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Here you will find information on the NHS Scotland Youth Academy.

Introduction

The Youth Academy is a collaborative project to support employability and engagement of young people. It involves Boards, colleges, local authorities, Care providers, third sector and other partners. The programme covers a number of different Board areas, as shown below. 

The aims of the Youth Academy project are to support the health and care sector to engage and recruit young people through collaborative working. To achieve this we will: 

  • Help raise awareness and understanding of health/care careers among young people, parents and educators
  • Help develop improved improve pathways through school into further study/work in the sector 
  • Provide expert advice and share and extend successful practice 
Image showing all the collaborations and partnerships with NHS Scotland Youth Academy

Communications 

We support partners to produce content for communications, for example a series of video and text case studies showcasing young people employed in a range of careers: https://www.careers.nhs.scot/blog/