Widening Participation Facilitator

Role Overview

The Widening Participation Facilitator will provide and support employability opportunities to attract and retain our current and future workforce by creating and implementing a range of Widening Participation projects to support our workforce strategy, corporate social responsibility commitments and our organisational community promise.

The post holder will facilitate and implement Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation trust's plan to deliver meaningful engagement to education and the communities we serve to raise aspirations, improve career awareness, and promotion of the range of careers and routes into employment which benefits our communities, the Trusts and partner organisations.

The post holder will enhance and develop engagement across SEND groups in the communities we serve to create impactful interventions to engage, inspire and empower people with SEND to reach their full potential.

It is essential that the post holder role models compassionate and inclusive leadership by engaging, enabling and empowering others; using coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement; and facilitating team working and collaboration across organisational boundaries.

To engage with the education and community landscape across Northumberland to promote employment and training opportunities in the NHS and health and social care employers.

To develop and promote opportunities to widen access to careers and employment, including apprenticeships, work experience, undergraduate internships, graduate jobs, pre‑employment learning programmes and provide IAG relevant to raising aspirations across Northumberland.

To engage with stakeholders and partners to provide high‑quality work‑based learning activities which enables young people with special education need, impairments and/or disability to achieve and experience success across North Tyneside and Northumberland.

To facilitate efficient and effective widening participation activities to support aspirations for high engagement and promotion of careers and employment opportunities. In doing so, the post holder will role model desirable values and leadership behaviours, whilst supporting and responding to the needs of organisations and the wider community.

Deliver high‑quality sessions that engage, enthuse and progress young people and provide inclusive provisions.

Provide a high‑quality service to ensure the organisation meets a range of key performance indicators relating to widening participation activities, promotion of a range of entry and progression pathways into NHS careers including educational and vocational routes and Corporate Social Responsibility indicators.

To facilitate and implement the organisations plan to deliver meaningful engagement across education and the communities we serve across Northumberland to raise aspirations, improve career awareness, and promotion of the range of careers and routes into employment which benefits our communities, the Trusts and partner organisations.

To enhance and develop engagement across SEND groups in North Tyneside and Northumberland to create impactful interventions to engage, inspire and empower young people with SEND to reach their full potential.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic…