For all staff across health and care.

National Careers Service

Job searching, applying and interviewing resources and guides: https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/

National Careers Service YouTube video: How the National Careers Service can support with redundancy

 

Jobhelp

https://jobhelp.campaign.gov.uk/ provides a wide range of job search help and advice, including latest vacancies. It also includes information about benefit advice and how to claim, and redundancy support that Jobcentre Plus and partners can offer you if you are facing redundancy or have been made redundant.

‘Find a job’ which is a free service (available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week). Go to https://www.gov.uk/find-a-job

YouTube videos on Redundancy - Guidance and Support for Employees which from one video to the next:

• Redundancy – Guidance and Support Redundancy - Guidance and Support for Employees
• Looking for Work Guidance and Support for People Looking for Work
• Find a Job - Find a job service - Job search
• Job help - Get support from JobHelp
• Financial – Redundancy Redundancy: What financial help can I get?
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2 hour virtual session - for all staff across health and care.

An interactive workshop to reflect on personal resilience and build a personal wellbeing toolkit. What you will learn:

• Understand resilience and what it means to us as individuals
• How to spot the signs and symptoms of stress in yourself and others
• Working on our own attention, awareness and focus – noticing the impact of thoughts, emotions, and feelings
• Spending time experiencing a ‘Pick and Mix’ of activities and tools to build resilience

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2 hour virtual session - for all staff across health and care.

This empowering session looks at how you can coach yourself to help reach your goals or make sense of something that is bothering you. You will also discover how you can become more self-aware as a coach or leader.

What you will learn:

• Understand what self-coaching is and the benefits it brings
• Know what skills are required to be able to self-coach including how to raise self awareness
• Understand the steps to self-coach and have some models to help guide you
• Have experienced and practised having a coaching conversation

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Between one and four 1 hour virtual sessions - for all staff across health and care.

Coaching is about having a one-to-one, confidential, structured conversations with a purpose. Coaching can support you with developing your resilience and wellbeing, going through change, navigating and overcoming situations, looking at career options, enhancing and improving your performance and in many other situations.

Find out more and access coaching via the Boost website...

Completion of a short diagnostic followed up by a one-to-one confidential coaching session - for all staff across health and care.

Resilience@Work (R@W) is a research-based diagnostic tool which can measure resilience as an individual and as a leader. The tool is designed specifically for the workplace and considers the impact of work context on resilience. The questions can be completed online in 10-20 minutes. This is followed up by a confidential individual coaching session where actions to improve and build on current resilience are agreed.

Find out more and access R@W via the Boost website...

For all staff and volunteers across health and care.

Free, confidential, rapid-access psychological support. Please click here to see a short video from Dr Richard Duggins, Clinical Lead for the Staff Wellbeing Hub, about what the Hub offers and how to access support.

The offer includes:

• Up to four brief therapy sessions
• Stress less group (6-week course covering resilience, sleep, radical acceptance)
• Burnout recovery, self-compassion and group emotional support
• Self-referral available: https://gateway.mayden.co.uk/referral-v2/1acb497c-7db3-44c9-bdae-cedd75d6dd70

• How to get help
• Wellbeing toolkit
• Wellbeing support

There are three new groups starting in February and March: ‘Stress-Less’, ‘Communicating Effectively’, and ‘Self-Compassion’. If you are interested in joining one of these groups, please click here to self-refer or email
[email protected]. 

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Financial planning sessions from Affinity Connect

Virtual sessions for NHS staff.

Affinity Connect is offering a series of virtual sessions to help staff navigate financial decisions during career transitions and retirement planning:

• Planning for retirement: 2 hour 30 minute session to support informed, positive retirement planning. Book here.
• Taking control of your finances: 1 hour 30 minute session outlining four steps to financial wellbeing. Book here.
• Effective tax planning for higher earners: 1 hour 15 minute session for staff earning £50k+, covering tax pitfalls, pension limits, and savings strategies. Book here.
• Understanding partial retirement and pension flexibilities: 2 hour session tailored for NHS Pension Scheme members. Book here.
• Your pension and the public service pension remedy: 1 hour 30 minute session giving an overview of the key changes from the public sector age discrimination ruling. Book here.

MoneyHelper Service (formerly the Money and Pensions Service or Money Advice Service) - Pensions and retirement

For all staff across health and care.

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NHS Pensions Scheme

 

• Your retirement options explained (all schemes): 1.5 hour virtual session - for all members of the NHS Pension Scheme. This session is for anyone looking at exploring their retirement options. It will provide information on the different options available to you, how to apply for your pension benefits, eligibility for taking a lump sum and retire and return options. Book your place via NHS Pensions EventBrite page...
• Member redundancy retirement options: 30 minute recorded virtual session - for any members of the NHS Pension Scheme facing potential redundancy. This session covered a range of topics including: redundancy payments, NHS Pension Scheme benefits, options for retirement in redundancy, and estimates. Watch the recording via the NHS Pensions YouTube channel...
• Link to NHS Pension member hub, including member events: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/member-hub/member-events
• Training or attendance from the NHS Pensions Stakeholder Engagement Team: If your organisation would like to request training or attendance from team at an event at your organisation, please complete the request form and email the team for consideration: [email protected]

1.5 hour virtual sessions - for all staff across health and care.

Practical, skills-based workshops to support re-employment within or beyond the NHS.

Making your CV or application stand out, by NHS Elect

This session provides practical, step-by-step guidance for health and care staff on how to create impactful CVs and tailored applications for roles within the NHS.

It includes expert advice on navigating the NHS Jobs application system, 'Trac', and offers strategies to help candidates stand out in a competitive recruitment environment.

Complete the module via the learning academy...

LinkedIn and online branding, by NHS Elect

This session offers practical guidance for health and care staff on using LinkedIn and online branding to support career development and professional visibility.

Participants will explore how to build an authentic and strategic online presence that attracts opportunities, supports networking, and aligns with NHS values.

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Interview Skills - Practical

This practical, hands‑on session guides participants through a range of techniques for developing strong interview examples. During the workshop, you’ll explore different approaches, see examples in action, and have dedicated time to begin crafting your own.

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2 hour virtual session - for health and care team leaders.

This workshop will help team leaders to develop their knowledge and skills when supporting staff through change - including career change. The session will begin by exploring the importance of self-awareness as a team leader. It will cover fundamental behaviours for having a person-centred conversation that can be applied to such areas as wellbeing, personal and career development and problem solving. You will have access to tools and support materials than can be used as part of a conversational approach.

What you will learn:

• Understanding what a supportive conversation is and its purpose
• The importance of an empathetic and enabling approach
• How to establish trust and create a safe space
• How to provide feedback and validation
• How to handle emotional reactions
• Tools and techniques to support with career and transition decisions

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2 hour virtual session - for health and care team leaders, and any staff involved with facilitating conflict across health and care.

Conflict is inevitable—but handled well, it can be a catalyst for growth, stronger relationships, and better decision-making. Our Facilitated Conversations workshop equips managers with the confidence and skills to navigate workplace tensions effectively.

This session will help leaders to:

• Foster open, solution-focused dialogue
• Guide employees to take ownership of resolving conflicts
• Build a culture of trust, collaboration, and accountability
• Turn workplace tensions into opportunities for growth

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Completion of a short diagnostic followed up by a team event (2-3 hours, up to 30 people) - for all staff across health and care.

Resilience@Work (R@W) is a research-based diagnostic tool which can measure resilience as a team. The tool is designed specifically for the workplace and considers the impact of work context in resilience. The questions can be completed online in 10-20 minutes. This is followed up by a team workshop where actions to improve and build on current resilience are agreed.

Find out more and access R@W via the Boost website...