Career Mentor

Catch22; City of Westminster; Híbrido; GBP 26 000 - 32 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Pension scheme with matching up to 4%

Discounted shopping opportunities

Resumo da oferta

Catch22 is recruiting a Career Coach/Mentor to support Care Experienced Young People (CEYP) aged 16–30 across Westminster and surrounding London boroughs. You will deliver employability information, advice and guidance and coach individuals and groups using the Catch22 methodology to secure sustainable employment or further education.

The role is community-based with at least 3 days per week in Westminster offices/communities and occasional remote working.

Qualificações

• Experience coaching within the employability or social inclusion sector.
• Experience supporting young people with barriers to employment, particularly care-experienced.
• Delivering employability support, coaching or mentoring, including job search and interview preparation.

Responsabilidades

• Deliver a range of interventions to help Care Experienced Young People (CEYP) aged 16–30 achieve sustainable employment.
• Engage participants and connect them to employability programmes and interventions.
• Provide high quality Information, Advice and Guidance to participants on employability programmes.

Conhecimentos

Coaching

Mentoring

Information, Advice & Guidance

CV writing

Group coaching

Relationship building

Formação académica

IAG (L3)

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Job Description

Our Employability division is expanding due to the procurement of new contracts and we therefore look to grow our frontline delivery team.

You will be an experienced Career Coach with mentoring skills who can positively challenge Care Experienced Young people (CEYP) aged 16 - 30 to look at their approach to challenges and manage them in new ways. You would report to the Service Manager and sit within the Westminster CLIC team delivering a targeted employability contract to NEET CEYP across the Westminster Borough of London.

The role is community based (Westminster and surrounding London boroughs) and you will be a Career Mentor working within local communities to support NEET CEYP to progress into sustainable employment or education and training as well as deliver employability information, advice and guidance to your caseload.

We seek a diverse workforce and therefore are open to a range of backgrounds and experience however seek an individual who is proactive, organised and resilient to deal with the varying demands of the role.

Your main duties will include:

• To deliver a range of supportive interventions to help Care experienced young people (CEYP) 16 – 30 years achieve sustainable employment.

• To effectively engage participants and attach them to existing and new employability programmes/interventions.

• To deliver high quality end to end Information, Advice and Guidance to participants on our employability programmes.

• To “coach” the participants on a one to one and group basis based on the Catch22 Employability Methodology.

• To prepare CVs, cover letter and job/apprenticeship application forms with participants.

• To successfully place participants from a range of target groups into career focused employment or education opportunities.

• To deliver high quality In Work Support which effectively sustains participants for a minimum of six months.

What does good look like for this role?

• Developing strong relationships with referral partners, Care Experienced Young people aged 16 - 30, training providers and employers
• Strong interpersonal skills; approachable, adaptable and supportive to the range of stakeholders involved in this programme.
• Ability to develop strong rapport and challenge young people to look at their approach to challenges and managing them in a new way
• Service users have a positive experience and achieve their goals.

Qualifications

Experience

• Coaching, and delivering services, within the Employability sector.
• Supporting young people or adults facing barriers to employment, particularly care experienced young people
• Delivering employability support, coaching or mentoring, including job search and interview preparation.

Skills & Abilities

• Understanding of person-centered, strengths-based approaches to employability support.
• Ability to engage, motivate and build positive relationships with young people.
• Strong communication and coaching skills, working one-to-one and in groups

Desirable: Qualification in IAG (L3), ERS (L3), Coaching, IEP Membership or a relevant professional qualification

Additional Information

Hours: 37 per week

Basis: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: £29,122

Location: Outreach and community based work across Westminster and occassional travel to other central London locations

At least 3 days a week will be in the community/office space in Westminster, with opportunity for ocassional remote working

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays, rising to 33 days with service.
• Pension scheme with matching contributions of up to 4%.
• Discounted shopping opportunities.

See the benefits of working for Catch22.

See the benefits of working for Catch22.

Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.

We aim to review applications as quickly as possible. However, due to the volume ofinterest we receive, we may not be able to contact all applicants individually. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful this time.

At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.

Please note, we will conduct an online search as part of our due dilligence checks for successful candidate(s). This will involve a search of all publicly available information online and in social media.

Catch22’s Commitment to Ban the Box

Catch22 is proud to have “Banned the Box”. This means that we do not ask for candidates to disclose criminal convictions at the application stage. Instead, we invite disclosures at interview stage, and encourage them at the offer stage. Please see our statement of commitment on hiring people with convictions for more information.