Youth Mentor / Tutor (Birmingham and Solihull)

The Role
-Do you have experience working with 14 to 18 year olds? -Are you passionate about helping young people to find employment and/or further education? -Do you enjoy inspiring and challenging young people to reach their full potential? -Are you self-motivated, enjoy managing your own diary and are able to work on your own initiative within key communities across the region? If so this opportunity could be for you!

Key Accountabilities
As a Youth Mentor you will:- -Manage a caseload of young people who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) or At Risk of becoming NEET aged between 14-19 (up to 25 with a learning difficultly/disability). -Delivering a range of personal development, motivational and confidence building courses with embedded functional skills and employability training in community venues and Seetec centres. -Manage co-ordinate customers’ attendance on programme and deliver the target number of contractual outcomes per month. -Support on outreach and engagement activities within the local community to ensure sufficient recruitment of suitable and eligible clients to the programme to achieve contractual outcomes. -Use appropriate initial assessment and diagnostic tools to tailor an Individual Learning Plan to meet a Young Person’s desired objectives, experiences and capabilities. -Offer appropriate information advice & guidance and jobsearch support to young people ensuring they move into employment, education or training. -Co-ordinate attendance at internal/external training courses and regular attendance at 1:1 mentoring appointments. -Support the Business Development team as required brokering opportunities with employers, training providers and schools/colleges. -Ensure 100% compliance of contractual evidence requirements. -Work with multiple agencies to provide on-going holistic support. The team leader role requires all of the above and experience of managing a team. -A confident manner coupled with excellent communication skills and the ability to create a rapport with young people, staff, partners and employers at all levels..

Skills and Experience
-Minimum 12 months experience of delivering information advice and guidance and supporting NEET/Risk of NEET young people aged between 14-25 into work/voluntary work, apprenticeships or further education/training -Minimum IAG Level 3 qualification or equivalent -PTTLS or equivalent teaching qualification -Minimum of 4 GCSE’s or equivalent including English and Mathematics -Experience of working in welfare to work / government training environment -Demonstrable experience of working to and exceeding key performance indicators -Good knowledge of local labour market, government funding and training programmes available to young people -Competent IT user – Office applications and databases -Full driving licence with access to own car with business insurance -You will be required to work flexibly as traveling around the community and working evening and weekends will be essential

Additional Information
Salary: £26,000per yearAn enhanced DBS (formally known as a CRB disclosure) and a Children’s and Adults barred list check will be required for this role Seetec is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

About Us
With over 25 years’ experience, Seetec are one of the UK’s largest and most experienced providers of Government funded welfare to work and skills training programmes. We are passionately committed to empowering individuals and organisations to release their potential through our employment and training programmes and our software solutions. Seetec help thousands of people each year to achieve and sustain their aspirations for lasting employment, due to the passion and motivation of our employees. In return, our employees are rewarded with a competitive salary and benefits package, along with the satisfaction that their work has made a difference to our clients’ lives.