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Careers Coach - Elevate Team
| Posting date: | 12 February 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £21,815 to £28,188 per year |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 02 March 2025 |
| Location: | Reading, Berkshire |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Reading Borough Council |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | BFC0815 |
Summary
Careers Coach – Elevate Team
Brighter Futures for Children
Part time 29.6 hours per week
2 years fixed term post
Salary: Level 6 Qualified £26,123 - £28,188 pa pro rata (£32,654 - £35,235 pa FTE)
Careers Coach Assistant: £21,815 - £26,123 pa pro rata (£27,269 - £32,654 pa FTE)
About BFFC
Brighter Futures for Children is a not-for-profit company, owned by, but independent of, Reading Borough Council. Although we are independent, we are very much part of the Reading Family. Our people enjoy all of benefits as other Council employees including membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and continuous service.
We work closely with partners in the local community and key organisations including Reading Borough Council, policy, public health and voluntary groups. We are responsible for the delivery of children’s social care, early help & prevention, education services (including SEND). This also includes fostering and adoption, the Youth Justice Service and traded services with schools.
Our main aim is to protect and enhance the lives of the children of Reading. We help families find long-term solutions to ensure children lead happy, healthy and successful lives.
The Team/Role
This is a key role in Elevate team (post 16 Participation and Engagement). You will work as a part of Elevate Careers Team, providing services for young people aged 16-18 (up to 25 years for those with LDD/Care Leavers) in target groups.
Role Responsibilities:
To work as part of Elevate Careers Team, providing services for young people aged 16-18 (up to 25 years for those with LDD/Care Leavers and those claiming benefits) in target groups e.g., young people who are NEET, and at risk of becoming NEET.
To work with and support a caseload of young people to achieve positive education, training and employment outcomes.
To initiate, develop and deliver high quality careers information, advice and guidance sessions for young people, within the trauma informed practice, ethos and values principles.
To underpin all work with young people and families by the value of working collaboratively, in a holistic approach, to equip them to develop their own career management tools.
To promote Elevate service internally within BFfC to colleagues in social care, education and early help teams, and externally to young people, families, employers, charity and voluntary sector organisations.
Deliver IAG in community settings, schools and colleges and contribute to their careers education programmes, as and when required.
Undertake operational duties as may be required as directed by the Team Manager e.g. participate in launching, developing and delivering new initiatives/collaborative projects to expand careers service and offer.
Support the manager and Team with delivering statutory duties as part of post 16 NEET strategy.
To use the client data system to record information accurately.
Essential knowledge, skills and experience:
Significant experience of working with young people/young adults in either a paid or voluntary capacity.
Significant experience of working with young people aged 13-25 years, particularly young people who are vulnerable (young people with SEND, Care Leavers, Children Looked After, young people supported by the Youth Justice System).
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a range of Individuals.
Qualifications in careers guidance and development at level 6 (fully qualified careers coach pay scale). If this is not met than the role would be at the lower grade at the coach assistant pay scale.
Level 4 job coaching or level 3 job coaching in supported employment qualifications (the coach assistant pay scale).
Inclusion and Diversity
We want Brighter Futures for Children to be a great place to work and to ensure that our children, young people and families are represented in leadership roles and positions of power. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our children, young people and families so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.
Asking for Adjustments
Brighter Futures for Children is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions.
If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please let us know.
Closing date: 2 March 2025
Interview date: To be confirmed.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Brighter Futures for Children
Part time 29.6 hours per week
2 years fixed term post
Salary: Level 6 Qualified £26,123 - £28,188 pa pro rata (£32,654 - £35,235 pa FTE)
Careers Coach Assistant: £21,815 - £26,123 pa pro rata (£27,269 - £32,654 pa FTE)
About BFFC
Brighter Futures for Children is a not-for-profit company, owned by, but independent of, Reading Borough Council. Although we are independent, we are very much part of the Reading Family. Our people enjoy all of benefits as other Council employees including membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and continuous service.
We work closely with partners in the local community and key organisations including Reading Borough Council, policy, public health and voluntary groups. We are responsible for the delivery of children’s social care, early help & prevention, education services (including SEND). This also includes fostering and adoption, the Youth Justice Service and traded services with schools.
Our main aim is to protect and enhance the lives of the children of Reading. We help families find long-term solutions to ensure children lead happy, healthy and successful lives.
The Team/Role
This is a key role in Elevate team (post 16 Participation and Engagement). You will work as a part of Elevate Careers Team, providing services for young people aged 16-18 (up to 25 years for those with LDD/Care Leavers) in target groups.
Role Responsibilities:
To work as part of Elevate Careers Team, providing services for young people aged 16-18 (up to 25 years for those with LDD/Care Leavers and those claiming benefits) in target groups e.g., young people who are NEET, and at risk of becoming NEET.
To work with and support a caseload of young people to achieve positive education, training and employment outcomes.
To initiate, develop and deliver high quality careers information, advice and guidance sessions for young people, within the trauma informed practice, ethos and values principles.
To underpin all work with young people and families by the value of working collaboratively, in a holistic approach, to equip them to develop their own career management tools.
To promote Elevate service internally within BFfC to colleagues in social care, education and early help teams, and externally to young people, families, employers, charity and voluntary sector organisations.
Deliver IAG in community settings, schools and colleges and contribute to their careers education programmes, as and when required.
Undertake operational duties as may be required as directed by the Team Manager e.g. participate in launching, developing and delivering new initiatives/collaborative projects to expand careers service and offer.
Support the manager and Team with delivering statutory duties as part of post 16 NEET strategy.
To use the client data system to record information accurately.
Essential knowledge, skills and experience:
Significant experience of working with young people/young adults in either a paid or voluntary capacity.
Significant experience of working with young people aged 13-25 years, particularly young people who are vulnerable (young people with SEND, Care Leavers, Children Looked After, young people supported by the Youth Justice System).
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a range of Individuals.
Qualifications in careers guidance and development at level 6 (fully qualified careers coach pay scale). If this is not met than the role would be at the lower grade at the coach assistant pay scale.
Level 4 job coaching or level 3 job coaching in supported employment qualifications (the coach assistant pay scale).
Inclusion and Diversity
We want Brighter Futures for Children to be a great place to work and to ensure that our children, young people and families are represented in leadership roles and positions of power. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our children, young people and families so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.
Asking for Adjustments
Brighter Futures for Children is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions.
If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please let us know.
Closing date: 2 March 2025
Interview date: To be confirmed.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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