Work Experience & Placement Coordinator | Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an individual to support the Partnership in the expansion of its career progression and placement service. Our Learning and Development team is looking to add a Work Experience & Placement Coordinator to their innovative team, whose focus will be on creating a culture of opportunities and development for our local communities, schools and higher education institutions.

This is an apprenticeship role, with the successful candidate enrolled on an Employability Practitioner Apprenticeship.

This post will be responsible for facilitating and supporting the delivery of programmes and activities to meet the apprenticeship and support staff learning needs of the Partnership. These will be adapted as and when policies/guidelines change ensuring relevance and accuracy. The programmes the post will support include but are not limited to the day-to-day arrangements for apprenticeships and support staff learning;

• supporting information, advice and guidance


• recruiting and inducting both new to the Partnership apprentices and supporting existing colleagues onto apprenticeship programmes


• supporting the procurement and growth of our apprenticeship offer


• facilitating the promotion of NHS apprenticeships in schools and colleges


• monitoring and reporting on apprenticeship activity


• providing educational advice and support to apprentices and their manager, and escalating issues to the appropriate channels (HR, Occupational Health etc)


• supporting functional skills commissioning and management (signposting to provision)


• increasing the Partnership's profile as an employer of apprenticeships by representing the Partnership at career and educational events.


Reporting into the Apprenticeship Lead, the post holder will work collaboratively with peers and colleagues within the Learning and OD team to model a well-functioning and high performing team.
The post holder is also a member of the wider People and OD Directorate.

Why choose to join the Partnership?

• We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.


• Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.


• Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.


• We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.


• Generous Annual Leave Allowance


• NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.


• We have excellent internal staff network support groups.


The postholder will need to be comfortable working in an environment of complex matrix management arrangements and will at all times behave and align with our Trusts' values and cultural pillars:

• We are kind


• We are respectful


• We work together


• We keep things simple


• We empower


• We are proudly diverse


We are an organisation that is passionate about equality, diversity, and inclusion; one that prides itself in developing the leadership capabilities of its employees, looking after their health and wellbeing, creating safe places for staff to speak up and providing opportunities to mentor and be mentored. Our employees are the reason for delivering Good CQC ratings, excellent outcomes, and outstanding patient experiences, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where you can thrive and succeed.