Employment Facilitator

We're thrilled that you're considering a career with Action for Children so here's what you need to know….

About Us

At Action for Children, we believe that every child should have a safe and happy childhood. Last year, we helped more than 600,000 children and families across the UK. We work to ensure their voices are heard, and campaign to bring lasting change to their lives.

About the Role:

Action for Children's Employability service provides support to young people aged 16-24, who have a range of barriers or needs to make positive choices for their future. By using a range of programmes and tools you will work with the team to support and prepare them with their first steps into the world of employment or further education.

The successful applicant will directly support and deliver a range of both practical and vocational employability programmes aimed at young people aged 16-24 to access, maintain and sustain employment through the provision of a comprehensive in-house training programme and work placement, supported through a key worker approach for up to 6 months from securing employment.

This role will cover Glasgow, Lanarkshire and Ayrshire.

As an Employment Facilitator, you'll be:

• Providing a responsive, high quality and customer focused service to young people seeking to enter the labour market and our partners based on an assessment of need that is regularly and professionally reviewed and the development of aspirational action plans which are outcomes driven.
• Applying Action for Children's and professional practice standards and ensuring their implementation as necessary and being proactive in their implementation.
• Managing and co-ordinate a caseload of young people, providing a range of targeted interventions to assist their entry to the labour market through group, coordinated or individual support.
• Delivering of a range of group work modules that contribute to our overall employability programmes, promoting inclusion and allowing for individual learning styles.

What You'll Bring:

Our job description for the Employment Facilitator outlines the requirements of the role but the ‘must-haves' are:

• An SVQ 3 in Social Care, Guidance or equivalent.
• Knowledge or experience of the care system would be desirable.
• Experience of recruitment and /or the employment sector.
• Understanding of delivering employability workshops.
• Experience of working in group settings with young people facing multiple barriers.
• Knowledge and understanding of young people facing unemployment.
• A full driving licence and access to suitable means of transport to enable the duties of the role to be carried out.

Working here is so much more than a job. Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, we'd love to hear from you.

We work together to reach our vision of safe and happy childhoods. A diverse workforce enriches the lives of the children and young people we work with and we welcome applications from everyone. We value and celebrate our differences and as an inclusive workplace we want everyone to be themselves.

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.

We can't wait to hear from you – stay safe and happy.

Application Process: There are 5 sections for you to complete, Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration. Top Tip... Refer to the job description when writing your Supporting Statement.

Interview Date: Wednesday, 16th February 2022 – this date can change in special circumstances, but we do our best to stick to this.

Talent Pool: We'd like to hold your details in case similar jobs come up but do let us know if you'd rather we didn't.

Contact: Emma Goodwin on 01923 361725 who will be happy to support with your application.

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Documents

• 1202 Scotland Generic Brochure v13.pdf (1.73 MB)
• Digital Reward Booklet 2021 STAFF final.pdf (3.46 MB)
• Employment Facilitator JDPS.pdf (394.25 KB)