Tutor - Employability/Business Admin (18451)

This is a dual role working as a tutor on the Study Programme delivering qualifications to 16 to 19 year olds. The other part of the role will be working on an exciting new project where Barnardo's and a large employer have joined together to pilot a project which aims to support young people either in Care or Leaving Care into employment within the hospitality industry.

This role will provide a pivotal role to the development of this new programme in Birmingham and surrounding areas, working with vulnerable young people who are not in education, employment or training. The new programme will focus on supporting young people through a 10 week motivational programme which will include improving employability skills, confidence, and customer services skills.

You will work assertively and creatively to engage with hard-to-reach young people and will be responsible for providing quality Information, Advice and Guidance.

You will have received a Project Worker 2 job description and person specification. This is a generic role in use throughout the organisation and therefore Barnardo's uses generic job descriptions and person specifications when advertising for such roles

When completing your application form, please refer to the skills, knowledge and experience required as detailed in the Person Specification and also any further information included in the Additional Information Sheet. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

This is a dual role working as a tutor on the Study Programme delivering qualifications to 16 to 19 year olds. The other part of the role will be working on an exciting new project where Barnardo's and a large employer have joined together to pilot a project which aims to support young people either in Care or Leaving Care into employment within the hospitality industry.

This will be a pivotal role to the development of this new programme in Birmingham working with vulnerable young people who are not in education, employment or training. The new programme will focus on supporting young people through a 10 week motivational programme, which will include improving employability skills, confidence and customer services skills.

We are looking for an individual who can work assertively and creatively to engage with hard to reach young people and will be responsible for providing quality Information, Advice and Guidance. The successful applicant will need to have the following:

• Minimum of a Level 4 Teaching Qualification
• Experience of working with young people not in education, employment or training
• Experience of previously delivering Business Administration, Customer Service or Health & Social Care
• Delivery of employability and personal and social development in group sessions

You will be responsible for contributing to, devising and developing schemes of work, session plans and resources to meet curriculum requirements to equip young people with the personal social and development skills, motivation, confidence and employability skills to progress into and sustain employment and/or further education/training. You will conduct 1:1 mentoring sessions and use outcome measurement tools to track changes.

You will be responsible for supporting young people to attend work placement/trials and ultimately employment opportunities and supporting service users to apply, prepare for and sustain this employment.

The post holder will be responsible for liaising with other Barnardo's services and agencies to access additional supportive services for service users where required. You will also be required to liaise and work with local agencies to promote the project, generate referrals and recruit 10 young people onto each cohort.