Mentoring and Employment Support Officer

Job Title :Mentoring and Employment Support Officer - Job Category :Human Resources
Contract 

• Initial 6 to 12 month ongoing contract 
• PAYE via Umbrella 
• Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm (Hybrid working and field based)

Responsiblities 

1. Use of innovative, safe, popular, fun and outcome focused activities that appeal to local young people and support their achievement of outcomes, including virtual delivery where that is beneficial.
2. Building trust, rapport and honest relationships with young people, to help young people consider their options and become positive and motivated about their future.
3. Providing participants with expert mentoring support to enhance employability skills and ensure outstanding and sustainable outcomes in relation to further education, employment and skills.
4. Independently managing a caseload of NEETs, ensuring a consistent and quality regular mentoring service to all, creating bespoke career pathway plans and supporting the young person towards their agreed outcomes.
5. Creating connections and working closely in collaboration with a range of partners including youth and community organisations, education and training providers and others to generate effective networks and joined-up approaches to promote essential life skills.
6. To be responsible for ensuring that quality assurance procedures are in place and implemented across the project, working with other staff to maintain the standards and meet the stated outcomes.
7. To undertake 1:1 mentoring and coaching sessions, helping clients to create CVs and utilising the internet to develop job search skills. This includes all individuals seeking to enter employment and/or learning to achieve their goals either one to one and or in small groups. To create individual SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Timebound) actions plans with clear goals.

Requirements 

• Preferably Level 3 Mentorship qualification
• Experience working in a housing association or council 
• Extensive knowledge of the current and developing national context in which Careers information advice and guidance for young adults (16-24 years old) sits
• Knowledge of customer service standards.
• Knowledge of implementing systems to gather and accurately process data.
• Knowledge of Information & Communications Technology.

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