Engagement and Training Officer

We have an exciting opportunity for an Employment and Training Officer to join our team. The Post holder will be based in East Ayrshire within employability partner premises. Working within Salus Return to Work Services based in Beckford Street, Hamilton the Post holder will be required to work in a flexible nature across both health board areas.

Job Detail

This role will have the key responsibility to support the referral volumes into our Working for a Healthy Economy service. The post holder will support the Case Management Service by:

• Working autonomously to generate their own engagement opportunities and manage their own diary.
• Attending existing employability activities and engaging participants on their health, wellbeing and any health related barriers towards work.
• Regularly engaging our agreed referrers and assisting with knowledge on the support available and the referral process.
• Organising and delivering Training Sessions.
• Attending community events and promoting the Working for a Healthy Economy Service.
• Supporting clients to attend positive activities.
• Keeping accurate records of their client engagements and engagement activity within an agreed format in a timely manner.

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.

• Educated to HNC level or above in a health or social care related subject or knowledge acquired through demonstrable experience
• Experience of working with vulnerable adults.
• Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills in working with people on a 1:1 basis and within organisations
• Experience of working in a community, hospital or social care setting
• Be able to work independently and within a team liaising with colleagues as required.
• Experience of a variety of computer packages including Word, Outlook and Powerpoint
• Current valid UK driving licence with access to own vehicle.

Fixed Term for 12 Months

Full time

37 hours

Please note this is a fixed term post for 12 Months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.

This post is based in the community working with participants on a face to face basis across East Ayrshire

The working pattern for this role Monday-Thursday 9-5 and Friday 9-4.30.

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

Please contactStephanie wrightson, Acting Senior Case Manager on

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Adnan Saddique, Recruitment Administrator on (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)

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 theScottish 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.

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 ourrecruitment webpage.

Additional Information for Applicants

• Posts close at midnight on the indicated date. However, if there are a high level of interest in this position, we may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
• For help to complete an application on Jobtrain please follow this link:https://www.careers.nhs.scot/how-to-apply/application-process/
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NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent—regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.

Right to Work within the UK

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.

We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available atwww.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.

Please note that all Band 1 and Band 2 posts are not eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route.