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Temporary Personal Advisor - Education, Employment & Training
Reference no: Sheffield TCL 0009 6CC2 / 1
Pay Rate: £12.00 per hour PAYE
37 Monday – Friday, 08:45 - 17:00
This opening assignment is for 8-9 months
City: SHEFFIELD
Enhanced DBS disclosure required
Hybrid working
Personal Advisor as an Education, Employment & Training (EET) Transitions Coach, who will work on this project focussing specifically on increasing numbers of young people in employment, education and training, including through support gaining work experience, with application forms and advice and guidance. The postholder will perform the following duties, working to a clear performance framework and sustainability and reporting to the Senior Fieldwork Manager.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide expertise in overcoming the barriers that care leavers face in accessing education, employment, and training.
Support and bridge care leavers through specialist support interventions as part of the local Care Leaver Offer, and as part of a holistic approach embedded into the care leaver service.
Up-skill peers towards a broader understanding of education and employment pathways; provide specialist input into Pathway Plans in relation to career planning.
Deliver a tailored EET support package which prepares care leavers for the world of work and provide in-work support for care leaver and employers, liaising with external employment providers and lifelong learning services in the City Council and other key stakeholders who can provide career opportunities and/or apprenticeships.
Provide additional emotional health and wellbeing support to care leavers, supporting mental health wellbeing to progress and sustain both engagement in employment, education and training and stable housing outcomes. Utilising existing resources in service, including CAMHS and voluntary sector services.
Coach for resilience development especially around confidence in care leavers’ abilities, workplace relationships, behaviour expectations, protocols, processes, and systems.
Provide support and advice to care leavers around financial management and budgeting. A lack of sufficient finances directly correlates to difficulties in maintaining accommodation and housing and EET status, e.g., incurring rent arrears and struggling to pay for basic work-related costs such as transport.
Qualifications:
NVQ/QCF Level 3 or equivalent as a minimum and willingness to undertake additional training and/or qualifications as required.
Knowledge:
Knowledge about local arrangements for accessing primary and specialist health services including mental health for young people and adults.
Basic understanding of the law relating to young people with an understanding of the legal framework and its practical implications.
Understanding of the law relating to client confidentiality.
Understanding of legislation relevant to leaving care e.g. Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 and Children and Social Work Act 2017
Awareness of the criminal justice system and the respective roles and responsibilities of youth justice services, HMPPS/CRC and children’s services.
Experience:
Significant experience of working with young people leaving care or in related fields and/or specialist knowledge and experience in related areas.
Direct experience of working with looked after young people and young adults between ages 16 and 25.
Experience of multi-agency planning and joint working for looked after young people including some with more complex needs.
Skills & Abilities:
Ability to relate research evidence to professional practice.
The ability to assess financial support needs and handle cash to provide immediate support to young people and assist them in budgeting and spending decisions.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address.
Please feel free to apply to us directly via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF.
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Job Ref: Sheffield TCL 0009 6CC2 / 1
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