Employability Mentor

Job Description

Role:- Employment Mentor Location:- Sheffield Salary:- £23,175 Overview To arrange, plan, organise, deliver a variety of Employability training courses. These could be generic job search, confidence and motivation programmes, or literacy and numeracy, to ensure that customers have the appropriate experience and practical skillsto move into employment, training, or further education. To maintain paperwork (both electronic and paper based) and other documentation which may be required to a high standard. To job match customers to vacancies, arrange employer visits and work placementopportunities for customers with a view to them securing employment. To conduct one to one Action Planning and review meetings to ensure customers are focused on securing employment. To be responsible for achieving targets set by the Line Manager to ensurewe meet contractual obligations. To be flexible in relation to delivery location to cover the contract areas.Role OverviewThe successful candidate will perform quality assurance activities by undertaking internal quality assurance of our NCFE CACHE Level 3 Award for Special Educational Needs. Coordinators in Early Years Settings and other programmes that may be added in duecourse.Main Duties & Responsibilities: To deliver a variety of training and one to one support designed to prepare the customer for securing employment including via work placement / trial that will lead to employment To be responsible, aware of contractual job targets in relation to the number of customers we are contracted to have on our provision and the number of job starts and sustained jobs that are expected to achieve with their customers To train customers in specific employability and functional skills in line with the requirements of the local labour market, and specific employers. Relevant customer documentation to be completed in line with company procedures. To carry out inductions and the basic assessment of the customers to identify their transferable skills, strengths, and experience. This will include, where appropriate, a work skills assessment for literacy and numeracy To provide one to one support for our customers, job search sessions, exploring the local labour market and securing interviews with employers To discuss and examine in appropriate detail, local and more general employment and training opportunities that may be available To work with employers, training providers and other agencies to strengthen the service we provide to our customers, including booking them in to deliver a session on the course To provide ICT focused job search skills, including using PCs, Laptops and Tablets to apply for jobs online, produce electronic CVs and attach them to online job applications, completing application forms online, using online web-based job sites includingFind a Job To provide training in self-presentation, interview skills, and telephone techniques and the provision of a quality curriculum vitae for each customer To assist customers to produce a realistic action plan leading back to work, including considering obstacles to the successful achievement of the plan and how to overcome them To provide information to customers on a one to one basis and delivering training as a group To assist in the recruitment of customers by marketing the company provision to JCP Work Coaches, external agencies and community groups and developing good relationships with JCP in your local areaEssential Requirements Level 2 English and Maths as a minimum PTTLS or equivalent trainer / teaching certification. Experience of delivering training and/or teaching people of all ages (minimum 1 - 2 years) Previous experience of working with individuals claiming income support and incapacity benefit and the barriers they face Knowledge of Jobcentre Plus programmes and incentives for unemployed people