Chair of New Prescriptions Group
The
Worcestershire Arts Partnership (WAP) is seeking a Chair to run the New
Prescriptions Group which is the Health and Well Being Group.
Background
Health
and Well Being is one of the five priorities of 1000 Days, Worcestershire’s
Arts Strategy. This priority is well established within WAP and has seen a
number of symposiums as well as successful funding bids for projects. The
highlights over the last two years include:
·
Connecting
WAP with several health networks and building relationships with health
personnel
·
A
Symposium, involving health and arts professionals, looking at Ethics within
arts and health
·
Successful
event examining ways in which the arts can work within Cultural Commissioning
·
Three
successful bids to the West Mercia Police using the arts as a diversionary tool
to reduce crime
Your experience and skills
We are
looking to appoint one or more people to Chair the Group. We are looking for someone
with the following attributes:
·
Knowledge
and experience of the arts and health sector including a working knowledge of
how the Health Sector works at a County and National level
·
Understanding
of how the arts can contribute to the healthy outcomes to individuals and
groups
·
Ability
to manage a group of arts and health practitioners and act as an independent
Chair
·
Energy,
drive and commitment to embedding WAP within the Health sector, as a
contributor to people’s health and wellbeing in Worcestershire
·
Experience
in bid writing
Your roles and responsibilities
The
roles and responsibilities are laid out in 1000 Days, Worcestershire’s Arts
Strategy, and are as follows:
Oversee
the delivery of the Action Plan of the Arts Health and Well Being priority of
1000 Days, specifically:
·
Work
with health colleagues to map out the health and care sectors to identify key
posts responsibilities and routes in.
·
Provide
means of explaining what WAP and its members can do for health and well being
sector and promote to health colleagues
·
Work
with health colleagues to develop Obesity as a priority, which is priority 3 of
the Worcestershire's Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
·
Oversee
the progress of the Inspiring Futures in the Arts project funded through the West
Mercia Police
·
Explore
funding opportunities for the New Prescriptions Group to ensure longevity
·
To
run one developmental symposium for the sector
·
To
act as a Champion and representative for WAP and on occasion deputise for Steve
Wilson
·
To
attend and report back to the WAP Steering Group
·
To
run at least four meetings a year and set agendas
The Fee
The fee
for the role is £2,000 and this represents a total of approximately 10 Days
work or 20 half days over the course of a year.
This
role could be held by one person or shared between 2 people, and
responsibilities allocated appropriately.
At the
present time we do not have full funding in place and would thus welcome discussions
with anyone interested in the role about approaches to achieving full funding,
such as partial in-kind support. .
How to apply
Please
send a CV plus no more than 2 sides of A4, detailing your experience and
suitability for the role in response to the information outlined above, and
your consideration of the funding approach described above.
Responses
should be sent to
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