Employment Coach Dw Futures - Durham, United Kingdom - Triumph Consultants Ltd

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Temporary Employment Coach DW Futures - Education

Reference no:
Durham

Pay Rate:
£13.41 per hour PAYE

This opening assignment is for 5-6 months

Enhanced DBS disclosure is listed as a requirement for this role The role of the Employment Coach is to work intensively with unemployed young people aged yrs. old to support them into sustained employment opportunities.


Key Responsibilities:


  • Utilise creative approaches in order to engage and work closely with young people who are unemployed and require intensive support to progress.
  • Manage and be responsible for a caseload of young people.
  • Offer a personalised service to meet the longterm outcomes and aspirations of unemployed young people. This client base will include young people who have barriers to learning and more complex needs such as those identified as being in a vulnerable group. For example, young people who have been in receipt of support from Children's Social Care, have Special Educational Needs and/or a Disability (SEND), are Looked After or Care Experienced and are appropriate for support.
  • Develop integrated working to ensure targeted groups of young people are identified and supported to improve their interpersonal skills and qualities and demonstrate growth in selfesteem, confidence and social communication skills, where appropriate.
  • Work intensively with young people utilising a number of assessment tools to prepare a vocational profile, identifying skills, experience, current needs and relevant support networks, leading to a clear action plan to progression.
  • Support participants with the development of workrelated activities such as CV writing and skills in job searching and interview techniques.
  • Provide advice and referral on provision available which includes bespoke pathways to employment such as Vocational Routeways, Peer Mentoring, Work Experience, Volunteering, Employer Grants and Intermediate Labour Market Interventions (ILM funded work placements).
  • Liaise with Delivery Partners and Sub-Contractors to ensure young people are referred to the most appropriate provision on the Durham Works programmes.
  • Liaise with other professionals to provide support and advice on aspects of selfemployment and social enterprise, where appropriate.

"Role Requirements" - to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria:


Qualifications:


  • Level 3 qualification in a relevant field e.g. Employment Related Services; Information, Advice and Guidance; Youth Work etc.

Experience:


  • Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
  • Suitable experience of working directly with young people with multiple barriers/additional needs/SEND and/or in the community, education, employment or training settings.
  • Experience of working with multiple partner agencies such as health, social and/or educational providers and related local authority services.
  • Previous history of successful engagement with young people and the ability to build relationships in order to progress.
  • Experience of providing information, advice and guidance.
  • Experience of updating and maintaining databases.
  • Experience of working with employers.
  • Experience of delivering planned interventions that lead to improved outcomes for young people.

Skills & Abilities:


  • Understanding of issues relating to young people with multiple barriers to employment.
  • Understanding of the impact of the welfare system and the impact of seeking and maintaining employment.
  • Knowledge of statutory services and their interventions in relation to young people in the Education system.
  • Knowledge of post16 learning and career options.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with a range of individuals, including young people, employers and colleagues in the Local Authority.
  • A personcentred, empathetic and nonjudgemental approach to working with young people
  • Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).

To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF

If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.

Other "Essential Requirements" - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:

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