Career Mentor Care Experience Lead
Career Mentor Care Experience Lead
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About the role
The role of Career Mentor (Care Experienced Lead) is an excellent opportunity to provide tailored employability support to a caseload of young people managing and developing their skills to encourage progression into sustainable employment education apprenticeships and training opportunities. Championing the rights and needs of those who have experience of the care system you will have responsibility for engaging a range of referral partners and you will have the opportunity to deliver facilitated employability workshops.
This role is specifically dedicated to the support of young people (1630) who have experience of being in the care system
Young people will be residing in 1 of 5 South East London boroughs (Lambeth Lewisham Southwark Bexley Bromley and Greenwich)
About You
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to gain peoples confidence and put them at ease.
- Flexible adaptable persuasive and patient with a positive approach to problem solving and a cando attitude.
- Target and results driven with good organisational and administrative skills and the ability to prioritise.
- Able to effectively cope with pressure working to deadlines to produce reports.
Main Duties and Accountabilities
- Managing a small caseload of young people with career plans and progression accurately identifying their needs challenges career ambitions strengths and development areas and signposting where relevant.
- Delivering highquality inwork support and advice and guidance for young people on our employability programmes that sustains participants for an appropriate amount of time ensuring that participants sustain progression into apprenticeships and sustained employment.
- Assisting in the delivery of 11 and group work sessions such as interview techniques job searches CV writing and confidence building to support and motivate young people preparing them to a high standard for interview with employers.
- Completing goal focused action plans for young people preparing CVs cover letters job/apprenticeship application forms job packs undertaking job searches with participants and arranging interviews where appropriate.
- Engaging with the local community and undertaking outreach work to successfully identify young people for employability programmes this includes supporting the delivery of any relevant events job fairs workshops and seminars.
- Ensuring that all inputted data is securely stored and progress logged.
- Ensuring timely input and communication of key documents and information to ensure high contractual compliance standards and effective delivery of operational KPI targets.
- Complying with all relevant policies and procedures such as Safeguarding/Prevent Health and Safety and Diversity and Equality.
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Qualifications :
- English and Maths at L2 or equivalent (or willingness to achieve in post)
- Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Teams and Office.
- A relevant professional qualification in coaching or IAG will be an advantage.
- We encourage applicants who have experience of the care system
Additional Information :
Salary:per annum
Hours of work: Full time 37 hours per week
Contract: Fixed Term until June 2025
Flexibility: Hybrid working model 3 days working in the community (SE London) 2 days working from home occasional office days
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 here.
Unless otherwise stated interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified so early application is strongly advised.
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.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Contract
Employment Type
Remote
