Learning and Employment Mentor

3 weeks ago


Blaenau Gwent, United Kingdom The Wallich Full time

**Hours of Work**: 37.5 hours per week - Monday - Friday 09:00-17:00 with some flexibility

**Contract**: Fixed term until June 2024

**Project Description**

The BOSS Project provides wellbeing and employability support to individuals whose offending history is a barrier into ETE. You will be responsible for providing holistic support to individuals to help them achieve their Education, Training & Employment goals, adopting a trauma informed approach to engage service users both in custody and the community.

**Purpose of Role**

The post holder will be responsible for managing a caseload of service users, men and women, providing one to one mentoring and holistic support. As part of this role they will be expected to design and deliver a series of interventions with the aim to improve the resilience, wellbeing and employability of those individuals being supported. This will be achieved by providing access to counselling, further learning and training, and creating opportunities to obtain work-based qualifications.

The post holder will support the team to deliver a prison-based learning programme of pre-employment soft skills and provide transitional support for prison leavers resettling into the community. The post holder will be expected to work alongside members of staff from HMPPS, corporate employer partners and wider stakeholders.

**Please note: Driving Licence and access to own vehicle is essential for this role.**

**We are not utilising agencies with this role and kindly ask that agencies do not approach to assist us with this vacancy.**

Follow the link below to view the full job description and person specification. Please refer to this information when completing your CV and Cover Letter; see our** **Application Guidance** page for tips on what to include.

**Job Description Link**

**Employee Benefits**

**Closing date for this vacancy is 1st December 2023 at 09:00am.



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