SfYP Employment & Training Adviser

Hertfordshire; Welwyn Hatfield; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Hertfordshire County Council’s Services for Young People seeks an Employment & Training Adviser to support and broker employment, training and work-related learning for young people in East Herts, Broxbourne & Welwyn Hatfield. The role involves direct delivery at youth centres, plus liaising with local employers to source opportunities.

You will help enhance employability skills and guide young people through CV writing and interview preparation, with a strong emphasis on safeguarding and

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence.
• Ability to travel around the county independently.
• Flexibility to work as service needs require.
• Excellent verbal, written and ICT skills.
• Ability to build professional relationships with young people.
• Understand issues facing unemployed youth and challenge stereotyping.
• Experience networking with local employers.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Driving licence

Travel locally

Flexible hours

ICT skills

Relationship building

Teamwork

Negotiation

Education

CEIAG/youth work qualification

Job description

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Job Title: SfYP Employment & Training Adviser
Starting Salary: £32,578 progressing to £35,570 per annum
Hours:37.00
Location:East Herts, Broxbourne & Welwyn Hatfield
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate:Children's Services

About the team

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.

About the role

What’s involved in the role?

• 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.

About you

• 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.
• 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.

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

This job role is Level 8. Please locate the job profile here:

Additional information

We are changing
Hertfordshire County Council is undergoing Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). If you are employed by Hertfordshire County on 1 April 2028, it is expected that most roles will transfer to the newly-created unitary councils on existing terms and conditions under TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings – Protection of Employment) principles.

LGR is one of the biggest changes we will face in a generation. It will reshape how we work and how services are organised and gives us a real opportunity to build something better. To find out more, visithttps://www.hertfordshire-lgr.co.uk/

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.