South West London Creative Health Lead

Salary range:  Grade 11 £46,968 - £49,056 (pro rata) p.a. plus fantastic benefits
Contract:  Fixed Term (24 months)
Hours of work: 28.8 hours per week 
Location: Croydon

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and inspirational individual to take on

the role of Creative Health Lead within the South West London health and care system.

This role, which is supported by Arts Council England and The Baring Foundation, is

part of the National Centre for Creative Health’s Creative Health Leads Programme,

which supports the integration of creative health across health and care systems. 

Creative Health Lead roles in health and care systems will provide a strategic 

advantage in achieving the objectives set out in England’s 10 Year Health Plan and

will contribute to addressing the wider determinants of health and through 

partnership working can support socioeconomic development across systems.

You will be an imaginative and self-motivated individual with a passionate belief in 

the power of culture and creativity to benefit the lives of individuals and 

communities. You will have an excellent understanding of your local health and/or 

cultural ‘ecosystem’ and be in a position to build on existing relationships and take 

an ‘asset-based’ approach to further developments.

Aims of the role:

• Development of a model for effective connections between health, social care and cultural sector

• Improved understanding about potential cultural sector contribution at a neighbourhood, place and system level within health and social care with a focus on health inequalities

• Improved knowledge of existing creative health provision and a mechanism for this to be regularly updated

• System plans and strategies feature creative health pathways and options

• Funding is identified to support sustainable creative health programmes within the health and social care system

• Expansion of creative health within social prescribing programmes

• Expansion of creative health within specific priority areas e.g. major conditions pathways, neighbourhood plans

Based at London Borough of Croydon, the role requires regular work across South West London partners and will benefit from a close management relationship with SWL ICB.

Interviews expected to be held on 17th / 18th September