitment to promoting the rights of people with experience of distress, disadvantage and discrimination

Please click on this link for full details of the role and how to apply.

The closing date for applications is Monday 16th September 2019 – 9am
Interviews will take place on Thursday 19th September and/or Friday 20th September 2019.

Jobs and involvement opportunities with other organisations

We share jobs and involvement opportunities on a weekly basis, in our e-bulletin.

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Latest

NSUN is recruiting!

We are at an exciting stage of change and development, having finished a period of deep reflection and review. After 10 years in post Sarah Yiannoullou is standing down as Managing Director and managing the recruitment of a new CEO. We are also looking to recruit new Trustees. Find out more here.
Update on the UNCRPD

An important recent development is that work is now occurring on indicators for the 33 Articles which make up the UNCRPD. The idea is that these can then be used to demonstrate further what the UNCRPD means in practice and to track a country’s progress with implementing it.
The Value of User Led Groups (2019 campaign)

NSUN’s main campaign in 2019 is the value of user-led groups - that is demonstrating the huge value of user-led groups in our society and fighting the cause for their survival.
Know your human rights

NSUN trustee, Rachel Rowan Olive, attended the launch of the British Institute of Human Rights online tool earlier this month. The 'Know Your Human Rights' tool is aimed at helping mental health service users raise issues around human rights in their care. BIHR are looking at how they can make sure the tool is widely used and get feedback on how to develop it further.

Jobs and involvement opportunities

Jobs and other involvement opportunities that call upon your lived experience as a mental health survivor / service user / carer.
4Pi national involvement standards

Developed by people with lived experience as part of the National Involvement Partnership (NIP) project, the 4Pi National Standards ensure effective co-production, thus really improving experiences of services and support.
Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit - Open Letters

The UK government is hosting a Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit in London on the 9th and 10th of October, 2018. The Summit aims to “build momentum on global mental health issues such as early intervention, public health, research, tackling stigma, and promoting access to evidence-based services.”. Read the Open Letters to the Organisers, Partners and Delegates of the Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit, London
BME mental health service users launch manifesto

The Kindred Minds BME mental health service user led manifesto is a unique resource, has been written by BME mental health service users and has a comprehensive vision for the policy and practice changes needed to improve the mental well-being of BME mental health service users.
History

About the National Survivor User Network (NSUN) and the wider service user survivor movement. What we have achieved.
Join as a member

We are a ‘user led’ network of over 4500 individual and group members. Join us to find out what's happening across England to improve the experiences of people who need services and support when in distress. We aim to connect, inform and influence.
Survivor Researcher Network launch manifesto

Written by the Survivor Researcher Working Group, the SRN manifesto sets out the background and context to survivor and service user research and SRN's aims and values as a network
Alternatives to detention/sectioning under the Mental Health Act 1983. Can you help with suggestions?

As part of her work for the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act, Dorothy Gould is trying to collect as many examples as possible of alternatives to detention/sectioning.
Our vision

Our vision is for the lives of people who experience mental distress, discrimination and disadvantage to be better
The Principles of Peer Support Charter

A collaboration between statutory and voluntary sector organisations has facilitated the production of a peer led and produced Principles of Peer Support Charter.