We’ve launched our Mental Health Workforce Plan for Norfolk and Waveney which sets out our vision for Norfolk & Waveney to be the best place to work.

The plan is based on four priorities which will ensure we have happy, healthy staff providing excellent compassionate care.

Priority 1 – Creating new opportunities for our people

We’ll introduce new roles and competency-based career paths. Develop flexible rotational or joint roles working with education partners. And placements in the voluntary sector and opportunities for portfolio careers.

Priority 2 – Promoting good health and wellbeing

We’ll coproduce agreed staffing models to deliver safe, high-quality cost-effective care and take action to address racism and microaggressions from patients/carers.

Priority 3 – Creating a positive and inclusive culture

We’ll take action to improve equality, diversity & inclusion and promote the anti-racism strategy. Create leadership development programmes and provide access to team and individual coaching.

Priority 4 – Maximising the skills of our people

We’ll develop a collaborative training offer for communities, patients/carers, people working in mental health and volunteers, and we’ll create a Children and Young People mental health academy.

As a health and care system, we will all work together to make Norfolk and Waveney the best place to work and ensure people can live as healthy a life as possible.

You can read the full plan on the WeCareTogether website https://wecaretogethernw.co.uk/our-vision/our-strategy/