Project Worker

Position: Project Worker 2
The Employability Coach role will provide a pivotal role to the development of the Barnardo's programme in Manchester and surrounding areas. Working with vulnerable young people who are not in education, employment or training, this role focuses on supporting young people through an 8-10week motivational programme and includes improving employability skills, confidence, and self-esteem work. You will work assertively and creatively to engage with hard-to-reach young people.

The Employability Coach will lead and develop the work in this area and will be responsible for providing quality Information, Advice and Guidance. 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. This post will involve some travel around the Manchester area. The post is 12month funded with a review for potential continuation funding. Key Experience / Qualifications

Required:

Experience of working with young people not in education, employment and training, aged 18-29. Experience or 1:1 work with young people. Delivery of employability and personal and social development in group sessions. Excellent local knowledge of the Manchester area and organisations within it. Experience working with young people facing barriers to employment. Level 3/4 PTTLS/DTTLS (desirable). Links with employers (desirable). Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware that this post is subject to funding currently to 31st March 2027 and therefore should this funding not be extended further, you may be subject to a redundancy consultation or a TUPE arrangement.

This contract is due to expire on 31st March 2027. 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. Pay & Reward Framework We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's?

values . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people. For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023.

This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our? People & Culture ?

Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay. Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours.

More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application. Benefits Workplace

Offer:

What it means for you Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these.

Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role. Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements. Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service.

Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our…