Youth Engagement Tutor

**JOB DESCRIPTION**: Youth Engagement Tutor **Hours**: 37.5 Hours per week

**Location**:Caernarfon **Salary**:£25,120,00 - £27,040.00.

**Welcome to COPA ** -Welcome to COPA, where talent meets opportunity We are a dynamic and innovative training company dedicated to unlocking the potential of individuals and organisations alike. As a leader in the industry, we offer an exciting array of training programmes and professional development opportunities that empower individuals to thrive in today’s rapidly evolving business landscape.

We believe that investing in talent is key to success, and we are constantly seeking passionate individuals who are eager to grow, learn, and make a positive impact.

If you are driven, ambitious, and ready to take your career to new heights, join us on this incredible journey of growth and transformation. Discover endless possibilities and unleash your full potential with COPA Training.

We promote the welfare and protect the safety of all learners. Applicants must understand the critical importance of safeguarding our learners. Comprehensive checks, including social media screenings, are an integral part of our safer recruitment process.

**About the Role**:As a member of the Youth Engagement Team under direction from the Operations Manager you will be required to deliver consolidated and individualised training, development and employability support to 16-18 year olds who are assessed as NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) and support young people to make the most of their potential.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Assess learners on their existing abilities to create individual learning plans sessions that build on previous learning and provide evidence towards employability and personal development, underpinned by any relevant qualifications.
- Carry out meaningful interviews, inductions, initial assessments, and review learners to measure progress and identify actions and training needs.
- To plan and deliver progressive sessions that build on previous learning.
- To organise meaningful training and activities for learners, including trips and guest speakers in line with the programme including online learning sessions.
- To ensure learners are adequately prepared and given the opportunity to progress onto higher level routes within a timely manner by liaising effectively with all other teams.
- Ensure targets set by the Company and Welsh Government are met, including Learner starts, attendance, qualification achievement and progression outcomes.
- To work closely with the Job Coach to maximise starts, progressions and qualification achievement and ensure progression opportunities for learners are identified and met.
- To ensure learners are adequately prepared and given the opportunity to progress onto higher level routes within a timely manner by liaising effectively with all other teams.
- To use in-house systems to monitor and maintain attendance levels.
- To identify learners who are at high risk of disengaging and implement strategies to prevent this from happening.
- Liaise with Careers Wales and Working Wales, Job Coaches and other referral support agencies in order to support learners’ additional needs.
- Be fully aware of the company Health & Safety policy and procedures to ensure that the physical environment of the learner during indoor and outdoor sessions is safe and appropriate.
- Be fully aware of the company safeguarding policy and procedures to ensure the wellbeing of the learners.
- Communicating with parents/guardians regarding issues that require attention.
- To carry out any related administrative duties required enabling the smooth running of the Engagement Traineeship Programmes liaising with all routes and Audit & Compliance department.
- To adhere to and promote COPA’s environmental practices.
- Any other duties as requested by your Operations Manager, which may be necessary from time to time.

**Other Duties**
- Undertake any other duties as deemed appropriate by the Managing Director and commensurate with the level of the post.
- Adhere to all company policies and procedures, including Equality and Diversity and Health and Safety.
- Undertake appropriate training and development as required.
- Participate in Performance Review and Development Scheme.
- Adhere to the company environmental policy and guidelines and undertake tasks in a sustainable manner.
- To actively keep updated with the company’s services and programmes.
- As appropriate to your role you will work to the Common Inspection Framework, ISO: 9001:2015, Investors in People, ISO 27001 and other quality standards as required by the company and its partners.
- Recognition and regard for observing confidentiality.

**Qualifications and Skills: Essential**
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience of working with NEET learners
- Competency with regard for Safeguarding
- Good level of Literacy and Numeracy Grade C or equivalent
- Teaching qualification
- Creative and passiona