Work Experience Lead | NHS England
| Posting date: | 01 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE1 8UG |
| Company: | NHS England |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7304595/990-WTE-15879-E |
Summary
Choices College is a national Specialist Post-16 College providing a person-centred, Supported Internship, Study Programme for young adults with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. Through the course, 16–24-year-olds gain work experience, develop independence skills, and increase their employability. They also study English, maths and employability qualifications.
The College is funded by the Department for Education (DfE) and the commissioning Local Authorities through individual Education, Health, and Care Plans (EHCP).
The college team deliver bespoke, tailored support to each Intern, and employment opportunities are matched to the individual’s skills. Choices College aims to empower Interns and build their confidence as individuals in the workplace, whilst also offering life experience beyond their home and prior educational environments.
This role involves supporting students develop their pre-internship skills, experience and their Preparing for Adulthood knowledge. The role covers London and the South with some travel around the region required.
This post would be responsible for working directly with regional schools and colleges to ensure young people with learning disabilities, difficulties and/or Autism are able to access Preparing for Adulthood (PfA) learning and supported work experience in the NHS. The role will involve planning management and delivery of experience across a range of NHS and partners organisations.
The work experience lead will:
· Be part of a National Transitions Team.
· Plan, co-ordinate, deliver and monitor a broad range of complex tasks or programmes of work to ensure the expected outcomes of Choices College.
· Manage, support and oversee the work of the Transition Team, acting as a role model in terms of delivering a culture of high performance, effective time management and flexibility in delivering workloads and priorities
· Engage with key stakeholders to ensure widening participation and engagement with Education providers and NHS organisations
· Engage with a wide range of stakeholders across range of public sector areas.
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
If you are successful at interview, we will run an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) in the Electronic Staff Record system (ESR). This transfer gathers valuable information from a previous or current NHS employer to support the onboarding process, including; statutory and mandatory competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You will have the opportunity throughout the recruitment process to inform us if you do not consent.
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application
You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
This advert closes on Tuesday 15 Jul 2025