Celebrating best partnership working for our interns

We’ve picked up the Best Partnership Working Award to recognise our recruitment programme which supports young people with learning disabilities and autism gain workready skills.

Now in its third year, our ‘Project SEARCH' programme gives students from Greenbank College the opportunity to learn about various hospital roles, including admin, nursing, estates, porters and catering. Students are then interviewed for a place on the full-time course, which is funded by Liverpool City Council and the educational provider.

To celebrate the work, a Supported Internship Graduation ceremony was hosted by Liverpool City Council which saw two of our interns collect awards, and Annette Pollitt, Widening Participation and Apprenticeship Lead and Lucy Raven, Sustainability Officer, scooped the Best Partnership Working Award.

Joel Harris, who interned at LUHFT last year, picked up the Most Progress Made Award as he now has a job with an external company.

Additionally, Jamie Forshaw, who is working with ISS at Broadgreen, collected the Above and Beyond Award. His mum, Debbie, said: "Jamie's life has changed so much and his confidence has grown. He works five mornings a week but stays on to volunteer after his shift has finished and he really enjoys the work he does."

The next internships begin in September, and we are looking for departments who would like to host an intern. If you would like to find out more email: Annette.Pollitt@liverpoolft.nhs.uk.

We’re celebrating National Apprenticeship Week!

This year, National Apprenticeship Week takes place from 6-12 February with a theme of ‘Skills for Life’. As always, the week is a fantastic chance for us to showcase how our apprenticeship opportunities can help individuals to develop the skills and knowledge required for a rewarding career as well as help shape our workforce with future-ready skills.

Several activities are due to take place across the week, including introductory webinars for Trust-funded courses in digital marketing, data analysing, ICT and Excel for business. There will also be online sessions run by healthcare science apprenticeship group, CSR, where managers can find out more about how a healthcare science apprentice could fit into your team.

For more information about the week’s activities and how you can get involved, please visit the National Apprenticeship Week page on the intranet.