Youth Mentor - Worcester, United Kingdom - Red 5 People Ltd

Red 5 People Ltd

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Worcester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Do you have experience of working with youth work or have worked in a school setting and would like to join a large charity who support young people with learning disabilities or autism to thrive in the world of work?
The charity delivers a supported internship programme. Young people study employability & life skills whilst imbedding English and Maths on the course. As part of this, they will be allocated an employer to go on a work placement with.

Your role will vary dayto day, but could include:

Supporting the young person to plan their journey to work so they can become independent
Attending work with them, working closely with employers to provide support as needed
End of day calls with the young person and employer to check on progress
Liaising closely with the tutor around potential extra support needs

You will have a caseload of - 3 young people and you will be making a huge difference in their lives.

The office hub is the in centre of Worcester, but you must be a driver as you will be working in an outreach capacity across Redditch, Kidderminster, Malvern, Evesham
To apply, you might be a recent graduate in a related degree such as psychology.

Or you might have experience of working with young people with support needs, so could have worked as a tutor, teacher or learning support assistant or teaching assistant ideallywith SEN needs.

You might have also worked as a support worker, hostel worker, careers advisor or employment advisor.

Please not full time salary is £21,328 but as this is part time 22.5 hours the salary would be £12,969.