This is an exciting resource and competition for students in KS3, designed to help raise career aspirations and awareness of the breadth of 350 careers available in the NHS.
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Get started by showing this video to your students to introduce them to the NHS and inspire them to create a fun and unique job advertisement for an NHS role. The video tells them what they need to do to enter. There are exciting prizes to be won!
Find out more by visiting the competition page, or explore the teaching resources below.
First, introduce the competition to your students by showing them the competition video and handing out the student briefing sheet.
Download the resourcesStudents discover the breadth of careers in the NHS and select one to research in-depth. Contains PowerPoint slides showing employee portraits and differentiated practice sheets, as well as links to useful online tools.
Download step 1 resourcesStudents learn what a job description is and research the skills, experience and qualities needed for their chosen role. Contains a job description activity sheet, guidance and glossary.
Download step 2 resourcesStudents create a fun, lively and unique job advertisement to tell other young people about their chosen role. Remember, it should show the research students completed in step two. Contains PowerPoint slides of previous entries and job advertisement guidance.
Download step 3 resourcesOnce your students have have researched their chosen role and created their job advertisements, you're ready to submit their entries! For entry forms and details of the competition (and the prizes!) check out our competition page.
