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Buckinghamshire Recovery College Lived Experience Tutor
Role summary
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The Buckinghamshire Recovery College Lived Experience Tutor delivers recovery-focused educational sessions using personal experience of mental health challenges and recovery. The role requires strong communication, facilitation and organisational skills, alongside an ability to work sensitively with people from diverse backgrounds. Candidates are expected to use lived experience constructively, maintain professional boundaries, promote hope and inclusion, and work collaboratively with clinical teams, learners and other tutors. Experience of supporting groups, delivering workshops or contributing to recovery-oriented services is desirable. The successful candidate should demonstrate reliability, emotional resilience, confidentiality, safeguarding awareness and a commitment to person-centred care. Relevant training, references and appropriate pre-employment checks will be required.
Can I work in the UK?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: NHS nurses, doctors and allied health get a Health and Care Worker visa (about 3 weeks, no health surcharge); care workers lost this route on 22 July 2025.
Before you apply: Nurses, doctors and most allied health staff must be registered or licensed locally before they start: expect checks on your degree and licence, often an English test, and often an exam or an assessment. Ask the employer who handles it and how long it takes. Most pharma and device office jobs do not need it.
Watch for: Pay follows the NHS pay bands and is usually at least GBP 25,000. Nurses and allied health also need UK professional registration; care workers cannot be sponsored from abroad.
Official source: GOV.UK: Health and Care Worker visa, your job. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in the UK
Usual for Healthcare jobs in the UK, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Registration | Join the Nursing and Midwifery Council register: English language rules and a Test of Competence |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Visa fee GBP 324 (up to 3 years) or GBP 628 (longer); no health surcharge on this visa |
| Housing | Not usually provided; you rent privately |
| Flights | Not standard; varies by employer and seniority |
| Contract | Permanent is usual; sponsored work visas last up to 5 years at a time |
| Leave | At least 28 days for a 5-day week (by law); employers may count bank holidays in it |
| Income tax | 0% to GBP 12,570, 20% to GBP 50,270, then 40%; plus 8% National Insurance (Scotland differs) |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
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About Oxford Health NHS Trust
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health, community and specialist healthcare services across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire and surrounding areas. The Trust supports children, young people, adults and older people through hospitals, community teams, outpatient services and specialist programmes. Its work includes mental health treatment, physical healthcare, learning disability services, community nursing and health visiting. Oxford Health promotes recovery, prevention, partnership working and personalised care, with patients, carers and people with lived experience contributing to service design and delivery. The organisation is a major NHS employer and works with universities, local authorities, voluntary organisations and other healthcare providers. Its Recovery College programmes help people build knowledge, confidence and practical skills for wellbeing, education, employment and community participation.