Youth Employment Mentor | Caseload Support & Job Readiness

Sovereign & Bale; Leicester; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Sovereign & Bale is seeking an Employment Advisor to mentor and support young people aged 18–24 towards sustainable employment. You will manage your own caseload, provide tailored one-to-one guidance from assessment through to job placement and in-work support.

You will build relationships with participants, employers and local partners, helping individuals develop skills, confidence and experience to secure and sustain work.

Qualifications

• Experience providing one-to-one mentoring or coaching to young people or individuals facing barriers to work.
• Experience in employability, welfare-to-work, youth employment, skills or training environments.
• Strong ability to build trust, motivate participants and maintain engagement across face-to-face, telephone and digital contact.
• Good understanding of action planning, barrier removal, work-readiness and sustained employment outcomes.
• Ability to manage a caseload effectively, prioritise activity and meet targets.
• Excellent communication, influencing and relationship-building with participants, employers and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, data protection, equality and diversity, health and safety and consent requirements.

Responsibilities

• Build supportive relationships with young people and encourage engagement, motivation and accountability.
• Manage a caseload of participants and provide structured one-to-one mentoring throughout their journey into employment.
• Complete initial assessments, identify barriers and agree SMART action plans, reviewing progress.
• Deliver confidence-building, work-readiness and job-search support, including CV development and interview preparation.
• Collaborate with employer engagement colleagues to identify opportunities and support recruitment and onboarding.
• Provide ongoing in-work support including regular check-ins, workplace coaching and discussions around reasonable adjustments.
• Develop and maintain in-work support plans with participants and employers, subject to consent.
• Rapidly re-engage participants who leave or fall out of work and move them back into employment or training.
• Maintain accurate, timely records including action plans, notes and outcomes.
• Work with Jobcentre Plus, employers, training providers and partners to maximise sustained employment outcomes.

Job description

Sovereign & Bale is seeking an Employment Advisor to mentor and support young people aged 18–24 towards sustainable employment. You will manage your own caseload, provide tailored one-to-one guidance from assessment through to job placement and in-work support.

You will build relationships with participants, employers and local partners, helping individuals develop skills, confidence and experience to secure and sustain work.