Employability Officer/Job Coach

NHS National Services Scotland; Bothwell; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Bothwell is looking for a Job Coach to support employability initiatives. Responsibilities include managing employability programs, providing job coaching to participants, and supporting redeployed staff with tailored training. Candidates should have experience in a job coach position and strong interpersonal skills. This is a permanent full-time position requiring commitment to support the organization's mission.

Benefits

Minimum of 27 days annual leave

Membership of NHS Pension Scheme

Paid sick leave

Employee counselling services

Qualifications

• Experience in a job coach position within a large sector organisation.
• Ability to manage workload efficiently.
• Understanding of inequalities and determinants of health.

Responsibilities

• Support operational management of employability programs.
• Provide job coaching and advice to managers.
• Facilitate mentorship and training programs.

Skills

Job Coaching

Experience in employability programs

Interpersonal skills

IT Skills

Communication skills

Education

Educated to SCQF Level 8 or equivalent

Job description

The Role

This role is based within the Employability Hub Team, part of NHS Lanarkshire’s Human Resources Directorate. The successful candidate will work closely with the Senior Employability Advisor/Job Coach Lead to support the development and delivery of employability initiatives and supporting redeployees within the organisation.

Key responsibilities include:

Employability

• Supporting the operational management of NHS Lanarkshire’s
• Employability programmes
• Apprenticeship programmes, including Foundation (FA), Modern (MA), and Graduate Apprenticeships (GA)
• Providing job coaching to individuals participating in employability programmes, including supporting their line managers as required.
• Offering advice and support to NHS Lanarkshire managers, and liaising with external partners and agencies to facilitate the successful development and implementation of employability initiatives across all NHS Lanarkshire sites and services

Redeployment

• Tailored Training Programmes – Support tailored training programmes, develop personalised training plans on individual skills, experience and career aspirations.
• Mentorship & Coaching – facilitate the pairing of redeployed staff with other experienced staff to support their transition.
• Regular feedback & adaptation – gather insights from participants and adjust the training plans according to improve effectiveness
• Wellbeing & Support Services – incorporate mental health and wellbeing support to ensure a holistic approach to career transition

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 SCQF Level 8 or equivalent knowledge of Job Coaching subject Or the following experience
• Experience of working in a job coach position within employability programme's in a large sector organisation
• Experience of working in partnership
• Experience interpreting complex information
• Experience managing own workload efficiently and effectively
• An understanding of inequalities and wider determinants of health
• Intermediate IT Skills across MS Office and Internet based platforms.
• Proficient keyboard skills.
• Excellent interpersonal/Customer Care/communication skills in dealing with a diverse range of people, some who may have different cultures and needs.
• Understanding of the requirement for confidentiality and sensitivity and to safeguard information.
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external customers
• Excellent team working skills
• Car Driver with valid UK/EU/EEA Driving Licence is desirable

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

It would be great if you also have

• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Qualification
• Experience of redeployment services
• Experience of creating and supporting personalised tailored training programme's based on individual skills, experience and career aspirations.
• Experience of mentorships and coaching.
• Knowledge of wellbeing and support services available incorporating ensuring a holistic approach to career transition.

Contract type

Permanent

Full time

37 Hours

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in Kirkfield Cottage within Kirklands Headquarters, Bothwell.

The working pattern for this role Monday - Friday

Looking to find out more?

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

Please contact Nicole Grant, Senior Employability Advisor/Job Coach Lead [e-mail]..nhs.uk or 07976801965.

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Nancy Gilchrist, Recruitment Team Leader on [e-mail] (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.