Youth Development Specialist
20 hours ago
Essex County Council is seeking a skilled and dedicated professional to join our team as a Targeted Youth Adviser. This is a fixed-term, full-time opportunity that will play a key role in developing the Youth Service offer by working with identified young people who are at risk of not engaging in employment, education, and training.
About the RoleThe Targeted Youth Adviser will provide in-depth, evidence-based, one-to-one intensive mentoring, bespoke groupwork packages, and positive activities to empower young people to overcome barriers to education and reach their full potential. This role supports young people aged 16-18 who require impartial advice and guidance to progress into post-16 opportunities such as employment, education, training, and vocational opportunities.
Key Responsibilities- Assist young people to overcome barriers to access universal services and learning or employment, providing impartial advice, information, and guidance, supportive of young people's needs and views.
- Work with young people, their families, and schools to remove barriers to education, training, and employment.
- Manage a defined caseload of young people to establish their needs and offer intervention, create, maintain, and review accuracy of records in conjunction with DfE guidance and that of external funders, whilst ensuring compliance with Information Sharing Protocols.
- Potential for the responsibility of effective management of staff; renewing and reflecting on professional practice to achieve continuous improvement in performance.
- Support the development and delivery of intensive support to identified young people, within a cost-recoverable framework to remove barriers to education, employment, or training.
- Work in collaboration with stakeholders, including senior school-based staff, social care, SEND, Youth Offending Service, Housing, and partner agencies, to provide wider support to young people to remove barriers to learning, training, and employment.
- Deliver high-quality one-to-one interventions, mentoring, and group work through positive activities that are cost-effective, planned, actioned, and evaluated. This includes large-scale events advocating with other professionals to achieve these.
- Work collaboratively with a range of external agencies and commercial bodies to ensure a coherent approach to overcoming barriers to learning and employment faced by young people, ensuring they receive the service required, including promotion of the eight Gatsby benchmarks as set out in the government's careers strategy.
- Ensure compliance with statutory requirements, including data management, equality and diversity legislation, and ensure arrangements are in place to effectively manage concerns and complaints.
- Broker opportunities between providers and young people to enable them to engage in preparation for the world of work and search for education and employment opportunities.
- Influence and negotiate the level and type of provision available, to meet economic and young people's needs, and identify and inform gaps in education and training provision. Collate and disseminate information in respect of current opportunities, working closely with educational and training providers.
- Develop and deliver large-scale employability and recruitment events, advocating with parents/carers and other professionals.
- Educated to IAG Qualification, Dip CG, QCG, or NVQ 4 LDDS (minimum NVQ 4) level but preferably working towards level 6 LDDS with evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area.
- A broad understanding of the issues affecting young people, opportunities for learning, and the services provided by partner organisations, and proven experience in effective collaborative working. Deep knowledge and understanding of the current local offers of support to young people that may facilitate their reintegration.
- Extensive work with young people on a one-to-one basis and in groups.
- Proven experience of successfully progressing young people into employment, education, and training opportunities.
Essex County Council offers a competitive salary and a range of benefits, including a generous pension scheme, flexible working arrangements, and opportunities for professional development and career progression.
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