Birmingham Women and Children’s Working to Create Opportunities for Care Experienced Young People
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust (BWC) is a proud signatory and supporter of the NHS Universal Family Programme (Care Leaver Covenant) and recently held a special Employability event for young people.
The session, which was part of the wider scheme to ensure access to employment, education and training opportunities within the NHS and communities for care leavers, was held at the Children’s Hospital on 20 May.
Care experienced young people were welcomed to meet NHS professionals to learn more about the various and wide-ranging careers that are available, including clinical, admin, estates, operational and more.
Lawrence Kelly, People Partnerships and programmes Manager, who leads the Universal Family programme on behalf of the ICB said: “ The event is a positive opportunity for our local care experienced community to find out about the amazing work our staff do in the trust and the wider NHS, with a deep insight on how to explore training and employment options.