Specialist Employability Support Worker - Cheltenham, United Kingdom - Caring for Communities and People

Caring for Communities and People

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Cheltenham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Vacancy reference No. 609

Hours: 37.5 hours a week (flexible to meet service needs) Hybrid home/office working. Fixed term contract until 31st March 2025

Pay:
£22,000

Benefits:

- _ Extra 5 days leave than standard (25 days plus public holidays)_
- _ Extra 1 day holiday per year for each year of service (capped at 5)_
- _ Enhanced Employer pension contribution_
- _ Life Insurance (Three times your annual salary)_
- _ Enhanced sickness pay_
- _ Business Mileage paid at 45p per mile*_
- _ Free optional subscription to Benenden healthcare or a Perkbox membership_
- _ Designated Workplace Welfare Manager, offering in-house support_

Closing Date:4th April 2023

4 star + Indeed reviews, excellent benefits, support and development.

We are CCP, an independent charity of around 250 staff and 100 volunteers across multiple counties and our purpose is to prevent the causes and reduce the effects of homelessness, family breakdown and exclusion.

The
Specialist Employability Support Worker will tailor 1-2-1 employability support to help young people better prepare for the uptake of training and employment opportunities.

To improve diversity and tackle poverty through education, removing barriers to education and improving female access to education.

The aim is to support around 100 care leavers and homeless young people living in CCP's supported accommodation in
Gloucestershire per annum through an employability and social inclusion programme.

The Specialist Employability Support Worker will be experienced and specialist to enable young people to be better prepared.

The role will include comprehensive needs and risk assessments, personal action planning and development, training, strengths-based skills, mentoring, work experience opportunities, referrals to other relevant agencies, tracking of personal milestones and outcomes.

You will be required to travel within your designated area of work, therefore a full driver's licence and your own transport is essential.

You'll be set up so you can do a mix of home working and in your locality office.

To be successful in this role, you'll need to be patient, kind, resilient, professional, with a calm and caring approach.

Could this be you?
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CCP reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the closing date._
- _ CCP is committed to equality and diversity, and this means treating people fairly, and providing equal chances while respecting people's differences, in both employment and the services it provides._
- _ A full driving license and access to your own car are essential._
- *Staff only. Business mileage (45p a mile) paid for any daily miles over and above the distance from your home to the allocated workplace location and back._