Job Title: Employment & Training Adviser
Salary: £30,559 progressing to £33,366 per annum
Base Location: Watford Young People’s Centre covering Watford, Three Rivers & Hertsmere districts.
Hours: 37 hours
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Childrens Services
Hertfordshire County Council Services for Young People is the primary provider of youth work, career education, information advice guidance and work-related learning in Hertfordshire.
Our vision for young people is clear. We want young people to succeed, and by working for us you’ll be key to enable this to happen.
We work with vulnerable young people to address emerging needs, improve life chances, and reduce escalation to more expensive and intensive services.
This includes supporting those challenged in education, their community or home life, to ensure a successful transition to adulthood. The young people we work with are typically 11-17 and 18 to 25 if they are Care Leavers or have SEND.
Key elements of the role cover:
- Employment, training, and work-related learning activities support to young people.
- Job and work experience brokering.
- Support young people to enhance their employability skills.
- Undertake health and safety assessments within workplaces.
- Work face to face delivering at young people’s centres providing a range of support.
You will work with young people who are not in employment, education or training providing employment and training opportunities through job brokering and marketing vacancies. You will enhance the employability skills of young people by offering a range of services to include CV writing and interview preparation.
This is a varied role working as part of a team and will include direct contact with local employers to source a range of work-related opportunities for young people and after appropriate training, carry out Health & Safety checks with employers to support work experience placements.
Essential:
- Full UK driving licence with regular access to a vehicle.
- The ability to travel independently around the county.
- The ability to work flexibly as Service needs require.
- Excellent verbal, written and ICT skills
- The ability to build professional relationships young people.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage time and availability effectively.
- The ability to support team activities and contribute to the wider service.
- An understanding of the issues facing young people who are unemployed and be able to demonstrate how you have effectively challenged stereotyping or other discriminatory practice..
Desirable:
- Be able to demonstrate experience of building relationships and networking with employers.
- The ability to a build rapport with young people and evidence of working with them individually and in small groups.
- An understanding of the issues facing young people who are unemployed and be able to demonstrate how you have effectively challenged stereotyping or other discriminatory practice.
- Ability to work in a varied role working as part of a team
- Be proactive and have the ability to advocate and negotiate.
- Experience in networking with local employers and promoting employment services.
- Ability to use social media and online platforms, such as LinkedIn and the Hertfordshire Opportunities Portal (H.O.P), to support young people.
- Relevant qualifications in careers education, information, advice, and guidance (CEIAG), youth work, or a related field.
- Have a proactive approach and the ability to advocate and negotiate.
This job role is within the Community Services, level 8 job profile. Please locate this via:
Job profiles – Community services
To find out more, please contact Kips Green Kips.Green@hertfordshire.gov.uk
For more information regarding the work of Services for Young People please visit www.servicesforyoungpeople.org
Interview Date: 13th November (Face to Face at Watford Young People’s Centre)
As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.
Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.
Driving required
You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.
English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.
