Job summary
Employer heading
Pastoral Support Officer - Care Leavers
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
Support local people into great careers in the NHS is a real passion of ours. There's nothing better than watching people you have supported flourish and grow in employment.
We have an exciting opportunity for a pastarol support officer to join our teams working across Coventry and Warwickshire. The Health and Social Care Academy is an exciting project delivered in partnership by our four local Trusts, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust, George Eliot NHS Trust, South Warwickshire Foundation Trust and University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire.
You will work specifically with care leavers providing pastarol support, advice and guidance to care leavers helping them to fulfill their potential.
You will develop focus groups for care leavers. You will develop training for line managers and provider advice and guidance.
You will support with the implementation and coordination of employability programmes to people accessing the Health and Social Care Employability Academy
We welcome applications which demonstrate a passion for co-production and role modelling exemplary behaviour in terms of conduct, attitude and performance.
We welcome applications from people with lived experience.
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Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
Main duties of the job
Act as the first point of contact for dealing with enquiries and provide guidance in relation to employability initiatives, as well as other widening access and participation activities. Take action as necessary and liaise with stakeholders and colleagues where required. Dealing with non routine queries, problem solving and developing alternative solutions related to these topics.
Provide career advice on how to ‘get in’, and ‘get on’ and ‘get further’ into the NHS and describe the variety of employability and career opportunities to potential participants and stakeholders.
Support events which inspire local talent to consider employment opportunities.
Facilitating employability cohorts, including developing and delivering training.
Provide pastoral care for people accessing the Health and Social Care Employability Academy, participating in Employability initiatives such as work experience, Supported Internships, apprenticeships, traineeships, taster days, recruitment days, career conversations etc.
**Contract duration: FTC 12 months due to limited project funding***
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Assist in developing the Employability projects and any other Employability related projects, ensuring participants are supported along the correct pathway tailored to their individual needs.
Maintain both manual and electronic filing systems and databases, as required by the department and Trust policies, ensuring all documents are accurately and appropriately archived.
Produce short reports and present recommendations and possible solutions
Support in maintaining partnerships with partner organisations i.e., Local School and Further Education Providers, and support creating an annual programme of opportunities to widen participation and access to employment. Support with ‘taster’ for people into the NHS through employability programmes.
Continuously review Standard Operating Procedures relating to their role and share as appropriate.
Ensure the Trust intranet is kept up to date for own area of work.
For further details please see the job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
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Desirable criteria
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Experience
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Knowledge
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Skills
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kirstie Elliott
- Job title
- Apprenticeship and Widening Participation Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07385 461501
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