Employment Coach - St Helens, United Kingdom - St. Helens Council

St. Helens Council

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St Helens, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job Description:

We Are St Helens Borough Council.

Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support.

We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.

Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey.

Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.

Making A Difference as A Employment Coach & Mentor Operative within Place Services Directorate.

This is an exciting opportunity to provide Coaching and Mentoring to participants of a major new employment programme in St Helens.

The programme, part of St Helens Council's UKSPF funded 'Ways to Work' Programme, aims to provide support to people who experience barriers to participating in the labour market, and will deliver jobs, training and opportunities to St Helens residents

You will work with a referred caseload of people, both on a one to one basis and within groups as appropriate, to facilitate in making changes that result in them participating positively in education, training or employment.

You will provide a supportive and motivating environment for people to explore their needs, motivations, skills and assist the individual in making real, lasting change focused ultimately on moving into sustainable employment.

Brokering placements and working directly with employers to identify recruitment needs, skills requirements and working in partnership to get people back into work.

With a track record of providing coaching and mentoring support and employment-related information, advice and guidance support to people, you will have the personal skills and ability to deal with your own changing and dynamic caseload of clients, each with their own set of personalised requirements, and support the clients on individualised pathways to move them closer to the labour market with the ultimate aim of securing sustainable employment.

Based in St Helens, midway between Liverpool and Manchester.

Interested to Find Out More?
You can review our full job description details, and person specification information here.

Equality & Diversity

NOLAN Principles of Conduct in Public Life.
All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7

Nolan Principles:
Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.