X-cite Participant Intervention Worker - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Ashiana Community Project

Ashiana Community Project
Ashiana Community Project
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JOB TITLE - PARTICIPANT INTERVENTION WORKER


SALARY £21,000 - £23,000


STATUS FIXED

TERM CONTRACT FROM:
01 OCTOBER 2021 TO 31 DECEMBER 2023


Hours - 37.5

OUTLINE OF PROGRAMME


The X-Cite is a youth employability programme part-funded by the European Social Fund and supported under the Youth Employment Initiative.


The programme offers access to training, qualifications and work experience/placements, as well as voluntary opportunities to bring young people closer to the labour market.

The programme will develop a network of local employers so as to have access to job opportunities. We will also provide support to develop business plans for those considering self-employment.

Your role as a Participant Intervention Worker will be,


  • Engaging, inspiring, assessing, and supporting participants, all of whom must be eligible for the programme, e.g within the NEET (Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training category.
  • Develop employability skills through the delivery of person-centred preparation throughout the X-Cite 'Hub and Spoke' partners venues and delivery sites; and by linking them into appropriate services.
  • Being an integral part of the X-Cite Delivery Team, supporting and administering the client engagement and employability support service and its volunteers as well as working with wider employability associated projects that are active in the designated delivery access points.
  • Managing local volunteers and maintaining administration systems required to ensure maximum social impact and quality of service.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Client focused

  • Undertake a X-Cite 'Employability Assessment ' with all eligible participants to assess job readiness and develop an action plan to identify and guide all basic skills training and job search activity
  • Develop and deliver job-related employability support training, work trial or volunteer related.
a. Undertake ongoing participant assessment, progress reviews and guidance linked to individual Needs Assessment and Development Plan.

c Focus participants on CV development and support the development of work preparation workshops

d. Monitor clients progress against agreed individual action plans

e. Provide support and informal mentoring

f. Analyse results and progress through regular reviews and adjust Individual Development Plans accordingly to reflect progress.

g.

Provide support and guidance, including at unsocial hours:
evenings and weekends through agreed pre-arranged time scale with the project participants.


  • Signpost participants to specialist services to overcome barriers to work/ employability highlighted by their 'Employability Assessment', (e.g., drugs/ alcohol, housing, health, Benefits and financial exclusion)
  • Ensure all information on project participants interested in work is available on the X-Cite Client Tracking System, including 'Pen Pics' (person profiles),CVs, enrolment forms and ID information so that project participants can be promoted to employers and can start work when a suitable post/opportunity is identified
  • When work trials/work experience placements are confirmed, support the participant client to start work, maintaining supportive contact and identify/ remedy potential problems where possible, keeping the Employer Engagement Worker informed of any issue which may impact on job performance
  • Support the 'job matching' process to help find the 'right job for the right young person', maximising the chances of success with each placement

Project promotion and delivery

  • Inform eligible clients of all opportunities available through X-Cite including: inductions, training, job search, volunteering opportunities, work trials/work experience placements/ and Transitional Employment options, including and sessional and regular work
  • Circulate X-Cite service information to attract/ engage and recruit eligible clients
  • Be an ongoing point of contact for participants looking for work and deal with enquiries from other agencies
  • Build strong relationships with other agencies so NEET project participants can access advice (in particular welfare benefit information)
  • Ensure training venues have operational facilities, including IT, and are accessible and welcoming.
  • Keep vigilant for opportunities to secure volunteering opportunities/work trials/work experience placements, and provide useful contacts for developing such opportunities to the Employer Engagement Worker
  • Routinely utilise and maintain contact databases of NEET service users and agencies

Other expectations

  • Managing and complying with all paperwork associated with this post
  • The post holder will report to and be managed by
    The Hub Lead
  • The post-holder will be required to work 37.5 hours per week, which includes working outside normal working hours for meetings, partnership working etc. A flexible working hours' scheme is in oper
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