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**Job Category**

Children Services | Support, Advice and Guidance

**Location**

Brent, West London

**Salary**

£28,847 - £34,856

**Closing date**

05/03/2024

**Ref**

26528

**Contract type**

Permanent

**Total hours per week**

37.5

**Description**

**_ “Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.”_**

At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.

For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.

**Purpose**

To provide expert Career’s guidance, support with Gatsby benchmarks and provide re-engagement and progression support to Brent residents who are at risk of NEET (RONI), NEET and/or vulnerable. To ensure Brent Council meets its statutory requirements related to the Raising of the Participation Age (RPA) and the September Offer. To provide advice, guidance, and information to young people on learning, apprenticeships/training and personal development opportunities and support to access these.

**Essential**:
You will have:

- Experience of working with vulnerable groups from the stat services (YOS/CLA/SEND)
- liaising with and working in educational institutions and other stakeholders to identify young people who are at risk of or NEET and to target support to ensure they move into EET
- Ability to develop productive professional relationships with young people with multiple barriers with the persistence and resilience to support progression of those young people

Download the Job Description for full details.

**Location**:
Brent, West London

**Employee Benefits**

As an employee of Shaw Trust as well as positively impacting people’s lives, you will have access to the following benefits:

- 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
- 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
- An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
- Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
- Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes
- Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Women’s Network)
- Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan

**Join a diverse and inclusive organisation**

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.

In addition;
- We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
- We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme.
- Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.