Career Mentor Specialist

2 weeks ago

Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Catch22 Full time
Main Responsibilities

As a Career Mentor, you will play a vital role in supporting Care experienced young people (CEYP) aged 18-30 in achieving sustainable employment. Your primary objective will be to deliver high-quality interventions, effectively engaging participants and attaching them to existing and new employability programmes.

You will be responsible for delivering end-to-end Information, Advice, and Guidance to participants, ensuring they are well-prepared for the world of work. This will involve inducting, assessing, and on-boarding participants, promoting their emotional intelligence, self-confidence, and esteem.

Key tasks will include:

  • Completing goal-focused action plans/ILRs for all referred participants
  • Providing support and motivation for clients to implement their action plans
  • Coaching participants on a one-to-one and group basis using the Catch22 Employability Methodology
  • Preparing CVs, cover letters, and job/apprenticeship application forms with participants
  • Introducing participants to a strengths-based recruitment approach to succeeding in job interviews
  • Undertaking job search with participants using relevant web-based software and packages
  • Shortlisting, pre-selecting, and matching/submittting participants to vacancies/work experience opportunities
  • Preparing job packs on specific vacancies/work experience opportunities for participants
  • Arranging interviews for participants where appropriate
  • Preparing participants to a high standard for interview with employers
  • Ensuring participants access additional training provided by Catch22 Employability, its partners, and other providers
  • Successfully placing participants from a range of target groups into career-focused employment or education opportunities
  • Engaging and maintaining regular contact with participants at agreed intervals to ensure they sustain their job or apprenticeship/training
  • Delivering high-quality In Work Support, effectively sustaining participants for a minimum of six months
  • Ensuring participants demonstrate and sustain progression into apprenticeships and employment or education
  • Establishing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders, including Local Authority PA's, Referral Partners, and interested parties
  • Obtaining feedback and acting on regular feedback from participants and employers
  • Utilizing the relevant case management and performance management system used by Catch22 Employability, including any ICT packages
  • Supporting the delivery of Catch22 Employability/partner Events, Job Fairs, Workshops, and Seminars that prepare learners for the world of work
  • Taking responsibility for delivering Catch22 Employability operational targets
  • Ensuring case management/performance management systems are used effectively in accordance with the requirements of the delivery contracts
  • Ensuring timely input and communication of key documents and information
  • Ensuring contractual compliance is maintained to the highest standard at all times
  • Ensuring Catch22 compliance is maintained to the highest standard at all times
  • Continuously improving performance, contribution, knowledge, skills, and participating in training and developmental activities as required
  • Implementing Catch22's Diversity & Equality policy statement
  • Complying with Safeguarding/Prevent, Health and Safety policies and procedures
  • Implementing Catch22's policies and procedures
  • Carrying out other relevant duties as required
Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will need:

  • Five GCSEs or equivalent at Grade C or above
  • Relevant professional qualification

Desirable qualifications include:

  • Experience of delivering services in the Employability sector
  • IAG Level 3
  • Member of the IEP
  • ERS Level 3 Certificate or Diploma
  • Coaching qualification
Benefits

Catch22 offers a competitive salary of £28,000 per annum, 28 days annual leave + bank holidays (rising to 33 days with service), and a pension scheme with matching contributions of up to 4%. You will also have access to discounted shopping opportunities, a supportive team, and a vibrant office setting in the City Centre.

At Catch22, we value equality, diversity, and inclusion. We are committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices, ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.

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