Health, Care and Quality Committee Member

Volunteer role (reasonable travel expenses paid) Much Hadham, Hertfordshire (remote and on-site time commitment) About the role St Elizabeth’s exists to offer children and young people bespoke education, care and support services that maximise their opportunities to “live life to the full”. We’re looking to recruit knowledgeable and passionate individuals to join our Health & Care Quality Committee to support the board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities. The Health & Care Quality Committee (HCQC) ensures that the charity as a whole has robust systems and processes in place, and is providing high standards of health and care for its service users. They also contribute to key stakeholder accountability. HCQC currently consists of 5 members from various professional backgrounds within health and care. HCQC, along with the Trustee Board and other committees plays a vital role in achieving our mission, ensuring the charity makes the best use of its resources to meet its vision and purpose. What are we looking for? As a Committee Member your expertise, skills and life experience will help to further strengthen our governance structure in order to fulfil our mission. We are particularly keen to hear from individuals with the following: Clinical background, ideally with recent medical or nursing experience Experience at senior level within an organisation High ethical standards and a commitment to corporate governance principles Sound judgement and the ability to provide independent, objective advice Excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills Suitability to work with children, young people & vulnerable adults Similar values and ethos with the ability to keep our mission at the heart of all that we do Time commitment This is a volunteer role and reasonable travel expenses will be paid. You will need to be able to comfortably contribute on average 12 days per year to committee duties. Committee Members serve up to a 4-year term of office and are expected to attend 4 - 6 HCQC meetings each year. How to apply Please complete an application form and upload an up to date CV on our website. All offers are conditional and subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check. Applications will be reviewed and interviews scheduled on a rolling basis; therefore, we recommend that you apply sooner rather than later. We reserve the right to close an advert if we receive sufficient applications ahead of the deadline. If you require reasonable adjustments at application or interview stage, please do let us know as soon as possible. Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Establishing a diverse and inclusive Board and Committees is of great importance to us; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, reflecting our commitment to fostering a community built on mutual respect, inclusivity and shared purpose and ensuring that our Board and Committees reflect those who we serve. We would be particularly interested in applications from minority ethnic backgrounds and underrepresented groups. Safeguarding St Elizabeth’s Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service. It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group. Our vacancies are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

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