Youth Employment Officer

Cornwall Council; Bodmin; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Defined benefit pension scheme

Generous annual leave entitlement

Health and wellbeing programme

Employee discounts

Job summary

Cornwall Council is seeking a Youth Engagement Officer to deliver interventions for NEET young people aged 16-24 across Cornwall. You will work within the Youth Engagement Provision to connect participants with education, training and employment opportunities.

The role focuses on empowering economically inactive individuals, creating personalised action plans, and collaborating with employers to progress participants into mainstream opportunities. 37 hours per week, public-facing role.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience working with 16-24 NEET individuals and understanding barriers to engagement.
• Knowledge of Cornwall's employers and opportunities in education, employment and training.
• Public sector English language requirement for applicants.

Responsibilities

• Deliver interventions to support NEET young people aged 16-24 to access opportunities.
• Recruit and support young people facing barriers to employment or training.
• Create personalised action plans and coordinate wraparound support with partners.
• Work with employers to identify suitable opportunities and provide follow-up support.

Skills

Experience with NEET youth

Community engagement

Teamwork and collaboration

Job description

The Role

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking to recruit 1 Full-time Youth Engagement Officer to work as part of the Youth Engagement provision(YEP) to deliver interventions to support Young People aged 16-24 who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET), to access opportunities in education, employment and training.

This role is centred on empowering young people aged 16-24 who are economically inactive, unemployed or individuals who are not in education, employment or training to enable their integration into mainstream employment and training opportunities.

The Youth Engagement Officer role, involves working within our Youth Engagement Provision, providing a range of services to our target audience, with the ultimate objective of supporting these individuals into employment, training or educational opportunities.

The Youth Engagement Officers will recruit and support young people facing barriers to employment or engagement in training, playing a key role in providing intensive and wraparound support to individuals guiding them towards mainstream provision and employment. The Youth Engagement Officers will create personalised action plans with participants to help them overcome their barriers to advance their entry into the workforce.

Working closely with employers and skills sectors, the role-holder will identify employment opportunities which align with the needs and aspirations of participants and the local labour market. They will possess current knowledge of 15-25yrs developments, encompassing skills and work-related learning and Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) education. Combined with good knowledge of labour market information, they will inform the creation of tailored employability programs, actively involving participants in the process.

The employability program will lead to quality, structured opportunities including work experience placements, employer taster sessions, designed to progress participants into suitable employment or training pathways. The role holder will be responsible for thorough follow-up work with participants and employers to address any ongoing support needs, ensuring sustained success.

The role holder needs to be committed to facilitating employment, education and training opportunities for people for whom Health Conditions, Special Educational Needs (SEND) and Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) issues present a barrier to employment.

The role holder needs to have extensive experiencing of working with Young People aged 16-24, especially in group settings as well as demonstrable experience of working as part of a team to bring success.

You will work closely with the wider Employment and Enterprise team and other services within Cornwall Council Education to ensure work is complimentary, co-ordinated and not duplicated.

This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.

This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.

Working Pattern

Monday to Friday 37 hours per week.

What You’ll Need To Succeed

You’ll need extensive experience of working with individuals who are 16-24 NEET with an understanding of their barriers to engagement and participation.

In addition, you’ll need knowledge of the landscape for employers within Cornwall and opportunities available to Young People in education, employment and training throughout the County.

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

What You’ll Get In Return

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our Core Employee Rewards And Benefits Include

• a competitive salary.
• a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• a national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services

Additional Information

Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.

The full role profile is attached here - Youth Employment Officer Role Profile

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Jane Cornelius - [e-mail]

About Us

Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council

We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options .

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender reassignment status, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.