Job detail for Youth Employment Officer

The Role:

We are looking to recruit 1 Full-time Youth Engagement Officer to work as part of the Youth Engagement provision(YEP) to deliver interventions to support Young People aged 16-24 who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET), to access opportunities in education, employment and training.

This role is centred on empowering young people aged 16-24 who are economically inactive, unemployed or individuals who are not in education, employment or training to enable their integration into mainstream employment and training opportunities.

The Youth Engagement Officer role, involves working within our Youth Engagement Provision, providing a range of services to our target audience, with the ultimate objective of supporting these individuals into employment, training or educational opportunities.

The Youth Engagement Officers will recruit and support young people facing barriers to employment or engagement in training, playing a key role in providing intensive and wraparound support to individuals guiding them towards mainstream provision and employment. The Youth Engagement Officers will create personalised action plans with participants to help them overcome their barriers to advance their entry into the workforce.

Working closely with employers and skills sectors, the role-holder will identify employment opportunities which align with the needs and aspirations of participants and the local labour market. They will possess current knowledge of 15-25yrs developments, encompassing skills and work-related learning and Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) education. Combined with good knowledge of labour market information, they will inform the creation of tailored employability programs, actively involving participants in the process.

The employability program will lead to quality, structured opportunities including work experience placements, employer taster sessions, designed to progress participants into suitable employment or training pathways. The role holder will be responsible for thorough follow-up work with participants and employers to address any ongoing support needs, ensuring sustained success.

The role holder needs to be committed to facilitating employment, education and training opportunities for people for whom Health Conditions, Special Educational Needs (SEND) and Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) issues present a barrier to employment.

The role holder needs to have extensive experiencing of working with Young People aged 16-24, especially in group settings as well as demonstrable experience of working as part of a team to bring success.

You will work closely with the wider Employment and Enterprise team and other services within Cornwall Council Education to ensure work is complimentary, co-ordinated and not duplicated.

This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.

This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.

Working Pattern:

Monday to Friday 37 hours per week.

What you’ll need to succeed:

You'll need extensive experience of working with individuals who are 16-24 NEET with an understanding of their barriers to engagement and participation.

In addition, you'll need knowledge of the landscape for employers within Cornwall and opportunities available to Young People in education, employment and training throughout the County.

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

What you’ll get in return:

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

• a competitive salary.
• a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• a national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services

Additional Information:

Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.

The full role profile is attached here - Youth Employment Officer Role Profile

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Jane Cornelius - Jane.Cornelius@cornwall.gov.uk

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process .

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.