London, United Kingdom

Mentoring and Employment Support Officer

 Job Description:

We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in London to assist with the appointment of a Mentoring and Employment Support Officer , on a 6-month contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £20.59 - £26.44 per hour

Responsibilities:

  • Use of innovative, safe, popular, fun and outcome focused activities that appeal to local young people and support their achievement of outcomes, including virtual delivery where that is beneficial.
  • Building trust, rapport and honest relationships with young people, to help young people consider their options and become positive and motivated about their future.
  • Providing participants with expert mentoring support to enhance employability skills and ensure outstanding and sustainable outcomes in relation to further education, employment and skills.
  • Independently managing a caseload of NEETs, ensuring a consistent and quality regular mentoring service to all, creating bespoke career pathway plans and supporting the young person towards their agreed outcomes.
  • Creating connections and working closely in collaboration with a range of partners including youth and community organisations, education and training providers and others to generate effective networks and joined-up approaches to promote essential life skills.

Qualifications:

  • Experience of assimilating and analysing complex written and numerical information.
  • Experience of organising administrative processes across diverse functions.
  • Experience of solving problems and thinking creatively.
  • Experience of working collaboratively across an organisation and a range of partners.

Please note:

  • You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
  • You should have right to work in U.K

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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  Required Skills:

Discretion Pay Options Mentoring LTD Education Business Training