Youth Employment Specialist

5 days ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom ThinkForward Full time

At ThinkForward, we are passionate about empowering young people with mild to moderate learning disabilities to gain confidence, independence, and skills for a better future. We are seeking an experienced Youth Employment Specialist to join our SEND team in Birmingham as a temporary freelance Employment and Progression Coach.

This role involves delivering our unique programme supporting young people into employment. If you share our vision and have experience in supporting young people to make amazing decisions about their futures, then we might have the perfect opportunity for you.

The successful candidate will be committed to equity, diversity, anti-racist and anti-discriminatory practice, persistent, empathic and agile in their style of work, and able to apply a coaching approach to the delivery of our programme.

Key responsibilities include telling the stories of our work through data, running one-to-one and group work sessions, and being knowledgeable of supported internships and supported employment, careers, and tailored progression planning for young people.

We offer a competitive rate of £130.00 per day for this fixed-term contract, which is expected to last for 3 months. The working hours are approximately 16 per week.



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