This week we have welcomed our fourth cohort of interns to join our teams, as part of our ongoing support of Project Search.
This fantastic initiative is designed to help young people with learning disabilities to gain real experience of working in the NHS at our hospitals in Grimsby and, for the first time this year, Scunthorpe too.
Working in partnership with Linkage Community Trust, Grimsby, and Trent View College, Scunthorpe, each of the 10 interns will spend a year working with us, rotating between placements with a number of different teams and functions including catering, facilities, maintenance, administration, portering, and security.
Kaycee, Jake, Keenan, Keane, Kieran, Jake, Alfie, Ryan, Matthew, and Lainey were welcomed to NHS Humber Health Partnership with an induction day, packed with activities and information about working in the NHS.
These included our structure and values, details of the wealth of careers available in the NHS – clinical and non-clinical – and the support available to all our staff.
Christine Ramsden, Head of Learning – South at NHS Humber Health Partnership, said: “We are delighted to be welcoming another cohort of interns as part of Project Search. We have been proud supporters of this initiative at our Grimsby site for a number of years now, and we couldn’t be happier that this year we have been able to expand this to offer further placements across Scunthorpe General Hospital too.
“Throughout our time supporting Project Search, we have seen first-hand the benefits these placements bring to these young people, not only in terms of work experience and upskilling, but in forging friendships, gaining confidence and independence.
“We have also been delighted to offer a number of our interns permanent roles within our organisation – and hope to be able to do the same again on this occasion.”
