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Targeted Youth Advisor

Employer
Essex County Council
Location
England, Essex, Colchester
Salary
£24000 - £30000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Closing date
22 Oct 2019

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Sector
Education, Schools
Job role
Teaching Assistant
Contract Type
Full time
Please note that this position is offering a starting salary of £24,000 pa (in training) and £30,000 (qualified L6).

Essex County Council (ECC) is one of the largest and most dynamic local authorities in the UK, serving a population of 2 million residents, and has a very successful track record of delivering transformational change. ECC anticipated change was needed in the public sector and has worked to deliver better quality at lower cost. We have an ambitious transformation agenda - one with the scope to reach every part of the council. We are changing the way we think, the way we work, and the ways in which we deliver our services. We are committed to becoming a place where individuals, partners and communities feel proud to play their role and genuinely want to belong. We're immensely proud of our flexible working options.

Job Purpose

Essex is a diverse county with some of the highest levels of deprivation in the country
through to highly affluent communities, which gives us a wide variance in life
expectancy and quality. The Targeted Youth Adviser will develop and deliver the business plan for the Youth Service Business and Operations by working with identified young people providing in-depth, planned, one to one and group support, to help them address specific issues and barriers to education, training and employment.

Contributing to the development of a high quality targeted service for young people of school age, requiring impartial advice and guidance to re-engage in education and progress into post 16 opportunities. Enabling them to fulfil their potential, mentoring and reintegration work that supports the government's statutory guidance.

Possessing an IAG Qualification, Dip CG, QCG or NVQ 4 LDDS and a proven track record of removing barriers and progressing young people into education, training and employment opportunities. A broad understanding of the issues affecting young people, barriers to education, opportunities for learning and the services provided by partner agencies is essential.

Service/Functional Accountabilities

* Responsible for assisting young people to overcome barriers to access universal services and learning or employment, providing impartial advice, information and guidance, supportive of young people's needs and views.
* Work with young people, their families and schools to remove barriers to education and learning in line with the DfE statutory guidance on Alternative Provision. Carry out young carers statutory assessment of needs, in line with our statutory duty as defined by the Children's and Families Act 2014.
* Responsible for managing a defined caseload of young people to establish their needs and offer intervention in line with external contracts and create, maintain and review accuracy of records in conjunction with DfE guidance and that of external funders, whilst ensuring compliance with Information Sharing Protocols.
* Responsible for the effective management of staff; renewing and reflecting on professional practice to achieve continuous improvement in performance.
* Supporting the development and delivery of intensive support to identified young people a, within a cost recoverable framework to remove barriers to education, employment or training.
* Working in collaboration with stakeholders, including senior school-based staff, social care, SEND, Youth Offending Service, Housing and partner agencies, to provide wider support to young people to remove barriers to learning, training and employment.
* Responsible for the delivery of high quality one to one interventions, mentoring and group work through positive activities that are cost effective, planned, actioned and evaluated. This includes large scale events advocating with other professionals to achieve these.
* Work collaboratively with a range of external agencies and commercial bodies to ensure a coherent approach to overcoming barriers to learning and employment faced by young people, ensure they receive service required, including promotion of the eight Gatsby benchmarks as set out in the governments careers strategy.
* Responsible for ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, including data management, equality and diversity legislation and ensure arrangements are in place to effectively manage concerns and complaints.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

* Educated to IAG Qualification, Dip CG, QCG or NVQ 4 LDDS (minimum NVQ 4) level
* Preferably working towards level 6 LDDS. Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area.
* A broad understanding of the issues affecting young people, opportunities for learning and the services provided by partner organisations and proven experience in effective collaborative working. Deep knowledge and understanding of the current local offers of support to young people that may facilitate their reintegration.
* Experience of line management of staff, plus extensive work with young people on a one to one basis and in groups.
* Proven experience of successfully progressing young people into employment, education and training opportunities.
* Excellent communication skills with the ability to relate to young people in a purposeful but responsive manner and demonstrable knowledge and understanding of their needs.
* Ability to build working relationships with stakeholders and partner agencies which are collaborative and engender delivery.
* Advocating on behalf of young people with services and partner organisations with an ability to negotiate with schools, colleges, employers and other agencies.
* Flexible approach with excellent time management skills and ability to work creatively in order to respond to young people's needs.

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