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Employment & Training Adviser & Keeping in Touch Adviser (SEND)

Job details
Posting date: 07 February 2025
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 25 February 2025
Location: Hertfordshire, Eastern England
Remote working: Fully remote
Company: Hertfordshire County Council
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: HCC27119

Summary

Hertfordshire County Council Services for Young People is the primary provider of youth work, career education information advice guidance and work-related learning in Hertfordshire. Our vision for young people is clear. We want young people to succeed, and by working for us you’ll be key to enable this to happen.

We work with vulnerable young people to address emerging needs, improve life chances, and reduce escalation to more expensive and intensive services. This includes supporting those challenged in education, their community or home life, to ensure a successful transition to adulthood. The young people we work with are typically 11-17 and 18 to 25 if they are Care Leavers or have SEND.

Employment and Training Advisers
£30,559 with the opportunity to progress to £33,366
1 x 37 hour a week and 1 x 18.5 hours a week in Watford, Three Rivers, Hertsmere
1 x 37 hour a week in Broxbourne, East Herts, Welwyn Hatfield

Employment and Training Advisers

What’s involved in the role?

Employment, training, and work-related learning activities support to young people.
Job and work experience brokering.
Support young people to enhance their employability skills.
Undertake health and safety assessments within workplaces.
Work face to face delivering at young people’s centres providing a range of support.
This is a varied role working as part of a team and will include direct contact with local employers to source a range of work-related opportunities for clients and after appropriate training, carry out Health & Safety checks with employers to support work experience placements.

You will work with a caseload of young people who are not in employment, education or training providing employment and training opportunities through job brokering and marketing vacancies. You will enhance the employability skills of young people by offering a range of services to include CV writing and interview preparation.

This is a varied role working as part of a team and will include direct contact with local employers to source a range of work-related opportunities for clients and after appropriate training, carry out Health & Safety checks with employers to support work experience placements.

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