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Join Our Team as an Employability Officer/Job Coach!
Are you passionate about making a difference and supporting individuals to reach their full potential? NHS Lanarkshire is on the lookout for a dynamic Employability Officer/Job Coach to drive our Widening Access and Employability Strategy and help us achieve our vision as an Anchor Organisation.
Your Role:
As our Employability Officer/Job Coach, you will be at the forefront of developing and implementing initiatives that align with the NHSL Employability Strategy and key Scottish Government policies, such as No-one Left Behind and the Child Poverty Action Plan. Reporting to the Senior Employability Advisor/Job Coach Lead, your main responsibilities will include:
- Managing the operational activities for NHSL’s Employability and Apprenticeship Programmes (Foundation, Modern, and Graduate Apprenticeships).
- Providing tailored job coaching to individuals in our employability programmes.
- Supporting and advising NHS Lanarkshire managers.
- Collaborating with external agencies to enhance employability initiatives across all NHSL services and sites.
If you are ready to take on this exciting challenge and make a real impact, we would love to hear from you!
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What We’re Looking For:
- Proven experience in a job coach role within employability programmes in a large sector organisation.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with multiple agencies.
- Strong skills in interpreting complex information and managing workloads efficiently.
- Effective presentation skills
- Education to SCQF Level 8 or equivalent knowledge in Job Coaching, or significant relevant experience.
Why Join Us?
- Be part of a dedicated Employability Hub Team within NHS Lanarkshire’s Human Resources Directorate.
- Play a crucial role in shaping and delivering impactful employability initiatives.
- Work in a supportive environment where your expertise and ideas are valued.
Contract type
- Fixed Term or Secondment until March 2025
- Full time
- 37 hours
Please note this is a fixed term post until March 2025. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based in the Human Resource Department within Law House, this base is subject to change to Kirklands Hospital in the future.
The working pattern for this role Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm.
Looking to find out more?
If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!
Please contact Lorraine Scott, HR Business Partner - Employability on Lorraine.Scott2@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk.
Join us in driving positive change and empowering individuals to achieve their career aspirations. Apply today and be part of something extraordinary!
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Bradlay Lang, Recruitment Advisor on Bradlay.Lang2@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:
A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
Occupational health services
Employee counselling services
Work-life Balance policies and procedures
NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.
Additional Information for Applicants
- Posts close at midnight on the indicated date
- For help to complete an application on Jobtrain please follow this link: https://www.careers.nhs.scot/how-to-apply/application-process/
- Please note that our correspondence method is by e-mail, therefore please ensure you enter your email address accurately
- Please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders) and also your Jobtrain account for updates
- Please contact Jobtrain Candidate Support Hub - https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home for advice and support with any system issues
- We recommend using the Internet Browser "Google Chrome" or "Microsoft Edge" when using Jobtrain
- Once you have submitted your application form you will be unable to make any amendments
In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.
NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.
We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.
Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.
From 1 April 2024, the working week for NHS Agenda for Change workers in Scotland will be reduced. Full-time hours will reduce from 37.5 to 37 hours (pro rata for part-time staff) without loss of earnings.
NHS Lanarkshire will implement this change but it may not be possible to fully transition from 1 April and there may therefore be some areas of the organisation where implementation may take longer. If the department is currently unable to safely accommodate the reduced hours from 1st April, you may be required to work 37.5 hours per week until the department can meet the requirements without impacting patient safety - you will, of course, be remunerated accordingly. NHS Lanarkshire is committed to full implementation of the 37 hour working week across all areas as soon as it is safe to do so.