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Job reference: 200268
Salary: Band 4 (£29,116 - £31,670)
Job closing date: 04/12/2024
Job Type: Personal and Social Care
Location: Various Sites Across Ayrshire
Employment type: Fixed-term
Hours Per Week: 37
Job posted date: 13/11/2024
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lanarkshire
Department: Salus Return to Work Services

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The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an Employment and Training Officer to join our team. The Post holder will be based across Ayrshire.

We have 3 Vacancies , each in below areas 

South Ayrshire

North Ayrshire

East Ayrshire

within employability partner premises.  Working within Salus Return to Work Services based in Beckford Street, Hamilton the Post holder will be required to work in a flexible nature across both health board areas.

Please Select the area in your application 

Job Detail

This role will have the key responsibility to support the referral volumes into our Working for a Healthy Economy service. The post holder will support the Case Management Service by:

  • Working autonomously to generate their own engagement opportunities and manage their own diary.
  • Attending existing employability activities and engaging participants on their health, wellbeing and any health related barriers towards work.
  • Regularly engaging our agreed referrers and assisting with knowledge on the support available and the referral process.
  • Organising and delivering Training Sessions.
  • Attending community events and promoting the Working for a Healthy Economy Service.
  • Supporting clients to attend positive activities.
  • Keeping accurate records of their client engagements and engagement activity within an agreed format in a timely manner.


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'll need you to bring

  • Educated to HNC level or above in a health or social care related subject or knowledge acquired through demonstrable experience
  • Experience of working with vulnerable adults.
  • Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills in working with people on a 1:1 basis and within organisations
  • Experience of working in a community, hospital or social care setting
  • Be able to work independently and within a team liaising with colleagues as required.
  • Experience of a variety of computer packages including Word, Outlook and Powerpoint
  • Current valid UK driving licence with access to own vehicle.


Contract type

Fixed Term for 12 Months 

Full time

37 hours

Please note this is a fixed term post for 12 Months. 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 post is based in the community working with participants on a face to face basis across Ayrshire.

The working pattern for this role Monday-Thursday 9-5 and Friday 9-4.30.


Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Stephanie wrightson, Acting Senior Case Manager  on Stephanie.wrightson@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Adnan Saddique, Recruitment Administrator on adnan.saddique@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)


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.

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