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Employment Advisor /Mentor– Post 16 Education and Skills

Ackerman Pierce Ltd
Posted a day ago, valid for a month
Location

Barnet, Hertfordshire EN5 5TN

Salary

£170 per day

Contract type

Full Time

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The post holders will operate as part of a team within the General NEET Team working closely with a team of engagement professionals. They will offer one to one support to young people to find, return to or retain employment. The role will involve undertaking weekly home visits and meeting young people in the community plus engaging with employers and employment agencies to keep people in employment as well as securing employment opportunities.

Daily Duties
  • Maintain a caseload of clients offering one to one support to help clients find, remain, or retain employment.
  • Provide one to one advice & guidance where an initial assessment and an action plan identifying clients aspirations and barriers are identified.
  • Coach and mentor clients and offer a range of employment support interventions that will support them to find, remain or return to work. This would involve developing CVs, supporting with job search and interviews.
  • Work closely with local employment support agencies such as the job centre, recruitment consultancies, training, and work placement providers to offer suitable opportunities.
  • Work closely with employers to support clients to remain in their jobs by negotiating reasonable adjustments at the workplace.
  • Provide 1-2-1 support to clients to enable them to return to work after absence or other reasons.
  • Work closely with local employment law professionals and trade unions to offer clients and their employers with information about their employment rights and responsibilities.
  • Identify and maintain good working relationship with employers and prospective partners
  • Identify and maintain good working relationship with employers and prospective partners.
  • Work closely with local agencies to identify appropriate job vacancies.
  • Advocate on behalf of the client with prospective employers, aiming to identify work solutions that will overcome or minimise difficulties within the workplace.
  • Signpost the client, where necessary, to other agencies who will be able to provide advice on benefits or support that the client may be entitled to
  • Where appropriate, work with other agencies the client is already being supported by, to deliver a more effective support service.

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