As an organisation and team, we realise navigating education and employment can be a challenge.
Therefore, if you are currently not in education, training or employment, please take a short time to review the pages below which contain lots of helpful information with regard to the range of options that may be of interest to you, and which may help you to take the next steps.
We have one of the most diverse workforces on the Fylde Coast and a huge range of exciting job roles and careers available. Even if you are new to the world of work, there is a stable career potentially waiting for you at BTH.
But first, read why we consider working to be important:
- Structure - Having a job brings structure to your life. It gives you a sense of purpose and with your achievements, comes a sense of personal accomplishment too. Remember, every job has a purpose, if it did not, the job would not exist!
- Meet new people - When you start a new job, you meet new people, often a diverse range of people too. Although this can be a little overwhelming for some, you will soon build working relationships with those who you work with, which have the potential to lead to lifelong friendships.
- Working can contribute significantly to a healthy body and mind. It can give you a sense of identity, increase your self-esteem and self-worth.
- Money. Although not the most important benefit to work, earning money will mean receiving a regular income and give you the ability to become financially independent. Earning a fixed salary (for example), will allow you to budget and of course, buy and treat yourself, often to things that you otherwise could afford.
- Career progression - Once you have secured work, in-time, you will have the opportunity to develop your skills further and progress; remembering, with promotion comes an increase in salary too.
If you’re ready to take the next steps into work, but are unsure how, the Trust’s Apprenticeship and Widening Participation Team have a number of options that can be a great place to start.
We run two programmes in-particular which support individuals into and/or back into the world of work, details below:
Support from The Apprenticeship and Widening Participation Team
When you enrol onto one of our Widening Participation programmes, you gain access to experts from the Trust’s friendly Apprenticeship and Widening Participation Team.
The team will support you with any application process required to access one of our programmes and will provide you, and your work placement line manager, with on-programme support.
If upon completion of the preprogramme you are interested in applying for a Bank opportunity, or a part time or full-time job role at the Trust, the Apprenticeship and Widening Participation Team will support you with your application and provide you with interview tips and tricks.
Further Widening Participation Programmes for Your Consideration (enrolment at the appropriate College required to participate in the below programmes)
BTEC Work Experience Programme
Below are the organisations we work with to support those looking to take their next steps
- The Princes Trust
- DWP
- Health Social Care Academy
Our Widening Participation Programmes
Sector Based Work Academy (SWAP)
SWAPs can help those receiving unemployment benefits gain valuable entry level qualifications and skills to support the transition into paid employment.
Enrolling on a SWAP through Blackpool’s Health and Social Care Career Academy will give you the opportunity to gain an entry level qualification, a basic English and maths qualification (at B&FC) and undertake a weeklong work experience placement at the end of the programme on one of our clinical wards, working alongside our dedicated staff.
Not only will you gain access to work experience, on successful completion of the programme, you will gain access to an interview for paid Bank hours and/or support with our recruitment process for full or part time roles.
For more information about the programme, please email the Apprenticeship & Widening Participation Team bfwh.
Princes Trust ‘Get Into’ Programme
Working with the Princes Trust, BTH are pleased to offer a 3- week placement at two points in the year for young people aged 16-30 who are looking to change their life for the better by moving into the world of work.
With on-programme and follow up support from Princes Trust professionals and the Apprenticeship and Widening Participation Team at the Trust, the programme provides you with a 3-week work experience placement, either clinical or non-clinical, which will see you support Trust staff in a real work environment. For further details, please click the link below:
For more information about the programme, please click the link: Get experience with Get into | Help getting a job | Help for young people | The Prince's Trust (princes-trust.org.uk)
Below are just some of the benefits of joining us on one of our Widening Participation programmes:
- Gain an understanding of the different healthcare roles that are available at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals through a work experience placement.
- Gain an insight into the type of job role that may appeal to you; including the potential for further development.
- Learn about your own skills and abilities and how they can be transferred to meet a job role.
- Upon successful completion of the programme, receive a certificate to support a CV and/or personal statement, or use it as a starting point as you build your experience as you consider your next steps.
- Gain expert advice and guidance from your peers during your placement. Receive support from the Apprenticeship and Widening Participation Team with job applications upon successful completion of the programme.
- Access paid Bank hours upon successful completion of the programme (and interview).
The Care Leaver Covenant is a national inclusion programme that supports care leavers aged 16-25 to live independently. This is achieved through a range of activities such as education, employment and training and aims to create meaningful opportunities in five key areas. These are as follows:
01. Independent Living
02. Education, Employment & Training
03. Safety & Security
04. Mental & Physical Health
05. Finance
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, working in partnership with Local Authorities, has pledged to support this cohort of young person and has tailored support available, details below:
- Introduction to sector and organisation
- Sharing of Apprenticeship and/or Widening Participation opportunities
- Work experience
- Job application guidance sessions
- Mock interview support
If you would like to learn more about the above offer, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Trust’s Apprenticeship and Widening Participation Team using the below email address:
bfwh.
Alternatively, work experience is a great way to gain an insight into the working life of BTH staff. You will have the opportunity to shadow healthcare professionals, clinical or non-clinical, in a real workplace environment. For further details, please click the link below:
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals supports the career development and progression of its staff at every level.
Working in the NHS, at BTH, will mean you have access to a number of different ways to develop your skills, knowledge & professional behaviours.
At BTH, you will receive an annual personal development review which can be used to support your career progression. It will identify training and development needs, options that are available to support your development, which in-turn can support career progression and an increase in salary.
