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**** COVID-19 - Please note that during this time all interviews will be conducted remotely. If successful you will also initially be working remotely in line with guidance from Scottish Government***
Hours: Up to 1.0wte available (37.5 hours)
Secondment/ Fixed Term Opportunity up to March 2023**
Base: Flexible Location: NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office, remote and hybrid working. We’re happy to talk about how you want to work.
Who We Are
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is an education and training body and a special health board within NHS Scotland, with responsibility of developing and delivering education and training for the healthcare workforce in Scotland.
What You'll Do
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Psychology Directorate within NHS Education for Scotland. Following on from the publication of the NES/ Scottish Government (2017) Transforming Psychological Trauma: Knowledge and Skills for the Scottish Workforce, we are seeking experienced and highly motivated practitioners to deliver a portfolio of national educational initiatives focussed on supporting implementation of the framework.
We require up to 1.0wte to lead on educational and implementation of a whole system approach to ensure children and young people who are involved in the care system are met with a trauma informed and trauma skilled approach and have access to high quality, evidence based interventions when required. This should be aligned with all the work already developed by the National Trauma Training Programme.
Key tasks will include but are not restricted to;
- Planning and implementation support of a trauma skilled training package which is blended with existing learning resources
- Supporting coaching into practice and developing coaching networks within partner organisations
- Deliverying (screen to screen or face to face) trauma informed and trauma skilled training to partners where required
- Supporting the development of a robust, evidence based training for trainers package as associated governance supports
- Supporting the development of a robust approach to measuring impact of training delivered as part of the NTTP
- Ensuring that all training developed and delivered is fully integrating the needs of people with lived experience including those with lived experience in the workforce as well as in the populations served
- Working effectively in a high performing team and across a broad range of stakeholders
What You'll Bring
The successful applicant will be an innovative and highly motivated health or social service practitioner (qualified to Degree level or equivalent) and have significant experience of practice in the field of working with babies, children and young people with care experience in teaching / training, research, facilitation and working in a healthcare / social care/ education environment.
Excellent communication, negotiation, and influencing skills are essential, as is engagement in partnership working with a range of stakeholders. In addition, the post-holder will be committed to multi-professional and inter-agency approaches to education and health and social care, and will be able to demonstrate flexibility and high-level diplomacy skills.
The base for the post may be negotiable but is important to note that it will be necessary for the successful applicant to travel across Scotland. The post will require travel throughout Scotland, and occasionally to other UK countries.
Informal enquiries are welcomed by Sandra Ferguson (Associate Director) at sandra.ferguson@nhs.scot.
** This post is available as a secondment opportunity in the first instance. If a secondment arrangement is not possible for you we encourage you to make contact to discuss options. Applicants applying on a secondment basis are strongly encouraged to discuss this with their current employer at the earliest opportunity.
If you are interested in this vacancy and would like further information, please refer to the job information pack below.
Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date.
Closing Date: 17th December 2021
Interview Date: 10th January 2022
We actively encourage applicants from a range of backgrounds, regardless of gender, age, disability, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief. https://www.careers.nhs.scot/about/who-we-are/
If you have any queries regarding the application portal or the recruitment process, please contact us at: NES HR Recruitment: recruitment.hr@nes.scot.nhs.uk